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The UK tech hiring market seems to be on the move again. It's been a pretty turbulent time for tech recruitment. The post-COVID boom and the wave of redundancies over the past couple of years forced both the tech and talent acquisition communities to roll with the punches. But there's some good news...The momentum is back. Over the last couple of months, the number of UK-based tech roles on Haystack has more than doubled. We're also seeing a significant increase in outreach messages from employers. However, with more job vacancies, comes more competition. With the market shifting and competition for tech talent rising, it's time for employers to revisit those old (bad) habits picked up 12 months ago to avoid missing out on your next tech hire. Here are a few trends we've spotted from the highest-performing employers on Haystack to help you maximise your tech hiring: 1️⃣ Response rates: The best candidates don't hang around for long, responding to a candidate who applied 1 - 2 months ago and expecting them to still be available might have worked a few months ago but is now becoming more and more optimistic. 2️⃣ Interview process: The shorter the interview process, the more luck you're going to have. Most candidates today, are in multiple interview processes at once. Shortening the interview process where possible is going to significantly reduce your drop-off rate. 3️⃣ Transparency: Casting a wide net and being deliberately ambiguous about your role, company, interview process, compensation etc is only going to result in one thing - irrelevant applicants. Try to be as upfront as possible in your job listings, this will allow candidates to self-select before hitting that apply button, leaving you with a more engaged and relevant pool of applicants. 4️⃣ Feedback - positive and negative: Where possible, try to give feedback. Leaving candidates hanging can significantly damage your brand's reputation within the tech community. Times are tough, don't make them even tougher by ghosting candidates. Any others to add to the list? #hiring #techjobs #talentacquisition #recruitment
I've experienced some shocking treatment in recent months. I think I've only had useful feedback once and quite often I get pro-forma rejection, even after I've spoken to a few people, assuming I don't get ghosted. There's even been a few times where I've been asked to present on a topic and felt like I was given them a freebie. Its just rude and they are all being noted.
Love this! Whisper it quietly, but the green shoots of recovery are starting to show themselves!!
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2moAs someone who has been actively looking at new opportunities for a couple of months I can wholeheartedly concur with point 4 "no feedback". The number of pretty respectable companies that post roles, sometimes with extensive application forms, and then give zero response to candidates is just shocking. The dent to their image is pretty big for me - if they treat potential employees like that, what else is ugly on the inside? And I'm in that bracket of having a healthily large network that I'll be mentioning it to, and a reasonable amount of disposable income that I'll be taking elsewhere. "It's a small world" works both ways.