People are constantly distracted by technology. In fact, the average American consumes 15.5 hours of media every single day! Seems a bit crazy, right? It’s no wonder that people don’t have the long attention spans that they used to. This lack of focus has definitely carried over to the hiring process, so you’ll need to change your approach if you want to hold the interest of top talent.
3 Ways to Cater to Short Attention Spans
Need a little help making your hiring process appeal to candidates with short attention spans? Use these three tips to capture their attention and keep them interested:
- Initiate Video Interviewing: Engage candidates with a quick video interview to show them why your company stands out from the rest. Capture the essence of your fun and quirky corporate culture, your beautiful office space and anything else you want people to know about what it’s like to work for your organization.
- Create a Seamless Hiring Process: People with a short attention span won’t settle for being kept in the dark. Ensure every step of your hiring process is easy to understand or there’s a good chance they’ll become frustrated and write your company off. Always let candidates know what the next step is.
- Minimize Delays: Most candidates aren’t willing to wait months to find out if they got a job. If you constantly push interviews and hiring decisions back, people will become frustrated and bored with your company. Do your best to keep the interview process to a maximum of two rounds or you may inadvertently portray your company as disorganized. Increase efficiency by using video interviewing to get as many decision-makers in the room as possible.
Does it always seem like you don’t have enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on your to-do list?
If so, contact ECS. Since our company was formed in 2000, we’ve focused on building relationships with recruiters and clients throughout the United States, managing contract staffing engagements in the primary employment categories of Information Technology, Accounting & Finance, Clerical & Administrative, and some categories of Engineering & Architecture.
