Recruitment is a dynamic and changing sector that must adapt to keep up with the ever-changing working culture. Over recent years, with the boom in online recruitment and the power this has given the candidate, the industry has had to become smarter and prove its worth over automated job boards and social media platforms. With this, we’ve seen a rise in niche recruitment services.
More information: http://recruitmentjuice.com/blog/4-benefits-of-niche-recruitment-services/
Nowadays it’s virtually impossible to send a text, instant message or email without using an emoji ever since they exploded in to our digital worlds in the late 90s.
The man behind them is Shigetaka Kurita, who as an employee of NTT DoCoMo back in the day, sought to revolutionize Japan’s means of communication. And the rest as they say.. is history.
More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/emojis-recruitment/
If you’ve been following my series of recruiting articles here on Jobvite, then you’re hopefully approaching the next 12 months with a renewed optimism about the results you’ll be able to generate from social media. But what else does the recruitment industry have in store for us over the coming year? In a break from my usual social recruiting advice, today I’m sharing four trends that I think we can expect to see gather significant momentum this next year:
More information: http://www.jobvite.com/blog/four-recruitment-trends-watch-coming-year/
Inventive recruitment campaigns are nothing new. From World War II code breaking to Arctic expeditions, employers have tried everything in the name of finding their people – the people who will go up to, over and beyond the call of duty. And sometimes – just sometimes – it’s actually worked.
More information: http://www.socialtalent.co/blog/6-innovative-recruitment-campaigns-mostly-worked
Employers are changing their recruitment process to enable them to have access to talented staff more quickly, according to a survey from TotalJobs.
The study of over 3,000 jobseekers and 100 employers found that over 45 per cent of employers have shortened their hiring process as they struggle to find and compete for talented staff.
More information: http://www.lsbf.org.uk/blog/news/education-careers/employers-changing-recruitment-process-to-access-top-talent-survey-shows/108944
Is “high touch” recruiting really high touch if it takes weeks to personally engage a candidate?
In a world where candidates have an increasing number of jobs available at their fingertips, a company’s brand becomes a determining factor in attracting the best talent.
More information: http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/high-touch-recruitment-through-automation
In 2016, we didn’t see a whole heck of a lot in the energy recruiting space. Still, most oil and gas players acted strategically, using the downturn as a time to strengthen relationships with clients and continue their recruitment of graduates.
More information: http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/147891/blog_recruitment_trends_to_watch_for_in_2017
We had a great time at The Recruitment Conference 2016, presented by UK Recruiter. This conference brings together some of the brightest recruiting minds in the United Kingdom and includes exchanging ideas with other vendors and recruitment business leaders.
More information: https://www.smartrecruiters.com/blog/the-future-of-2017-recruiting-in-the-uk/
It’s no secret that 2016 has been a massive year for politics, technology and economics, but what are the real knock-on effects to agency-side recruiters working as third party talent suppliers? How is the recruitment landscape adapting? Will your business boom in the new year, or are you doomed? Will advancing recruitment technologies be your career killer, or make you top biller? How can you up-skill to keep ahead of the pack?
More information: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/new-recruitment-trends/
It looks like a room full of practitioners, analysts and vendors sharing their best-kept secrets to success, their biggest failures and their vision of the future, no holds bar, to further a discipline.
More information: http://blog.smashfly.com/2016/11/11/future-recruitment-marketing-and-recruitment-marketing-best-practices/
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