Building your own Talent Network can be very time-intensive from active web sourcing to searching resume databases.  The fact is many recruiting organizations don’t seem to have the time to build their Talent Network with all the other recruiting activities they need to do on a daily basis.

The key is to find ways to build your Talent Network that require less maintenance by your recruiting team and that fit into activities that you already do on a daily basis.  There are several ways to build your Talent Network that can be be put on “auto-pilot” and have great results on your overall recruiting ROI.

Here are 4 low maintenance ways you can source candidates into your Talent Network:

Apply Process: Every job ad you distribute is a great opportunity to add qualified contacts to your Recruiting CRM or database.  A simple opt-in form right before your application process can capture up to 70% of the qualified contacts that drop off of your apply process.  Best of all, you just need to set it up and it will automatically capture candidates every time you distribute a job ad.

Automated Resume Sourcing: If you are a recruiter, you may have searched Monster, CareerBuilder or free resume databases to find qualified resumes to add to your Talent Network.  The problem is that this process is very time consuming.  If you don’t have the time to do this but want to search these databases, you might want to try an automated resume sourcing solution.  This service will search the aforementioned databases and bring back relevant resume results while you focus on other important recruiting tasks.

Mobile Recruiting: Mobile Recruiting can be a great way to save time in sourcing candidates into your CRM or database.  Whether at a networking event or career fair, you can have qualified candidates easily add themselves to your Talent Network by texting their email address to a dedicated phone number you set up.  These contacts are then added to your CRM so you can contact them via email and SMS campaigns.  Sure beats collecting resumes and inputting them in by hand.

Career Site: So you’ve put an opt-in form in your apply process?  Why not also put it on your career site?  If a candidate is interested enough in your company to visit your Career Site you should provide a simple opt-in form there to enable them to stay connected with you.  Have this form flow the contact into your central database so you can contact these candidates for future job campaigns.

There are several low maintenance ways to start building and using your Talent Network.  The key is to start collecting these candidates today as every recruitment marketing campaign you start can represent a missed Talent Network building opportunity.