Candidates’ Expectations in the Current Job Market

What is your library’s recruitment process like for job candidates? Do your candidates feel valued throughout the application process? Are they left feeling excited about the possibility of working for your library and your leadership team? Today’s job seekers have elevated expectations when it comes to a candidate’s experience and their interactions with interviewers. The current labor market is prompting hiring managers and recruiters to focus on the full candidate experience which includes all the feelings, impressions, interactions, and activities a job seeker encounters along their candidate journey. It is how a candidate feels they have been treated throughout the recruitment process and how that treatment makes them feel about the library/organization. According to this article, candidates feel confident that they are still in the driver’s seat of the job market ─ 58% believe the current job market favors candidates. The article examines candidates’ expectations through the hiring process and offers a brief checklist of things that would provide a positive candidate experience. The author suggests that “the key is to always keep the candidate at the heart of everything you do.” When employers focus on candidates’ priorities and nurture them through their journeys (including treating them with professionalism and respect after their candidacy has ended), employers could potentially speed up the hiring process and have higher retention rates.

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