Agency recruitment is not dying.

In fact it’s thriving.

But not for everyone!

The winners will be the modern recruiters who evolve, re-tool, up-skill and re-invent.

More information: http://gregsavage.com.au/2016/05/24/are-you-yesterdays-hero-on-the-slide-to-recruiting-hell/

After the harshness of the recession, many UK industries are witnessing huge growth. Due to the explosion of these industries, there are more job roles being created in the UK than ever before.

Unemployment is at its lowest since 2008. Employers see the immediate need to source the right people with the rights skills to fill the gaps in their business, making the demand for recruiters at an all-time high.

More information: http://www.it-recruitment-blog.com/demand-recruiters-time-high/

We are missing a trick.

For the last few years, I have interested myself in the challenges of recruitment and retention – specifically in rural and remote healthcare. This is the ‘R&R’ of ‘R&R’ – saying that several times makes me sound more like a pirate than I ever intended.

More information: http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/views/blogs/we-need-to-recognise-the-need-for-holistic-recruitment/20031675.blog

A lot of recruiters are dependent on recruiting technology to do their jobs well, and much has been written about the benefits of recruitment or ATS software. But do these technologies really help improve a recruiter’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?

More information: http://valuehire.com/blog/can-recruitment-software-really-measure-your-kpis/

Talent acquisition professionals typically wrestle with an unwieldy variety of systems in their war for talent. Besides core recruitment systems (often an old-fashioned ATS), they deal with job boards, video interview tools, background check vendors and candidate assessments. Using this tech menagerie is inconvenient, as they aren’t easily integrated to the ATS, all of which translates into extra clicks and duplicate data entry.

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-recruitment-marketplace/

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies” – Larry Bossidy

More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/massive-recruitment-mistakes/

We love to pore over it and cluck like robot hens over a tech trough, examining the predictions and discussing their take on it all. With the rise of mobile and tech advances in recruitment, our industry has seen vast changes over the last 10 years – it’s a race for recruiters to keep up with the latest tech!- See more at: http://www.barclayjones.com/blog/recruitment/deloitte-tmt-predictions-for-2016-what-it-means-for-recruitment/#sthash.OkbHqfLP.dpuf

– See more at: http://www.barclayjones.com/blog/recruitment/deloitte-tmt-predictions-for-2016-what-it-means-for-recruitment/#sthash.OkbHqfLP.dpuf

First off, let me just say that I am pretty much the world’s biggest Donald Trump fan, and in fact, 100% agree with everything The Donald has ever said or done. Just kidding.

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/make-hiring-great-donald-trump-can-teach-us-recruiting/

2016 predictions for the recruitment industry are very upbeat. Record turnover figures, increased hiring projections, rising placements numbers and improving margins all point to a busy and profitable year. But are there headwinds?

More information: https://mervyndinnen.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/researching-the-recruitment-industry-in-2016/

In any aspect of life, experience always plays a key role in determining success. However, in an ever-changing and fast-evolving business world, sometimes, even those with the most experience can fall short by succumbing to common mistakes.

More information: http://blog.hirerabbit.com/5-biggest-mistakes-even-experienced-recruiters-make/