People Operations

CHAPTER 7Step 2: Automate Hiring and Onboarding

Let's say you've just found the perfect person to fill your open job. Congratulations! We know you've already invested a lot to get this far.

• The average job opening attracts 250 resumes (Glassdoor 2020).
• It takes 28 days to fill an open position (Jobvite.com 2019).
• 60 percent of recruiters say they regularly lose candidates before they're able to schedule an interview (Yello 2020).
• The interview process takes an average of 23 days (Chamberlain 2015).

Hiring and onboarding is a complex process with many repetitive, moving parts. But it also plays a pivotal role for your business success. A strong process lays the foundation for business stability (less turnover), growth (fast hiring‐to‐onboarding turnaround), and profitability (hiring the right team to make it happen).

So, you don't want to risk finding that perfect person. You've got to move fast to ensure that top talent doesn't take another offer; and then you need to ensure you set them up for success for their first couple of weeks with your business.

If you're running hiring and onboarding manually, you may not be getting the competitive edge you need. For one, you might not be demonstrating a level of professionalism you're looking to achieve in those very important first few impressions, losing the candidate to another company. If you do sign them, a manual onboarding process puts you at risk of being out of compliance. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...