A Brick in the Wall – Education and a Diverse Workforce

This is part three of a three-part series exploring the future of work and what true diversity can mean for you, the organisations you work in and society at large. Click here to read part one.

Let’s take you back roughly fifty to sixty years. It is the mid-19th century. The Ivy-League colleges in the USA have become a thing. (For those that don’t know the USA context, the Ivy-League refers to a group of prestigious universities which are often associated with academic excellence and social elitism)

More information: https://weirdlyhub.com/brick-wall-education-diverse-workforce/

Temporary Hiring Trend in India – An Outlook

Temporary hiring in India is one of the historical forms of workforce deployment. Employers would use temporary or contract staffs in the field of art & sculptor, architecture, education, construction and short-medium tenure workforce requirements across boundaries. We are consequently building on an ancient model and typically reinventing the wheel.

More information: http://www.thecareermuse.co.in/temporary-hiring-in-india/

The 3 Hottest Trends That Will Impact Recruiters in 2018

Effective talent acquisition and recruitment often top the list of priorities for organizations as they move into a New Year, and 2018 is no exception.

With unemployment in America continuing to decline (it’s currently at its lowest percentage since 2000), the job market is becoming increasingly competitive. In fact, a serious labor shortage exists across the United States. It’s not simply due to a mismatch in skills, but there are actually fewer employees available overall, especially in industries that most need them.

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/3-critical-recruiting-trends-will-dominate-2018/

One Big Thing That Recruiters Really Looked For This Year

It’s a term I hear a lot even if it isn’t always clear what it means, so don’t feel bad if you’re also a little fuzzy on the definition of “soft skills.”

Lots of hiring and talent management professionals seem to be looking for candidates with soft skills, so in case you’re confused, here’s a definition I like from SearchCIO:

More information: http://recruitingdaily.com/one-big-thing-recruiters-really-looked-year/

How Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) Can Hire Great Employees

Hiring is always a challenge but nonprofit organizations face additional hurdles when searching for great employees. While it’s a fulfilling endeavor working for an NPO, NGO, or another type of 501(c)(3) organization, it’s a vastly different experience than being an employee of a for-profit business.

However, hiring is a large part of the operations of NPOs, especially as they grow and progress toward their goals. According to Nonprofit Quarterly, an estimated 14.4 million Americans work in the sector as of 2013.

More information: https://recruiterbox.com/blog/how-nonprofits-npos-can-hire-great-employees/

Global Staffing Trends- 2017

This is one among the findings out of LinkedIn’s recently released 2017 Global Staffing developments report.

Highlights of the survey included within 2,000 manager-level and above, search and staffing recruitment professionals in 35 countries — include: The good news is the fact that 68% of staffing firms assume their firms to develop compared to 2016, also say they plan to hire greater recruiters (56 percent), source’s (32 percent), branding specialists (28%), and coordinators (17%).

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/global-staffing-trends-2017

2018 HR TRENDS – CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

One of the biggest undertakings in HR is recruitment.

When we think of recruitment and the process it involves we instantly think about the process such as specifications of a particular job, the action of attracting candidates to apply for that job, screening and selection of candidates, hiring the right candidate and the onboarding of those candidates.

More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/2018-hr-trends-candidate-experience-what-you-need-to-know

Learning from Mistakes: The Future of Recruiting in a Digital World

The following article was originally published on the Human Capital Institute website and is authored by Head of People at SmartRecruiters Sarah Wilson. Join Sarah in the future of recruiting – a future which is actually happening right now! Robots, technology, and the land of tomorrow. How can we harness all the recent advancements in HR Tech to make everyone’s lives easier from candidates to hiring managers?

More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/learning-from-mistakes-the-future-of-recruiting-in-a-digital-world/

How Will Augmented & Virtual Reality Play a Role in Recruitment?

More and more companies are choosing to go the virtual reality route. Even recruiters. Many recruitment agencies are embracing what virtual reality can bring to them. Why? Because it makes sense. Imagine interviewing candidates in a digital space without having to schedule a time for them to come in physically.

More information: https://theundercoverrecruiter.com/virtual-recruitment/

6 Awesome Recruitment Ads That Are Serious Thumbstoppers

We all know the daily struggle of going through loads and loads of resumes. Every now and then you might stumble across something incredibly awesome. So awesome, that the entire department eventually got to see it. That’s what we’re here for: we want to inspire you at all times, so we’ve summarised a few job advertisements that totally rock! Whenever you come across one of them, give the creator a round of applause and quite possibly offer him or her a job. So, let’s begin: roll the awesomeness!

More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/recruitment-ads/