The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

It might surprise you to know that the average recruiter cannot name the distinct steps in the recruiting process, nor the goals or common failure points for each step. Even among recruiting leaders, it’s common for them to realize that their hiring process is failing but be unaware of which steps in the process are causing the problem.

Having advised a number of organizations seeking to improve their function, I have developed a process for identifying the weak elements of a recruiting process, which I call “Recruiting Failure Point Identification” or “Recruiting FPI.” There are three different FPI approaches that organizations can use to identify the key “failure points” in any hiring process. They include.