01 May The Hidden Bottlenecks Costing You Great Hires
Most hiring challenges aren’t about where you recruit from. They’re about what happens inside the process 🤔
Here are 4 things I see slowing businesses down right now:
1. Unclear briefs
‘Roles go to market before alignment on what “good” actually looks like’
2. Misaligned salaries
‘I recently saw a Financial Controller role advertised at £35k to £40k. In the current market, most experienced Financial Controllers are earning £75k to 90k+.
That gap doesn’t just reduce applications, it means:
🔸 The wrong level of candidate applies
🔸 Strong candidates don’t engage at all
🔸 The process stalls before it even starts
3. Overly complex interview processes
‘4 to 5 stages, multiple stakeholders… and strong candidates drop out.’
4. Delayed decision-making
‘The best people are off the market in 10 to 14 days, not 6 weeks. None of this is about internal vs external recruitment. It’s about process efficiency and market alignment.’
Because the real cost isn’t the hire itself, it’s:
• Time lost
• Opportunities missed
• Teams running under capacity
The businesses getting this right are the ones who treat hiring like a commercial function, not an admin task.
If you’re reviewing your hiring process this quarter, it’s worth asking: 👉 Are we aligned with the market, or working against it?