Recruitment is tough for all industry sectors in the UK right now, but recent research from the British Chamber of Commerce has revealed a very sharp rise in recruitment difficulties in the construction sector particularly.
An ageing workforce, a lack of skilled workers and rising costs have led to a perfect storm for housebuilders. Competition to recruit skilled, qualified workers is fierce. But you can gain the advantage by offering a speedy, streamlined and engaging application process.
Using dedicated talent acquisition software can really give you a head start when it comes to finding top talent for your business. Reach ATS is a fully-customisable end-to-end talent acquisition platform, which will revolutionise your recruitment. But can one piece of software really make a big impact in a market that’s dealing with huge skills shortages? Absolutely. Here’s how Reach ATS can help:
How can a talent acquisition platform streamline the hiring process for housebuilders?
When you’re dealing with multiple hires across numerous projects, automation is key. Our smart talent acquisition system does the heavy admin lifting for you. Acknowledge applications and keep candidates engaged in the process with personalised automated emails. Automatically post new vacancies to job boards or collect references at the click of a mouse.
Fully customisable to your own workflows, Reach will automate those every day tasks that drain your team’s time, streamlining your entire hiring process and freeing up your colleagues to focus on more strategic tasks.
What role does talent management software play in maintaining a skilled workforce in construction?
Get your hiring process right and you’re more likely to attract and retain the best talent for your business. Reach ATS helps you to scrutinise your hiring data, optimise your recruitment strategy, and spot skills gaps before they happen.
Use our special features such as quick apply or disqualifier questions, automatic reference collection and integration with third party software (such as DBS, Right to Work and skills and competency testing) to speed up your time to hire. Making sure you make the right hire every time.
How can talent pooling enhance the talent acquisition process for housebuilders?
Change is constant in construction. Each project requires a different mix of skilled individuals for each stage of the build. By collecting applicant data with Reach ATS you can build up a searchable database of talent. This ensures you always have a list of potential employees to draw on at a moment’s notice. Not only does this reduce time to hire because you can go direct to those individuals, it also saves money and time advertising the role too.
Our custom built talent pooling software enables segmentation of your talent pool data in any way you need it: location, skills, qualifications, previous experience with you – you name it, Reach can do it.
All data collected by Reach is GDPR compliant (or aligns with the regulations of the country you’re working in). Reach ATS will also support the requests to collect personal data and the necessary purging of that data when the agreement expires. Another important task off your to do list.
What are the key features of talent acquisition software that benefit the construction industry?
Our feature-rich talent management software offers a huge range of benefits for the housebuilding sector, here’s just a few:
For Your Candidates: a bespoke candidate portal keeps applicants engaged and involved with the hiring process. Self-serve interviews, application via socials and reminders to complete applications or submit references give the candidate autonomy whilst keeping them abreast of their progress.
For Your Hiring Managers: our hiring manager portal empowers colleagues for effortless collaboration. Approve requisitions, share candidate interview scores, and review applications on the go with our hiring manager app.
For your HR team: Gain complete oversight of all live vacancies from our central dashboard. Store templates, contracts and review hiring data direct from our talent management software. Use power BI feeds to effortlessly visualise your hiring stats. Our automatic reference collection, online contract signing and enhanced onboarding capabilities mean your hires will join the team in the office, or on site, fully briefed and ready to work.
How does a talent acquisition system help housebuilders ensure quality in their workforce?
Our comprehensive talent acquisition software can be used to asses your candidates’ skills and qualifications, ensuring only the most suitable individuals are selected for critical roles, and helping you maintain high standards across all your projects.
From reference collection to competency and compliance checks, Reach ATS will help you build a good quality workforce. Our seamless third party integration allows candidates to complete all necessary pre-employment checks via their bespoke portal.
Unlike some other applicant tracking systems, Reach ATS is designed and built to fit your talent acquisition needs. We build you workflows that suit all the roles you recruit for, from joiners to occupation health and safety supervisors, from site managers to finance. We help you capture all the information you need to source and hire the best talent for your organisation. Hiring mistakes can be costly. Reach ATS lets you make sure every hire is the right hire.
Brick by brick we’ll build you a system that will provide the right tools for your talent acquisition process.
Having the right tool for the right job is absolutely fundamental when it comes to construction. It’s the same when it comes to an ATS. Choose an ATS that is flexible and feature rich and it will become the most regularly used and reliable item in your hiring toolkit.
In an environment where you’re dealing with skills shortages, diversity and inclusion requirements and a candidate-driven market, an efficient and reliable talent acquisition platform really can elevate and streamline your hiring admin. Having a bespoke applicant tracking system designed around your unique needs might just give you the competitive edge you’re looking for.
Want to see us in action, book a demo now and Reach for a better ATS.