Candidate Screening

    What is candidate screening?

    Candidate screening is the process of assessing the skillset, qualifications, references, and experience of a potential candidate. 

    Benefits of candidate screening process

    It’s key to have a thorough candidate screening process in place for any structured method of hiring. There are a number of benefits to having a candidate screening process in place, not only will it help you identify qualified candidates efficiently, but it can also help to improve the overall quality of hire and other key benefits, such as:

    • Saves time – removes the time consuming manual aspect of going through every CV and matches candidates based off of predefined criteria from the job description or manually set relevant keywords.

    • Finds qualified candidates easier with Boolean search.

    • Enhances quality of hire by quickly identifying candidates with the right skills and experience.

    • Improved time-to-hire by reducing time spent screening resumes.

    • Better candidate experience through quick feedback and clear communication during the hiring process.

    • Reduces unconscious bias by focusing on the hard skills and their prior experience demonstrated in their CV.

    • Removes unqualified candidates and showcases shortlisted candidates by quickly screening candidates based off of their past job title(s), resume keywords, and experience demonstrated in their CV.

    • Compliance management – removes risk by ensuring compliance documentation is in order and speeds up hiring processes by eliminating human error in checking the documents.

    How can recruitment software help me screen candidates?

    Utilising candidate screening software is an easy way to help make the recruitment process more efficient. You can easily find top talent with recruitment software that utilises the features contained within Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Recruitment management software that has an applicant tracking system integrated within it will contain automated systems in order to quickly and efficiently screen candidate’s job applications and match them with the job description of a role in order to streamline the hiring process.

    Features of an applicant screening software

    Depending on the candidate screening software you choose, there will be different features that you can utilise to screen job seekers and ensure that you are picking suitable candidates for the roles. The Eclipse recruiting software features candidate screening tools such as:

    Resume Parsing

    Our software acts as both a Candidate relationship manager (CRM) and an applicant tracking system (ATS) to parse resumes and CVs into a structured format for populating into a candidate record on the platform.

    Keyword Matching

    Our candidate screening software matches candidates against the predefined requirements of a role based on keywords you choose, keywords in the job description, qualifications, skills, and more.

    Automated Screening

    The software can apply rules and criteria that you set to filter and rank job applicants in order to speed up the process of finding the most qualified candidates for each role.

    Compliance & Background Checks

    Our software can integrate with background check or compliance checking services to ensure candidate credibility and a streamlined recruitment process.

    Candidate screening is one of the key aspects of a hiring process in order to improve the quality of hire. By utilising a recruitment management software with an automated screening process in place, you will speed up the time to hire from application through to interview stage.