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Cutting Time-to-Shortlist in Lagos Hiring

Practical ways Lagos employers can shorten time-to-shortlist without lowering the bar — from parallelised sourcing to pre-verified pipelines.

Avant Tech Nigeria team collaborating in the Lagos office

Parallelise, don't serialise

Sourcing, screening, and background verification don't have to run one after the other. Kick off verification for the top of the funnel while the rest of the funnel is still being sourced. By the time your hiring manager wants to interview, the reports are ready.

Pre-verify your talent pool

For recurring or high-volume roles, build a warm bench of candidates you've already screened. When the role opens, the shortlist is a shortlist, not a search.

Fix the intake

Half of hiring delays are misalignment between the recruiter and the hiring manager on what "good" looks like. A 30-minute intake with a real role brief cuts weeks out of the process.

Kill the black hole

Candidates disappear when they stop hearing from you. A weekly, structured update to every candidate in your pipeline costs almost nothing and preserves optionality.

What we do

Our recruitment workflow runs sourcing and screening in parallel, with verification starting the moment a candidate looks promising. Weekly candidate updates are built into the process. That's why our clients see shortlists in days, not weeks.

Talk to us

If your open roles are dragging, start a conversation. We'll respond within one business day.

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