Can the recruitment system pay off?
An ROI of 50% 🚀
We talk about the Elvium recruitment system and the decision-making process it took to get one in place. About workflows and chains of command. And ROI, the 'Return of Investment' concept that makes every CFO listen carefully. If it's positive, understand what it is in this case.
"Well, if you say that it used to take two days to recruit in the past, we spend a maximum of one day on it today. If not less!" Lissi states.
She describes the days when recruitment was done by email and Excel was the recruitment tool of choice. How Lissi kept track of long columns of applicants who had to be handled differently according to their qualifications. And how she manually wrote job advertisements, posted them on the website and removed them again when the advertisement expired. It all took time!
But above all, she describes the shame of the time when responses to rejected applications had to be put on hold for lack of time.
That shame is no more, because response is no longer a time waster.
"With Elvium, you just click 'Send a reply'," says Lissi, and in the same second, all the rejected applicants receive a nice and predefined reply in their mailbox.
The art of recruiting 'properly'
Besides a brief stint in leadership development, Lissi has been doing HR and recruitment since the early days of HR. "Back when it was called 'The Personnel Office!", she adds.
Every day she has received applications that candidates have put hours and hours of effort into, but has only had a few seconds to dwell on each one. The eternal struggle for enough time, and not least because of this, fitnessdk holds on to ethics.
"It's very important that those who apply are treated properly," she says.
This is also what she tries to pass on to the young managers at fitnessdk. And encourages them to use the recruitment system to save time for the essentials.
"In the old days," she explains, "there was maybe 10 seconds to skim one out of maybe 100 CVs. If I hadn't gotten curious in those 10 seconds, that was it."
Lissi has no doubt that there have been relevant candidates who have lost out on this account - simply because they structured their CV incorrectly.
Turning time into profit
Today, fitnessdk uses the Elvium recruitment system to screen candidates according to specific criteria and rank them accordingly. For example, if they need at least 3 years' experience as an instructor, this is formulated as a specific question in the application form. Those who have will be at the top of the list.
Not only is it faster, but it also highlights exactly those candidates who have the right skills.
The time saved can be turned into profit. In Lissi's case, she often chooses to scroll further down the row to the quirkier profiles. Maybe there's something new and refreshing to be found?
It's all about profits in the highly professional HR industry. Profit for employees. Future and current employees. And profits on the bottom line.
Lissi's recruitment tool has long since paid for itself, but it's still generating profits for managers and employees in the 41 local fitness centers.
Want to try recruiting with Elvium's recruitment system? Take an online tour at www.elvium.dk now.
Turning time into profit
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