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Recruiting Stockers and Order Fillers

A Deep Dive into Talent Sourcing and Recruitment Advertising Benchmarks

Stockers And Order Fillers

A Bit About These Talented Professionals

Ah, the realm of stockers and order fillers, where efficiency and inventory mastery meet customer delight. These pros navigate the aisles with grace, ensuring shelves overflow with goods and orders are fulfilled with seamless precision. With an anticipated growth of 6% from 2021 to 2031, this occupation opens up a world of opportunities!

What keeps it growing? Well, the booming retail sector and the rise of e-commerce, of course.

These stockroom superheroes curate shelves brimming with enticing products, captivating eager customers at every turn. With the agility of ninjas, they fulfill orders, ensuring a delightful shopping experience for all. They operate forklifts with precision and maintain immaculate records, orchestrating a symphony of organizational excellence. Shazam!

Ready to assemble a stellar team of stockers and order fillers, at the optimal cost?

It’s time to let Joveo’s data do the talking!

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CPA App-lause or App-loss

CPAsCost per application (CPA) measures the cost incurred by an organization to receive one job application from a potential candidate.
 depend on CPCs, as well as a bunch of other factors! While you can’t control everything (ex. market conditions) you can defo work on perfecting that application process.

When it comes to optimizing, there are a few key factors to consider: CPA, application quality, recruiters’ time, employer brand, and candidate experience. While easy apply CPAs are lower, recruiters may not get all the information they need and unqualified or low-intent candidates are more likely to apply! On the other end of the spectrum, a lengthy app can lead to high applicant drop off, poor CX, and a high CPA.

Recommendation: Evaluate what info your team needs. Whether you choose easy apply, an optimized ATS-based app, or a more complex approach, your recruitment strategy should be driven by data! Check out our  job advertising cost calculator to get an idea of what your costs will look like, based on location and app length!

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

CPC, Ya You Know Me!

Nationally, we are seeing an average CPCCost per click (CPC) is the cost incurred by an organization for each click on a job advertisement or recruitment campaign. of $0.62… but that’s not going to help you plan, is it? Delaware leads the pack as the least expensive state to garner a click ($0.46). On the other end of the spectrum, where clicks will cost the most, we find Colorado ($1.08).

Recommendation: Get the most out of your investment! Use this data effectively, grasp the nuances of seasonality and macro trends, and stay agile. Keep an eye on performance variations across states and consider A/B testingA/B testing refers to a randomized experimentation process. Two or more versions of a variable (job title, job description, etc.) are shown to different segments of users at the same time. The goal is to determine which version leaves the maximum impact and drives conversions.
 to improve CPCs and conversion rates.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Mind Your Demand-Supply Gap… by State

Wondering how aggressive your sourcing needs to be in a given state? Well, this chart will come in mighty handy, giving insight into the demand-supply gap, and indicating just how aggressive you need to be when it comes to talent sourcing or job advertising.

For example, if you’re looking to hire in Ohio, Florida, or Texas, you shouldn’t have a problem. In fact, these three top our list of easiest to fill states when we take a look at demand and supply of stockers and order fillers. On the other end of the spectrum, filling your hiring funnel in Vermont, North Dakota, or Hawaii is going to be a challenge, given the low supply and high demand!

Recommendation: If the color of your state is deep gold, it may indicate that you need to jazz up your job content, A/B test titles, expand across locationsGeographic optimizations expand the targeted location to include surrounding communities. This is an easy way to extend your reach and reduce CPAs by sourcing from less competitive markets.
, and spend more on recruitment marketing and job advertising to attract more great-fit candidates.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Who Posts the Most?

Well, the competition is moderate when it comes to recruiting stockers and order fillers. Top employer Lowe’s distributed north of 23,000 unique jobs. Other familiar names rounding out the top companies posting the most include Amazon, Harbor Freight Tools, and Pepsi.

Recommendation: Be sure to get your posts out to all the right job boards and on social media. We may be a little biased, but one great way to automatically post jobs across the best-performing sites is to use programmatic job advertising – plus you can take advantage of job titleJob title expansion means leveraging alternative job titles, using commonly searched terms. These are published as new listings in addition to the original post. and geographic expansions. Shazam!

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

Show Candidates the Money!

The national median advertised salary for stockers and order fillers is approximately $36,000, as of September of 2024. Employers advertising salaries higher than this will defo have a competitive advantage when it comes to sourcing!

Recommendation: If you offer a great salary, don’t forget to call it out in your job description – even if your state doesn’t enforce it legally.  This will help you attract more candidates, lower your CPCs, and fill your funnel faster.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

An Eye on DE&I: How Do You Measure Up?

We know diversity is important! In fact, 67% of today’s candidates take a serious look at potential employers’ DE&I programs, and what they find influences their decision making. And, as we well know, the more diverse your workforce, the better your business outcomes!

Recommendation: What does diversity in the occupation look like in your state? If you find you’re falling a bit short, have no fear! There are a plethora of relevant job boards to give your DE&I program the fillip it needs.

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

How About Those Skills?

Successful recruiting entails making sure your job postings compete with the best and attract the candidates that are right for you. One important piece in the job posting puzzle? Skills. When it comes to recruiting stockers and order fillers, make sure you keep up with the competition!

Recommendation: Take note of these most commonly sought skills when creating your job descriptions!

Source: Joveo and TalentNeuron Research

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