{"id":26271,"date":"2018-10-10T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.in-recruiting.com\/what-is-a-talent-pool-candidate-pool\/"},"modified":"2022-05-18T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:55:14","slug":"what-is-a-talent-pool-candidate-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.in-recruiting.com\/en\/what-is-a-talent-pool-candidate-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a talent pool (Candidate pool)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is a talent pool? What does this term mean and why is it so important for HR and Recruiters? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>What is a talent pool?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Definition of a talent pool: a t<strong>alent pool (or candidate pool) is the place or database where recruiters HR managers keep their best candidates (prospect candidates)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this is not the only definition of this term. Some recruiters consider it as a synonym for the group of candidates who have actually applied for an open position, but this definition has a strongly limiting meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Why create a CV database?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recruitment agencies and companies use candidate pools to speed up the time it takes to recruit candidates. Recruiters, being able to &#8216;fish&#8217; candidates from their CV databases, reduce the time needed to close a selection (time to hire).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, having an always-ready candidate database also improves the overall quality of candidates and the cost to hire. In the age of data-driven recruiting these metrics are increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>How to create a candidate pool?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many ways to create an always ready candidate pool to draw from, here are a few:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.in-recruiting.com\/en\/the-cv-database-this-is-where-the-purple-squirrel-hides-and-how-to-find-it\/\">Create a CV database<\/a> with your Applicant Tracking System (ATS)<\/li><li>Identifying online candidates among the company&#8217;s current employees<\/li><li>Use referral recruitment techniques<\/li><li>Post a job advertisement on a job board and channel the CVs into your ATS<\/li><li>Sourcing passive candidates on social media and external databases<\/li><li>Sourcing on forums and blogs using advanced X-ray search techniques<\/li><li>Improve your Employer branding so as to exponentially increase the number of spontaneous applications you receive via your career page.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you know the meaning and translation of the term and why a talent pool is so important; it&#8217;s time to <a href=\"https:\/\/ats.in-recruiting.com\/free-trial?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=button_banner&amp;utm_campaign=free_trial_eng&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=button&amp;utm_campaign=talent_pool_definition\">try In-recruiting for 14 days<\/a> and start building your application database now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a talent pool? 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