Maximizing your holiday hiring success

For many hiring teams, the idea of “holiday hiring” is met with feelings of dread and frustration. 

And despite a 2024 season adding slightly fewer retail jobs this holiday season compared to  last year, hiring teams are still tasked with filling 520,000 jobs (vs 564,200 in 2023). This year’s market is competitive for job seekers. According to Withe, there is a “19% increase in job-seeker interest” from 2022. And when 81% of people start their job search in September, holiday hiring teams are immersed in the process well before the holiday season actually begins.

With a competitive, high-volume landscape comes the need for speed and efficiency—impossible to achieve without the right hiring technology in place.

HireVue offers the tools needed for your team to achieve seasonal hiring success. 

Text your candidates(!)

When speed is critical, your engagement and communication needs to be fast. HireVue text recruiting engages 4x more candidates 5x faster—with minimal effort from your hiring team!

And who says hiring technology makes the process less personalized? By leveraging SMS messaging, you can message candidates or new hires via 1:1 communication or mass campaigns, enabling quick responses to hiring needs. 

High-volume, hourly hiring processes are handling mass amounts of data, and HireVue’s secure texting solution allows team members to text from a secure platform, not a personal phone.

With a shared inbox, privacy standard compliance, maintained records for HR and legal, you’ll give your HR, IT, and legal teams peace of mind.

And who knows your business better than your past employees? Recruiters can source from existing talent pools and streamline communication and the hiring process by reaching out to candidates who have already proven successful on the job—so teams can start sending offers as soon as possible.

Conversational AI

Unlock your candidates’ potential by matching skills with available job opportunities. Don’t miss out on qualified talent because of tricky titles or confusing job descriptions that ultimately slow down hiring.

HireVue’s Conversational AI ensures candidates’ skills are transferred and used to present all roles that fit their skill set, opening up more opportunities for them. Automate communication and ensure candidates stay engaged by sending follow-up texts or WhatsApp messages within minutes after they apply, reducing the risk of candidate ghosting.

Read the full Maggiano’s case study here.

Virtual Job Tryout®

The HireVue Virtual Job Tryout® is an interactive, science-based assessment that helps employers evaluate if candidates are a good fit for the job. It provides realistic job previews to help candidates understand the role, while enabling hiring teams to identify top talent and potential star performers.

Walmart has used the Virtual Job Tryout® to hire 400,000 new retail associates in just 4.5 short months. And with a 95% average completion rate and millions returned in ROI, they’ve seen mass success with the custom-built assessment.

Read the full Walmart case study here.

Structure your interviews for fairness and efficiency

When it comes to finding skilled, qualified talent, you want to ensure you’re evaluating everyone consistently and also ensure your candidates have the skills needed to be successful during the rush of holiday hiring.

HireVue Builder structures interviews to assess key job skills, ensuring fair, consistent hiring for long-term success. Assessments help retail recruiters evaluate the skills and competencies that matter for on-the-job success in addition to measuring essential soft skills like adaptability and teamwork.

Ready to make holiday hiring less stressful, so you can actually enjoy the holidays? Request a demo.