Recruiting Trends

Interestingly,Recruitment strategy have evolved over time to great extent. What was effective 5 years back ,might have become obsolete by now.The trick here is to stay on the top of trends and be agile enough to proactively change our stance.

One Brand,One Experience: A resilient employer brand is vital to gain traction and attract the best candidates. According to a research,companies knows to be great employers receive 50% more qualified applicants and see a 50% reduction in cost-per hire.People don't just value monetary incentives and perk anymore,they place more emphasis on culture, values and ethical alignment of the company. Candidates want to work for an organisation that has a positive impact on the world.

The Strategic Recruiter: The role of the recruiter is transforming ,thanks to modern technologies.Recruiters are able to engage better with all key stakeholders including the hiring manager ,employees and candidate.They are in a better position to make strategic moves that create more business impact.Making the switch from reactive to proactive recruitment,recruiters are beginning to make strategic decision that help them to hire the best talent out there.

Agility Hiring plans:It's not just the company goal that change with evolving market condition, but the hiring goals also keep changing.If you feel the pace of change has been speeding up-lately,its time to brace yourself for more.'Expect the unexpected'is the norm these days.So,predominant challenge in the recruitment process is to keep up with rapidly changing hiring needs.

Warm Talent Pool:HR Professionals often tend to overlook the talent pool once they build a data base of candidates both active and passive. Made up of qualified candidates, talent pool can serve as a quick reference to deploy talent for a role when the need arise unexpectedly. It helps you prepare in advance for unforeseen situation. Talent pool have been for a long time-but the need of the hour is to revisit and nurture the talent pool continuously. Recruitment specialist should divest more effort to nurture a warm talent pool of internal and external candidates.

More candidates to embrace Mobile Job Search: According to a 'Jobvite's job Seekers Nation Study ,over 90% of candidates search for a job on their mobiles and these numbers will only increase.So ,its only makes sense to become mobile friendly.This is the best way to reach out to Gen Y ,Z and beyond. Gen-Z,also know as post-Millennial are soon start hitting the market.

Happy Hiring :)