{"id":11757,"date":"2020-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scouttalent.com\/blog\/candidate-attraction-during-the-holiday-season\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:19:14","slug":"candidate-attraction-during-the-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scouttalent.com\/us\/blog\/candidate-attraction-during-the-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"The Talent Scout Episode 40: Candidate Attraction During the Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 170px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 170px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/8937b4a8-faeb-448b-a8ca-788904bee9dc\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The holiday season is approaching, everything is that delightful chaos that it always is at this time of year, you\u2019re trying to finish off the last of your tasks for the year before you take a break, and you suddenly get hit with a business need to have a role filled by early January. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not ideal, but it happens. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Are candidates looking for jobs right now?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first question you\u2019re likely asking yourself at this point is, \u201care any candidates even looking for new jobs at this time of year?\u201d. The answer is of course yes, there are always candidates looking for new roles. The holidays do indeed provide a distraction but many people also view this time of year as a time to turn over a new leaf and start something new. That\u2019s probably more true than ever in this year of employee exhaustion and burnout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Timeframes are different<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next thing we need to accept about candidate attraction during the holiday season is that it\u2019s going to take longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stakeholders who have the power to sign off are going to be unavailable just when you need them most. What this means is that you\u2019re going to need to extend out your recruitment timelines, probably by as much as two weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we know from our understanding of candidates that if we\u2019re making our recruitment timelines longer we need to let our applicants and candidates know. This is something to keep front of mind while designing your job description and candidate attraction strategy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I worked with a client who had a hiring need over the holidays last year and we made sure to include information around timelines in both the job description and the automatic response that went out to candidates who had applied for the role. If memory serves correctly the interview panel was not going to be available until the second week of January so we finished out the job description stating exactly that. This way we managed our candidates\u2019 expectations effectively and made it clear to prospective applicants that they likely wouldn\u2019t hear about the next steps until early to mid-January<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The tools you need\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of your ability to manage candidate expectations over the holidays and keep them interested and engaged is going to come down to whatever tools of automation you have at your disposal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re a long-time listener to this podcast you know that our preferred method of managing campaigns is through an <strong><a href=\"\/us\/talent-acquisition-software\/recruit-essentials\/\">Applicant Tracking System<\/a><\/strong> and that we have one you can avail of at a very cost-effective price here at Scout Talent if you need it in a pinch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, given the proximity to the holidays, I imagine you\u2019ll need to make do with whatever tools you have to hand. Hopefully, you have a method of setting up an automatic reply for applications, make sure that automatic reply is working for you and managing your candidates\u2019 expectations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your HR team is still going to be active over the holidays and they have a phone line, include their contact details in this automatic message along with relevant information about timelines and when they can expect to hear an update on their application. If you\u2019re only working off of email then make sure your auto-replies specifically reference applicants and answer any questions you think they might have, things like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to do if they forget to attach a resume to their application<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When they\u2019ll next hear about this role<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where to direct any questions they have about the organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Headhunting over the Holidays<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A cornerstone of any good candidate attraction process is <a href=\"\/us\/webinar\/headhunting-how-to-target-the-ever-growing-passive-employed-candidate-market-2\/\"><strong>headhunting<\/strong><\/a>, and it\u2019s likely something that you\u2019re going to need to incorporate if the role that you\u2019re attempting to fill has some specific qualifications. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When proactively reaching out to candidates at this time of year be very upfront with your time and availability. 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