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Talent Acquisition Onboarding Software - Approval
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Consistent with the principles of high performing organizations, a technology solution is needed to automate and streamline the processes that impact, village internal and external customers, managers and HR staff in recruiting and onboarding employees. A talent acquisition/applicant tracking and onboarding system will streamline the applicant process from job posting to hire. Our current processes need to be modernized to stay competitive in attracting and retaining qualified employees. Approximately 10,500 applications were processed in response to approximately 475 job postings between 2013 -2016. Each year the HR department works with hiring managers to recruit, hire and or rehire approximately 450 employees; of which approximately 125 are new hires and about 325 are seasonal hires or rehires. With the majority of our positions being part-time and seasonal we need to be able to get in front of potential candidates early and make it easy for them to apply.
Our current recruiting/applicant process is very manual, requiring an applicant to download an application, save it, then email or mail it to Human Resources. Applications are entered into an Access database, printed, copied and sent to managers for review, candidates are notified that their resume or application has been received however, because of the manual nature of the process; further candidate follow-up can be inconsistent. In addition, the onboarding process is also manual, this process includes coordinating pre-employment exams, background checks, completing regulatory and tax forms, and review and sign off on village policies. With the volume of activity associated with hiring employees, these manual processes are cumbersome, inefficient, and susceptible to errors, wasteful of time and paper.
A talent acquisition/applicant tracking system will assist staff to streamline processes, engage the right candidat...
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