Faster Hiring, Top Talent: Why HR Professionals Engage Recruiting Connection for It

Cody Johnson, Recruiting Connection

Faster Hiring, Top Talent: Why HR Professionals Engage Recruiting Connection for It

Finding and hiring top talent can be a daunting and time-consuming task for HR professionals. The length of the hiring process varies significantly and is often influenced by many factors. Given the challenges and intricacies of the hiring process, it’s no surprise that many companies choose to partner with recruiting agencies to streamline their hiring efforts.

How Long Is the Hiring Process?

The time it takes for HR to make a new hire can vary widely depending on several factors. On average, the process can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. Here are some key factors that may influence the hiring timeline:

  • Position Level: Senior and specialized roles typically take longer to fill than entry-level positions.
  • Industry: Some industries have more complex hiring processes than others.
  • Company Size: Larger companies often have more bureaucratic processes, which can slow things down.
  • Applicant Pool: The number and quality of applicants can affect how long it takes to find the right candidate.
  • Interview Process: The number of interview rounds and the availability of interviewers can add time.
  • Background Checks and References: These can add days or weeks to the process, especially if the checks are extensive.
  • Internal Approval: Obtaining the necessary internal approvals and budget sign-offs can also delay hiring.

On average, a typical hiring process might take:

  • Entry-level positions: 2-4 weeks
  • Mid-level positions: 4-8 weeks
  • Senior-level positions: 2-4 months

After reviewing how much time it can take to find an excellent candidate, you can see why so many companies elect to offload the rigorous task of finding an excellent fit for jobs and roles.

Even for HR, devoting significant amounts of time to hiring top talent is often cumbersome because they’re almost always tasked with copious amounts of work in their roles, especially for larger companies. Moreover, for most roles in a company, executive members are often pulled into meetings and interviews. The point is this all takes time, lots of time, from a whole host of team members!

How Recruiting Connection Streamlines the Hiring Process

There are dozens of reasons companies engage Recruiting Connection to speed up the hiring process while securing the best talent. As an experienced staffing agency in Salt Lake City for more than 30 years, we’re very proud of our capacity to bring hundreds of qualified applicants into successful roles within hundreds of organizations across the country!

Firstly, Recruiting Connection leverages an extensive network of industry contacts and database of pre-screened candidates. This allows us to quickly identify and engage with top talent that might not be accessible through traditional hiring channels. Our recruiters are experts in various industries and understand the specific skill sets and qualifications needed for different roles.

This industry-specific expertise ensures that we can match candidates with the right positions more accurately than internal HR teams who might be stretched thin across various tasks.

The team also handles all the time-consuming tasks such as initial screenings, interviews, and background checks. Our refined processes and use of advanced recruitment technologies enable us to expedite these steps without compromising on quality. We provide our clients with a shortlist of highly qualified candidates, allowing them to focus on making the final hiring decisions. Reduce your HR department’s workload, and enable them to allocate their resources more effectively!

Recruiting Top Talent With Excellence

Lastly, our commitment to quality and client satisfaction is evident through our comprehensive guarantees. We offer a satisfaction guarantee to ensure that the candidates we place meet the expectations and requirements of our clients. This assurance, coupled with a proven track record of successful placements, makes Recruiting Connection a trusted partner for companies looking to fill roles and positions with efficiency and excellence.

We’re more than happy to take on the challenge of bringing your company or department the best candidates. If you’re considering how you will fill a job opening within your team, Recruiting Connection invites you to set up a no-cost meeting to visit us. One of our team members will introduce our group and help you determine if Recruiting Connection is a great fit for your hiring objectives. Contact us today!

Struggling to find top
talent for your business?

Connect with the expertes at Recruiting Connection and discover the difference our full-service recruitment can make.

Contact Us Today

About the author

Cody Johnson is the Managing Director of Recruiting Connection, where he leads business operations and strategy development. His 10 years of recruiting experience and a strong network in accounting and finance allow him to ensure the delivery of top-tier talent. Before joining Recruiting Connection, he worked at Ernst & Young with high-profile clients like Hewlett-Packard and Ancestry.com, and later at Woodside Homes. Cody is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s degree from Brigham Young University.

Go to Top