Matching Applicants & Roles: Finding the Right Fit
Recruiters play a key role in determining which applicants make it through the hiring process. SHRM findings show that relevant job experience is the most important factor that they consider, although some certifications are also quite important.
Why are recruiters so important? In a persistently tight labor market, the current talent pool is shallow. Most recruiters are not deciding which of a large number of fully qualified applicants they should move forward. Instead, they are asking which partially qualified individual might be the best choice. For example, “This applicant doesn’t have the required years of experience but is well educated and is asking for a reasonable salary. Should I pass her resume on to the hiring manager?"
The logic recruiters use to make these decisions, especially when choosing among underqualified (or overqualified) candidates in these talent-constrained times, is the focus of this report. The study used two approaches. First, recruiters answered questions about how they weigh various minimum qualifications: education, years of relevant experience, unrelated experience, credentials and salary expectations. Then, they were presented with a job description and pairs of fictitious applicants to see how they applied these factors in practice.
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