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The candidate experience: Is it damaging your employer brand?

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  • Miles, Sandra Jeanquart
  • McCamey, Randy

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The importance of the candidate experience has only recently gained attention as the war for talent ensues. Despite its importance, there is a paucity of research examining the exchange relationship between the job candidate and the organization during the recruitment process. This article presents a model—illustrating the connections and exchanges made among an organization, the job candidate, and the organization’s recruitment process—that forms the candidate experience and, in turn, affects the employer’s brand either positively or negatively. Based on this framework, guidelines are presented to assist organizations in ensuring a positive candidate experience that will result in the strengthening of the employer brand and improving recruitment and business outcomes. Some of these business outcomes include strengthening relationships with customers and investors, referring friends to the company, and participating in future searches conducted by the organization.

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  • Miles, Sandra Jeanquart & McCamey, Randy, 2018. "The candidate experience: Is it damaging your employer brand?," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 61(5), pages 755-764.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:61:y:2018:i:5:p:755-764
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2018.05.007
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