How Do You Build a Strong (Digital) Recruitment Strategy?

How do you build a successful recruitment strategy as an intermediary? Eight things you need to answer to put together your recruitment strategy.

1. Current situation

Where does your company stand today? Describe what's going well and what your challenges are, and what your USPs are compared to the competition.

2. Objectives

Where do you want to be in 1, 3 and 5 years? What revenue and size do you want to reach, which sectors or locations do you want to explore?

3. Market trends

Estimate how supply and demand for labor will evolve, and how digital expectations of clients and candidates will change.

4. Recruitment process and KPIs

Map out the steps of your recruitment process, with the time each step takes on average. Calculate cost-per-hire, time-to-fill and ROI.

5. Opportunities and bottlenecks

Identify where you're missing opportunities and what's holding back more efficient operations.

6. Software

Make an overview of your current technology and where each tool is used. Indicate what you want to automate further.

7. Client and candidate experience

How do you improve your service? Think about the digital experience and the growing need for self-service through a portal or app.

8. Data

What internal and external data do you need to steer by? Make sure data doesn't stay scattered across different tools, but is centrally manageable.

Tips for building a digital recruitment strategy

Focus on what makes your company unique. Bring the right people to the table. Start small and scale up. Focus on speed and stability — scaling up with makeshift solutions is nearly impossible.