Does anyone else experience pressure from managers to "corner cut" when recruiting? We have a relatively high turnover of employees in 3 key areas of the business, 2 of which are from highly skilled sections. We know what the contributing factors are and are working to resolve as much as is possible and we are in a very competitive market. Anyway, I digress. The issue is one of Managers constantly hassling me with an expectation to "get him/her in" within ridiculous timescales i.e 3 days from initial offer letter! They just don't want to be bothered by the whole issue of references, medical questionnaires, right to work documents, notice periods (heaven help me if there isn't any notice to serve) or by the fact that the "keen as mustard" potential new employee STLL hasn't returned their acceptance of our conditional offer nor have they made any contact regarding presenting required documents.
Often I am experiencing delays as a result of misinformation/lack of information on behalf of the applicant...incorrect details provided for reference purposes, boxes ticked incorrectly on medical forms that require me to investigate further ; does it need to go to OH or is it an error as I suspect? . I could go on and on. As a Standalone HR Manager, with all Payroll Responsibilities and with no Admin Support I simply do not have the time to repeatedly chase up the amount of missing info. Despite all of the foregoing all I keep hearing from Managers is that recruitment agencies; don't get me started; and themselves think we have a lengthy process. Well we don't, as simple as that. By the way, in the case of one person for whom all went smoothly and referees responded extremely quickly, I did onboard within 5 days.
Would be interested in hearing from someone on this.