KFC Franchisee Doubles Employee Retention With Sprockets
Hiring quality employees is harder than ever with today’s click-to-apply culture, rise in applicant ghosting, and use of poor screening methods. This KFC franchisee decided it was time to try something different — it was time to try Sprockets that’s proven to improve employee retention.
Key
Results
DOUBLED EMPLOYEE RETENTION
in the first 6 months
LOWEST STAFF VACANCY NUMBERS
in the last 3 Years
84 APPLICANTS WITH $0 SPENT ON ADS
by using Sprockets Pools
How Sprockets Solved Their Staffing Challenges
O Incorporated, an 8-location KFC franchise group, struggled to stay fully staffed in an industry with a historically high turnover rate that’s gotten worse with post-pandemic challenges. Paul Accordino, VP of Operations, discusses how adding Sprockets has helped fill the gaps in their staff and get O, Inc’s locations to nearly 100% staffing levels.
They would often get ghosted by applicants.
Hiring managers didn’t have enough time to screen candidates effectively.
There was tough competition with other businesses for applicants.
They force you to waste money on job boards
They eliminate potentially great candidates
They require too much time and energy from managers
Our platform revealed who was highly interested and would stay long-term.
Sprockets revealed the ideal fits based on shared personality traits.
The seamless integration and instant alerts streamlined their process.
We revive interest from the applicants you’ve paid for
We identify applicants like your best workers
We alert you when it’s worthwhile to speak to a candidate
Savings
In the first six months, Sprockets’ hiring solution reduced the number of hires that O, Inc. had to make by 186, ultimately saving them at least $186,000.
90-Day Retention
The first three months are crucial for new employees to settle into a role and for managers to really see if they’ll work out. Thanks to Sprockets, O, Inc. more than doubled their 90-day employee retention from 26% to 58%. This helped them avoid costly turnover and retain productive, experienced workers.
Applicant Flow
Like many other franchisees, applicant flow was a challenge for O, Inc. Sprockets’ Pools campaigns able to get 84 applicants back into their hiring funnel by re-engaging past applicants with no additional money spent on sourcing.
Staff Vacancy
Workplace Culture
Team morale, especially at the manager level, is crucial for maintaining a positive workplace culture. According to O, Inc., Sprockets’ alerts about when top applicants apply has boosted team morale and gets managers excited to interview the applicants.
What They Had to Say…
“The numbers don’t lie. There’s been an increase in retention tied to the quality of the applicants identified with the Sprockets survey.”
“The results are undeniable. We are certainly in a better place than we were before Sprockets.”
“Sprockets creates an ‘emotional currency’ and keeps spirits high when managers can see top applicants coming into our funnel.”
O Incorporated
Why Top Brands Hire With Sprockets
Simply put, Sprockets increases your hiring success rate by automatically engaging your applicants and determining the ideal fit for specific roles and locations. It’s the modern solution for an outdated hiring process that is fundamentally broken.
Post Jobs for Free From Sprockets
Revive Interest From Past Applicants
See Who Will Perform Like Your Best Workers
Receive Instant Alerts About Top Candidates
Stay Fully Staffed With a Team of All-Stars
Get to the Best Employees Before Your Competitors
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Re-engage
Pools revives interest from past applicants using multi-touch outreach campaigns.
Hire
Make the best hiring decisions every time thanks to our automated applicant scoring system.
Repeat
Continue to nurture and engage with your pool over time to increase applicant flow.
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