Research Report

How Recruiting Teams Today Manage the Surge of Inbound Job Applications

Learn from top organizations that invest in improving how they handle inbound applications and how they enhance recruitment outcomes while maintaining a positive candidate experience.

Dec 10, 2024
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Kevin Grossman
By Kevin Grossman
This joint research from ERE and Gem reveals how companies are improving how they handle inbound applications and how they enhance recruitment outcomes while maintaining a positive candidate experience.
Key takeaways from this latest research include:
  • The top inbound applicant screening methods used today and the top activities recruiters spend the most time on.
  • How much time is spent on manual administrative tasks with and without implementing AI recruiting technologies to help.
  • How employers are managing candidate experience throughout the application process.
  • And so much more!
Sponsored by
Gem
Gem’s Talent Engagement Platform helps recruiting teams use data and automation to engage talent more deeply, build diverse, high-quality pipelines, and hire predictably at any scale.

Gem unifies data and context from the tools recruiters use daily to create a source of truth for all talent relationships. Armed with insights about the entire recruiting process, automation to reach out to talent at scale, and true cross-functional collaboration tools, TA teams can proactively and strategically plan for what’s ahead.

About the authors
Kevin Grossman

Kevin Grossman

Vice President of Research

ERE Media

Kevin W. Grossman is the VP of Research at ERE Media responsible for talent acquisition and candidate experience research. Formerly President of Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards, Talent Board merged with ERE Media in 2023. The CandEs as they’re known is the first research program focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience. Kevin has over 25 years of domain expertise in HR and recruiting and has written two books: Tech Job Hunt Handbook in 2012 from Apress, and Candidate Experience: How to Improve Talent Acquisition to Drive Business Performance in 2022 from Kogan Page.