Re:Ask HN: Having trouble getting senior applicants, wonderi...
by bombcar on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:37PM
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1) Treat incoming candidates like GOLD. Respond to them within hours, same day where at all possible.
This is a huge point and something to work on. Act quickly and work out as many things in advance as you can. Don't be like unnamed company X who kept changing interview times and stretching it out so the candidate just took the offer from unnamed large company Y instead.
If you get some nibbles on your pipeline treat them quite fast, and note where they drop off. Likely for the process you have the salary is too low, and people skip out to find the same money easier or more money at the same difficulty.
This is a huge point and something to work on. Act quickly and work out as many things in advance as you can. Don't be like unnamed company X who kept changing interview times and stretching it out so the candidate just took the offer from unnamed large company Y instead.
If you get some nibbles on your pipeline treat them quite fast, and note where they drop off. Likely for the process you have the salary is too low, and people skip out to find the same money easier or more money at the same difficulty.