Hiring Framework
Everything You Need to Know About Recops
O. Scott
Published on 18th July, 2022
8 min
Most companies want to optimize recruitment. However, unfortunately, many companies have no idea where to even start when it comes to optimizing their recruitment process. This results in recruiting bottlenecks that can prevent companies from functioning at a higher level.
Considering the fact that recruiting is one of the most important processes for a business’s success, it is crucial to make improvements to recruitment wherever they can be made. One thing that is changing the game in terms of
improving recruitment is Recops.
What is Recops?
Recops is the intersection of recruiting operations and recruiting optimization. It is similar to
“DevOps”
in software programming. Just as Devops aims to improve efficiency for creating software, Recops aims to improve efficiency in recruiting.In order to improve efficiency in recruiting, the goals are to hire employees faster, at a reduced cost, and more effectively. Recops provides a framework that any HR department can use to speed up hiring times, reduce costs, and make better hires.
Companies that implement Recops have the potential to dramatically transform their recruitment for the better. This is because the
Recops framework eliminates common recruiting problems
, and prevents many other recruitment problems from occurring.Recops is not a short-term or even a one-time change to recruiting that generates results immediately. Instead, it is a long-term commitment to doing things better in order to achieve recruiting excellence.
The Inspiration for Recops
In addition to being inspired by Devops, Recops was also inspired by other
optimization frameworks
for different business operations such as:
- Lean manufacturing (manufacturing)
- Sales enablement (sales)
- Lean startup (entrepreneurship)
- Design thinking (design)
- Customer success (customer service)
- Growth hacking and inbound marketing (marketing)
All of these frameworks have been created specifically to help companies to get better results. They involve getting down to the truth and making changes that will make a meaningful difference.
Oftentimes, companies do not even fully understand how inefficiently they were operating until they start applying an efficiency optimizing framework such as Lean manufacturing. The same is true for Recops.
An Example of How Recops can Help Optimize Recruitment
One of the main problems with traditional recruitment strategies is the metrics that recruiters often use to measure success. Some of the main metrics that are used in recruiting are “time to fill,” “cost per hire,” and “quality of hire.” While these metrics might seem useful at first, the problem is that they are too arbitrary and vague.
The reason why they are too arbitrary and vague is because they do not make it clear what they are measuring against. In other words, there is
no framework to determine whether or not the metrics
that are being used are actually significant. Because of this, the results can be very difficult to assess.Despite this fact, many hiring managers and recruiters put these metrics up on a pedestal and try to do everything that they can to improve their results.
With the Recops framework, we try to extract data from the hiring process that is more meaningful and significant. We do this by asking the hiring manager questions immediately following the hire. These questions can include:
- Was the
quality of talent
in the hiring pool high? - Was the
amount of time it
took to hire the person reasonable? - Did the recruiter act like a true partner and help you every step of the way?
Then, we ask the recruiter questions about the hire 6 months later. These questions can include:
Did the candidate you hired have a
positive impact
on the team? Would you hire this person again?By asking the hiring managers questions about the hiring process immediately after the hire and 6 months down the line, we are able to get a better understanding of the effectiveness of the hiring process. When all is said and done, no matter what metrics you use, the answers to the five questions listed above are the only things that matter when it comes to recruiting effectiveness. That is why Recops focuses on them.
Boost productivity while saving time and money
4 fundamental principles to eliminate inefficiencies from the recruitment process.
Other Recruitment Areas Recops Focuses On
In addition to focusing on interviewing, Recops also focuses on other key areas of recruitment. For example, Recops also focuses on making high-quality job postings that attract ideal talent, timing recruitment efforts, using new technology such as augmented reality job fair booths, and more.
Only by addressing every area of recruitment can Recops create solutions for recruitment that actually bring about meaningful change. The Recops framework is designed to not neglect any areas of recruitment.
Making the Shift to Recops
Some companies hesitate to make changes in recruitment for the sole reason that they are used to doing things one way. However, going for tradition just for tradition’s sake is not necessarily a wise choice.
The Recops framework is designed to be an
upgrade to traditional recruiting practices
. It was carefully created by looking deeply at what doesn’t work and creating solutions that work better.Because Recops was designed specifically to optimize efficiency and to fix the problems with traditional recruiting, there is a very good possibility that many companies could benefit by implementing it.If your company is struggling to have consistently effective recruiting, then it could be a great time for you to try implementing Recops.
This doesn’t mean, however, that you should make drastic, sudden changes. In fact, you should start out with small changes. Focus on one area of your recruitment efforts and start applying Recops strategies to it. If you like the results, then consider applying more Recops strategies. In time, taking this approach, you might end up switching entirely to Recops. Just don’t make sure you try to make the switch too quickly, because this could be too tumultuous.
Conclusion
Recruiting is a vital part of the vast majority of businesses. This is because without being able to attract and retain top talent, many businesses will struggle to achieve their full potential. Unfortunately, despite recruiting being such an important business function, many businesses do not recruit effectively.
This is partly due to keeping traditional recruitment strategies and frameworks in place that are not efficient.
Recops is a recruitment framework that is designed to optimize efficiency in recruiting for any company that implements it. If your company wants to save time and money on recruitment while attracting high-quality talent with an abundance of experiencing, then implementing Recops could be the perfect move for it to make.
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If you would like to get a copy of the Recops book which explains the entire Recops framework, then you can do so
here.
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Contents
- What is Recops?
- The Inspiration for Recops
- An Example of How Recops can Help Optimize Recruitment
- Other Recruitment Areas Recops Focuses On
- Making the Shift to Recops
- Conclusion
