{"id":17542,"date":"2023-12-01T10:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T10:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmarketsvp.com\/?p=17542"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:49:22","slug":"the-associations-push-to-widen-the-candidate-funnel-with-datapeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmarketsvp.com\/2023\/12\/01\/the-associations-push-to-widen-the-candidate-funnel-with-datapeople\/","title":{"rendered":"The Association\u2019s Push To Widen the Candidate Funnel With Datapeople"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is a 136-year-old organization with over 1,200 employees dedicated to accounting and finance. In 2017, AICPA partnered with the international Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to become AICPA-CIMA, or The Association. The Association has almost 700,000 members in 196 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datapeople is part of The Association\u2019s first diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative. Concise, consistent, and inclusive job ads have opened up the top of The Association\u2019s hiring funnel. Meanwhile, standardization has made the hiring process more efficient and quicker overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The Association\u2019s Challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the talent acquisition (TA) team, The Association didn\u2019t have much in the way of diversity initiatives a few years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A move towards DEI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, The Association\u2019s leaders made the decision to focus on DEI. The TA team started by analyzing their selection process, where they could improve it, and what type of tool could help them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been on a bit of a journey the last three to four years,\u201d says Reetu Vallabhbhai, Senior Manager, Global Talent Acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job descriptions as job ads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before Datapeople, The Association published their job descriptions as job ads. Yet job descriptions (the detailed docs that HR uses) don\u2019t make great job postings<\/a> (the succinct docs that TA uses). In fact, job descriptions tend to attract less diverse applicant pools, along with smaller and less qualified ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, job descriptions are internal HR docs and should include everything about the job, while job ads are external marketing docs that should include only the information job seekers want to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had to change our job ads to entice people and tie DEI into that,\u201d says Reetu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Datapeople\u2019s Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Datapeople offered a way for The Association to open up the hiring funnel by making their job ads more inclusive, consistent, and effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focusing job ads on candidates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Datapeople nudged the team to include more information that job seekers actually want to see (e.g., location, reporting structure, a DEI statement). Datapeople also nudged them to shorten and restructure their ads so job seekers could more easily find that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting recruiters and hiring managers on the same page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Datapeople offered the reasoning and science behind its guidance, which Association recruiters could use to get hiring managers on the same page with them. (The Association has hundreds of hiring managers, by the way.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overhauling existing job ads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When the team first implemented Datapeople, they took down all their live job ads (job descriptions, really) and posted new ones with guidance from Datapeople. After that, they baked Datapeople into the team\u2019s workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just: \u2018Take a look at Datapeople if you need help,\u2019\u201d Jacki says. \u201cIt\u2019s: \u2018You will run your job ad through Datapeople, and we will produce an advertisement based on the recommendations.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adopting the platform painlessly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The team says adopting Datapeople was \u201creally smooth and easy\u201d and didn\u2019t take a lot of time or education to get users up to speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\u201cDatapeople is just really, really simple, which means it\u2019s an easy sell to recruiters who use it day in and day out,\u201d Reetu says. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked with other suppliers where it\u2019s just not as easy. Whether it\u2019s from a relationship point of view or account management point of view or just the tool itself being clunky to use. Datapeople is not that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


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Establishing consistency organization-wide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starting job ads from scratch was negatively impacting efficiency, so the team created a library of job templates in Datapeople. Now, recruiters don\u2019t have to chase down messaging, they know their job ads are up-to-date, and they can easily share already-successful job ads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more efficient for a recruiter,\u201d says Reetu. \u201cNow they\u2019re not wasting time putting something new together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But starting job ads from scratch was also negatively impacting DEI, and the templates are helping with that too. Datapeople\u2019s own research shows that some content carries strong signals of inclusivity. A DEI statement, for example, significantly increases job seekers\u2019 perceptions of a company\u2019s inclusiveness. Using templates ensures that an approved DEI statement appears in every one of The Association\u2019s ads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using Datapeople, The Association is making sure they\u2019re attracting as many people from various backgrounds as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping do \u201cmy little part\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur job is to make the funnel as wide as possible from the very outset, to make sure the front door is open,\u201d Reetu says. \u201cWe truly believe Datapeople is helping us do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, it\u2019s personal for Reetu. She says that opening the funnel is the biggest piece of the DEI puzzle for her and something she feels proud about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\u201cI\u2019m a person of color and a woman, and I want to do my little part in opening the funnel to people like me,\u201d she says. \u201cSo people like me know there are opportunities to progress and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


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Higher click-through rates on LinkedIn job ads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a customer success meeting with LinkedIn a couple of months ago,\u201d says Reetu. \u201cAnd they told us that clicks on our job ads are up 49% year-on-year and job views are up 31% year-on-year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, The Association\u2019s job ads on LinkedIn got a lot more clicks after revamping them with Datapeople. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe feel like it\u2019s directly related to using Datapeople,\u201d says Jacki. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reetu agrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really do,\u201d she says. \u201cWe think there\u2019s a real correlation between using Datapeople and the success of our job ads. LinkedIn even called out in a presentation to us our \u2018well-written job advertisements.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Succinct, candidate-friendly job ads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When the team first started using Datapeople, their job ads didn\u2019t score very well. (Datapeople combines everything TA teams need to know about job content into a single predictive performance score. A score of 85 or higher [out of 100] indicates an inclusive and likely effective job ad.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had scores of, like, 17 when we started,\u201d says Jacki. \u201cBut now we\u2019re averaging in the upper 80s, which is a pretty significant improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More visible employer brand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not an extremely well-known organization,\u201d says Jacki. \u201cIf you aren\u2019t an accounting or finance professional, you may never consider us for a job. Datapeople has helped us engage candidates from all different backgrounds and get more eyes on our organization overall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacki says that carefully crafted, concise, and consistent job ads boost the employer brand and help with DEI. Every job seeker who reads one of The Association\u2019s ad receives the same thoughtful, inclusive messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it looks like you actually put time into your job posting and care about how it\u2019s worded, looks, and flows together, job seekers are going to be more likely to follow your organization and maybe apply for something in the future,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiring manager buy-in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Instead of publishing job descriptions written by hiring managers, the team now publishes job ads written by recruiters who work collaboratively with hiring managers. Datapeople guidance informs every job ad and has helped build trust for the TA team among hiring managers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne area where Datapeople has given us the most success is making the job ads shorter,\u201d says Reetu. \u201cHistorically, we\u2019ve battled with hiring managers over that, but now we\u2019re able to quote Datapeople to them, which really helps us in those conversations. We can back up what we want to change and why, if asked. But, honestly, we\u2019re past the point of being asked now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy recruiters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor some recruiters, putting together a job ad isn\u2019t their favorite thing to do,\u201d says Jacki. \u201cBut Datapeople takes some of the guesswork out of the process, and I think they really like using it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDatapeople has taught me a few things,\u201d says Jacki. \u201cIt\u2019s helped me with the language I use, making it more personalized and things like that, even when I\u2019m writing something that I can\u2019t run through Datapeople.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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On working with Datapeople<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reetu and Jacki say that working with Datapeople the platform and also Datapeople the company has been a pleasure, from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe got a better feel, to be honest, of you as a business [during the sales process],\u201d Reetu says. \u201cThere was such a personalized approach and enthusiasm and energy. We weren\u2019t just another number, it felt like, which is why we decided to go with Datapeople.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacki agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a very strong appreciation for the partnership between The Association and Datapeople,\u201d she says. \u201cLike Reetu said, we\u2019ve worked with similar vendors and vendors for other things, and it just hasn\u2019t been as engaging. We enjoy working with all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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