Suffering a Shortage of Applicants? A Checklist Covering the Top 10 Reasons Why

When a corporate recruiting function conducts an audit, I find that the resulting data usually reveals that the recruiting problems that dramatically restrict applications routinely occur during the same steps of the “recruiting funnel.” So, if you work at a firm that is struggling to attract applicants, it’s a huge mistake to blame the tight job market. Instead, focus on the following “10 hotspot areas” that are most likely to be the foundation of your applicant shortage. The highest-impact problem areas are listed first.