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SMEs 'need to improve recruitment practices'

Published On 14 May 2007 at 08:54:54

Some businesses - including many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - are missing out on recruiting the best candidates because of delays between interviews and job offers.

According to Parity, companies operating in industries where application are generally very highly skilled, such as the IT sector, are taking too long to make job offers after interview.

This means that prospective employees are looking elsewhere and in some cases taking jobs at rival companies.

"Companies are at risk of wasting valuable time and resources by having to repeat the recruitment process if they fail to make decisions quickly enough and the intended employee chooses not to wait around for an answer," explained Alan Rommel, public sector director at Parity Resources.

"Keeping skilled applicants waiting on your decision is unfair on the individual and subsequently detrimental to your business. If skills go elsewhere in a market that is already tipped in favour of the skilled worker, the business will not be able to function at its optimum level."

To improve the situation, Mr Rommel advised SMEs to "remove time delays and drastically improve the recruitment experience for the candidate".

 

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