How to effectively recruit with the bulk?

Recruiting numerous employees effectively is challenging, even for the recruiting team. To solve this problem effectively, many businesses choose to use the reputable recruitment companies.

In this article, let's also learn how to effectively recruit a bulk of employees!

What is mass recruitment?

This can be defined as large-scale recruitment for one or more different vacancies for the business in the same period of time. Massive recruitment can involve in the following cases:

• Manufactures in the field of apparel, consumer goods, leather and footwear, etc with the demand of large-scale expansion.
• In peak production season and having the need  of additional seasonal staff to fulfill orders in time.
• Positions with high turnover rate throughout the year such as telephone operator, salesperson, worker, etc.

What are the characteristics of mass recruitment?

Mass recruitment will put the recruitment department into the following dilemma:

• It is tough to sufficiently meet the requirements of a number of candidates in a short period of time despite the uncomplicated situation, and the leave rate is still too high.
• The quality of candidates does not meet the level of requirement because of the recruitment department under the pressure of meeting the deadlines.
• It takes a lot more time, cost and effort to arrange interviews than normal recruitment
• The recruitment process lasts long due to many reasons such as the absence of qualified candidates in the interview, the rejection of potential candidates.

How to effectively recruit mass personnel?

To achieve the effective mass recruitment and reduce pressure on the recruiting department, businesses can apply the following tips:

Determine the cause of the mass recruitment request:

Identifying the source of mass recruitment is considered the first step for businesses to implement effectively. Normally, the demand for mass recruitment will be due to many reasons, such as:

+ The business is in development and it is necessary to employ more human resources or expand the scale of business.
+ The project requires a large number of seasonal workers
+ After the Tet holiday, the number of employees who do not return to work increase and requires urgent recruitment to ensure progress.

Set up the right recruitment plan:

Depending on the cause of mass recruitment, the enterprise sets up a massive recruitment plan that will be deployed. When setting up a recruitment plan, the following factors should be considered:

+ Aggregate fixed recruitment information
+ The period of the need of the mass recruitment
+ List of popular mass recruitment vacancies from time to time
+ Minimum and maximum number of employees to be recruited
+ The reasonable recruitment budget
+ The clear job description with information of welfare policies, etc

Interview questionnaire and corresponding scale:

The interview questionnaire and scoring scale must be appropriate according to the group of numbers, employers, time, and subjects.

Technology application in recruitment:

Mass recruitment can still apply the trial method, but it requires the recruitment department to arrange a bulk of personnel to take on and is extremely laborious and time-consuming while they receive the poor quality of candidates.  Therefore, applying professional recruitment management software optimizes the recruitment process.

Use an external recruitment service:

This method is applied by many businesses owing to its efficiency, saving time and quality.

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