Category Archives: Candidate Experience

The Candidate Bill of Rights: The Hiring Process Your Candidates Deserve

In the United States, Independence Day is one of the best times of the year to throw hot dogs on the grill, light fireworks, and brush up on American history. From the beginning, our founding fathers were dedicated to protecting our country’s citizens by drafting the Constitution, and later, the Bill of Rights. July 4 […]

Candidate Experience

Should You Let Your Interns Work from Home?

A recent article on the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) blog titled Allowing Interns to Work from Home brought our attention to a discussion about, well, allowing interns to work from home. In the NACE community discussion forums, there were a variety of opinions on the matter. Some community members think interns shouldn’t […]

Campus Recruitment

Kindred Spirits—Four Real-Life Stories from Candidates Who Ghosted Their Recruiters

Candidate ghosting is one of the strangest phenomena happening in the talent acquisition space today. Even if you’re not hip to the term, which originated in the world of online dating and describes a situation where a person ends a relationship without explanation by refusing to respond to any form of communication, you’ve probably experienced […]

Candidate Experience

Why Employees Leave (And How to Stop Them)

Whether it’s due to a major life event or a desire for personal change, losing top talent can have a devastating (and costly) effect on your company’s operations. Replacing an employee is expensive. According to TLNT, the price of replacing an entry-level employee is 30-50 percent of their annual salary, a mid-level employee costs 150 […]

Candidate Experience

Ditch the Ping-Pong Table: Benefits Employees Actually Want

While ping-pong tables, free lunches and insurance for your dog may capture your company a few headlines, do these benefits truly help attract and retain top talent? Increasingly, the answer is no. Recent research compiled the most popular benefits. Perhaps surprisingly, the perks employees really want are also among the most traditional. Here’s a look […]

Candidate Experience

Candidate Experience 101

What is the candidate experience? The candidate experience is a candidate’s overall perception of an organization’s recruiting and hiring process. Spanning any and all activities and interactions a candidate has with a company, the candidate experience reflects how a candidate is sourced and recruited, interviewed, hired and onboarded. Why does the candidate experience matter? Throughout […]

Candidate Experience