A survey by the Conference Board pulls back the curtain a bit on the hiring process that would-be employees are going through today, and even highlights some common HR hiring processes that can actually be negatively impacting the company in a larger sense.

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The responses provide some information that may well serve as helpful benchmarking data, for example 60% of respondents were asked to take part in some kind of virtual interaction during the application/interview process, and almost a quarter of respondents had 4 or more interview rounds despite the fact that almost 50% of both applicants and managers agree than no more than 2 rounds of interviews are actually necessary. 

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Further, the survey results make it clear that failing to respond to applicants can have an ongoing negative impact on your recruitment process, with about 1 in 6 applicants choosing not to recommend the company to others when they had an opportunity to do so and 2% leaving a negative review on the internet.

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You can read more about that survey here.