Why the Imperfect Art of Evaluating Recruitment Success is Nonetheless Critical

The challenge of finding good staff has consistently been a ‘top three issue’ for pretty much every CEO in the construction sector for the last 20 years or more. Unsurprisingly, management and HR teams are constantly wondering whether they can and should be recruiting better.

What does ‘better recruitment’ mean?

‘Better recruitment’ will mean different things to different companies – some will want to reduce cost, others will want vacancies filled faster and others will want to attract ‘better’ candidates (an even more subjective concept).

How is recruitment success measured?

Metrics used to measure recruitment success can generally be divided into three categories: cost, efficiency and quality. However, simply measuring one aspect of recruitment performance is likely to be counter-productive and companies will typically build a dashboard of metrics cove...