How many good candidates have you lost by being too slow in getting back to them? 

I'd like to share a short story with you. I recently connected with a Sales Executive who just joined a very successful company that has been in business for over 15 years.  One of his first priorities was to hire three new sales people for his team.  He commented about how he had just lost a good sales candidate that he wanted to hire (after 4 weeks of investing his time in the interviewing process) because his company took too long getting back to her.  He also shared that the company still uses email and spreadsheets as the primary technology for recruiting, communicating and tracking new employee hires.  Sound familiar?