The (still) untapped opportunity of hiring passive candidates
It’s no secret that for critical jobs, 95% of the people you want to hire are already employed (this appears to be particularly true at tech companies). They are passive candidates.
When we spoke with senior executives and hiring managers we found an exciting pattern. Almost everyone felt contacting passive candidates is the optimal way to recruit the best talent. Unfortunately, finding passive candidates is often prohibitively time consuming and difficult to capture the ideal candidate’s attention. As a result, most end up avoiding this option.
“The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people” — Bill Gates
Effectively contact passive candidates in a fraction of the time and cost
It is clear companies need a recruiting service that not only understands its hiring needs and delivers suitable candidates, but also eases the difficult process of establishing a relationship with prospects by fitting in seamlessly with your current HR flow.
Scout is an expert recruiting assistant that gives you the superpowers of a recruiter without their super commissions. Our technology combined with our human-powered sourcing finds highly relevant passive candidates. We even draft warm intro and follow-up emails. We make it possible to reach out to dozens of candidates in minutes.
If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
Open more doors and hire faster
When companies contact candidates directly is they’re guaranteed to have a higher response rate than a recruiter. Virtually every professional we ask (and we ask this question a lot) state that they’re more likely to respond to an email from a senior manager of a company versus one from a recruiter.
We’re very excited to introduce Scout to the world. For most companies, effective sourcing is either not a core competency of the business, too time consuming, or too expensive. Get in touch if you would like to save time and money sourcing candidates for your team.
