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candidate experience

A Peek Behind The NORAs

At this time of year, and for the last 12 years, I am usually immersed in a sea of recruitment websites. This is a lot less fun than you’d imagine, but far more fascinating too, and often involves very late nights squinting my eyes at spreadsheets and job boards.

What Is Working When It Comes to the Candidate Experience?

Searching for a job is a full-time job, especially since for many companies the online application process using an ATS or applicant tracking system takes an upwards of 45 minutes to complete. Recruiters and HR professionals want to obtain as much information as possible so as not to make a bad hiring decision or spend wasted time interviewing and engaging an unqualified candidate. And so job seekers get the shaft, applying for positions sending their resume into what is affectionately called the resume black hole