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As Amberjack continues to be a trusted partner for volume hiring, it’s clear that valuable lessons from early career recruitment can be effectively applied to high-volume hiring challenges. On January 30th, we partnered with IHR to explore this topic, featuring insightful contributions from Octopus Energy and Network Rail.
A key question emerged for every stage of the recruitment journey… What can we learn from early career hiring, and how can we apply it effectively?
Attraction: Crafting the Right Message
Early career employers excel at creating strategic media outreach that targets the right audience with engaging and bespoke marketing. They rely on media tracking and robust talent analytics to make informed decisions about resource allocation. Messaging often focuses on storytelling, values, career growth opportunities, and employee testimonials to bring an employer’s brand to life and foster authentic connections with candidates.
These same principles apply to volume hiring. A well-thought-out attraction strategy ensures that companies connect with high-quality candidates quickly and effectively, making every media spend count.
Assessment: Prioritising Potential
The early careers sector has long prioritised investment in fair, inclusive, and immersive assessments. Employers can better identify top talent by focusing on potential rather than years of experience while showcasing life within their organisations. Many firms now use online, blended assessments tailored to ED&I objectives.
Volume hiring can benefit from this same approach. Assessments designed to identify aptitude and potential help organisations access a broader, more diverse pool of candidates while improving the fairness of the process.
Driving Efficiency with Technology
Early career recruitment often hinges on sophisticated Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) that integrate with marketing tools, assessments, and assessment centres. This technology improves operational efficiency and enhances candidate experiences through automation and real-time data insights.
At Amberjack, our Candidate Management Platform is specifically built for programmatic hiring. With intelligent automation and bulk processing capabilities, clients have dramatically improved efficiency and decision-making. We empower organisations to personalise candidate communication, track recruitment data, and gain real-time insights to address challenges before they escalate.
Candidate Experience Matters
In the fiercely competitive early careers space, candidate experience is paramount. Companies must prioritise clear communication, coaching calls, and detailed feedback to support candidates, regardless of the hiring outcome.
Research from Virgin Media O2 highlighted the financial impact of negative candidate experiences, prompting many organisations to enhance their processes. Candidate experience can often be overlooked for volume hiring due to the sheer number of applications. However, it remains a critical success factor.
We’ve helped clients such as Virgin Atlantic manage volume hiring challenges seamlessly. When tasked with hiring over 500 cabin crew in just 12 weeks, we provided flexible outsourcing solutions to support various aspects of their process, including application screening and video interview scoring.
Our technology also enables efficient candidate management while providing valuable insights through NPS scores and feedback surveys, ensuring a positive and engaging experience.
Better Outcomes for Volume Hiring
Amberjack’s extensive experience in early career recruitment has equipped us to deliver outstanding results in volume hiring. We help organisations meet their recruitment goals efficiently and effectively by applying proven strategies, technologies, and processes.
During our presentations with Sara Jones, Head of People Operations at Octopus Energy, as well as Sarah Goodrun, Head of Volume Recruitment, and Tiina Conacher, Head of Assessment at Network Rail, we demonstrated how these learnings translate into tangible results.
If you’re looking to revolutionise your volume hiring process, talk to a member of our team. We’ll share key insights from these discussions and help you apply them to achieve better outcomes for your organisation.
