How These 5 CEOs Are Digitizing the Candidate Process

Candidates increasingly expect a digital experience from recruitment agencies. How do recruitment agencies respond to that demand? We asked the CEOs of a number of leading intermediaries.

"For example, we offer our platform Continu Connect where clients can search an anonymous database of our profiles. Yet personal contact remains very important." — Jeroen de Bruijn, CEO Continu Professionals

"We largely automated our entire hiring process a number of years ago, especially the very first point of contact." — Jeroen Tijink, CEO Techsharks

"In the past, as a staffing agency, you had recruiters sourcing on a job board. Now your own site needs to be the platform where people arrive." — Jeroen van Kooij, CEO DAAN

"We try to perform as few manual actions as possible up to placement. Software also helps us be fast." — Jos Tunderman, CEO VNOM

"You can only seize the scarce opportunity that arises if you have the right data and a well-streamlined application process. We work with Minggo for this." — Pieter van Hemele, CEO Talentus

Still quite a gap between wish and practice

A recent poll among more than 100 recruiters shows that 83% of candidates would prefer to schedule an interview digitally, while in practice this is only possible at 2% of agencies.