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The Candidate Experience…

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January 27, 2011


That’s what is on my mind today.
About 2 months ago I was assigned to a team created within Sodexo’s Talent Acquisition Group called the, “Candidate Experience Team.” The purpose of this group is to examine our current recruitment practices (from the candidate’s experience) and recommend not only ways of improving, but also to develop supporting materials that will help our recruiters implement the new best practices.
Ultimately, we really just want to make the initial interaction and all of the touch points after with Sodexo are positive for all of our candidates (regardless of the outcome of the hire) and to ensure the new hires transition from candidates to Sodexo employees smoothly.
Because I am not a recruiter and I do not have experience with interviewing our candidates this has been a learning opportunity for me and having recently been through the hiring process here at Sodexo, it’s also been enlightening. Now I know what really went on behind the scenes before I was offered my job and I am officially impressed with the thorough and thoughtful process.
So why is the candidate experience so important to us?
We believe that improvements to our candidate experience will make Sodexo stand out as an employer of choice in this competitive hiring market. Enhancing the candidate’s experience will also help us improve communications with our candidates and improve our employer branding – a high priority for us.
Improving our candidate experience will establish Sodexo as a great place to work and will set the stage for our candidates to begin their career with Sodexo on a positive and fulfilling note. In researching this subject, I found a great article on ERE.net called, 10 Things Candidates Hate; 10 Things They Love – I thought it was an appropriate link for this post.
Courtesy of Sodexo Careers Blog Making every day a better day.

Originally posted by Candice A

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