You talk to candidates every day and while many are A candidates, others need coaching to get there. Some areas candidates struggle with:
Can’t get clear on role they are focused on
Haven’t thought about stage of company they want to work at
Don’t know target companies
Aren’t articulate in interviews
Some candidates can’t be coached to success given their job history or how they present themselves but many can, with a little coaching.
“There are lots of candidates who on paper look great, but have never had to really sell themselves in an interview process.” Top Recruiter
Many recruiters and talent partners we’ve talked with attempt to coach candidates because they:
Recognize the patterns that are easily fixable and want to help
Want to build relationships with good candidates that can lead to long-term relationships and future searches
Want to help candidates by sharing their experience
Why you can't invest the time to coach
But the payoff from this coaching isn’t there:
You don’t have time Coaching a candidate to success can take a few calls
You haven’t built the content to support coaching Without the resources to share, you will need to spend a lot of time coaching people live
You don’t get paid for it In fact, charging for coaching may actually be a conflict of interest with our clients
In addition, given your role as gatekeeper for the role the candidate is interested in, your feedback often won’t be received well
Since you are judging them, many candidates use feedback as a way to try to get a second chance and may argue over feedback rather than be in a receptive mood
We’ve all had experiences where candidates were resistant to feedback and even responded with anger
You can’t be as direct as you need to be as it could create more anger/resentment, which means to successfully coach someone will require even more time
You don’t know how and when they like to get feedback
Feedback can hurt your relationship with candidates, exactly the opposite of what you are trying to achieve with coaching
Whispered was built to help candidates
Now there is a better way to help candidates who need coaching. Share Whispered which helps candidates by providing:
Free career guides and detailed action plans for every stage of the search
A direct approach to feedback allowing us to give the soulful feedback candidates need
“I think candidates who take advantage of resources and free coaching is the first indicator that you truly have a B candidate that can and wants to be an A.” Top Recruiter
With its free content and proprietary databases, Whispered can inflect a candidates career and polish B candidates into As. Candidates will appreciate learning about Whispered from you. You will achieve the goals you had with coaching candidates:
Building a relationship with them
Helping them on their journey
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