{"id":5074,"date":"2024-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5074"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T08:04:02","slug":"daily-markup-1000-mercus-ai-powered-solution-shortens-decathlons-hiring-time-from-30-days-to-just-7-saving-hundreds-of-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5074","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #1000: Mercu\u2019s AI-powered solution shortens Decathlon\u2019s hiring time from 30 days to just 7, saving hundreds of hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfRXzU0fn7w3s-J7M8PcRURrhGZyc6Dkaoy-3q4PJEbg2FYN5133UtNIH4P81oxsx4dQTGzXTYi_z-62xdIbXfqRD3BVINtXk3QOPLhPpygpEnVO9x0M4x9B-Ef5iIaPAhg6MFZaOtnDROEen33d13TG94?key=Lw5gi5g4k-4KDLxNISuMjA\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Elliott Gibb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Candidate service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Decathlon, a global brand for sporting goods, has become a household name for their commitment to delivering an exceptional retail experience \u2014 and this begins with hiring the best people for all their outlets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retail is fast-moving and ultra-competitive, posing a unique set of challenges, with the main one being a 3-person recruitment team at Decathlon having to manually follow up with 300+ applicants on a monthly basis. The cost of that is over 100 hours every month!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This leads to an inconsistent candidate experience, slow response times, and high admin costs. The solution? Bringing in 500-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercu.com\/\">Mercu<\/a>\u2019s conversational recruitment platform.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mercu\u2019s platform seamlessly integrates with Decathlon\u2019s existing applicant tracking system (Workable) to offer an engaging and personalized experience to candidates through automated interview scheduling, reminders, engagement via WhatsApp, and an on-demand AI assistant to respond to inquiries in real-time in Decathlon\u2019s tone-of-voice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This collaboration positively changed the experience for Decathlon\u2019s applicants, without the need for Decathlon to change their existing workflows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe brief from Decathlon was clear: it has to integrate into existing workflows. 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