Recruitment 2.0

The war for talent, skills shortages and jobs growth are topics which dominate recruitment headlines on a weekly basis, piling more pressure on struggling HR functions. For those in need of inspiration, you may discover it in the unlikely source of your competition. Look a little closer at the most successful for positive lessons about talent acquisition like the nine below:-

Resistance to recruitment software remains stubbornly high among UK employers who insist on tackling the growing skills shortage with manual hiring systems. If you’re still to be convinced about its ability to speed up your hiring process or effectively screen job applicants, our five compelling examples may change your mind.

If the constant barrage of ‘skills shortage’ headlines is to be believed, attracting talent is a challenge many employers face. It doesn’t have to be that difficult. As Employee Motivation Day 2016 (25th February) approaches, here are six tips to make your talent acquisition easier:-

There’s an emerging new trend in the workplace. Ghosting.

An interesting tweet appeared on our Twitter feed yesterday, courtesy of Recruiting Blogs:-

Each week brings us new surveys on the crises affecting talent acquisition and HR. With a (slightly) tongue-in-cheek approach, we highlight the things we’ve heard enough of already this year.

If you are thinking about moving from Excel spreadsheets to using recruitment software, it may seem sensible to task your internal IT team to build you a platform in-house. On the face of it, it may seem like this would save a great deal of money, as your IT team are already being paid their salary, and it would save someone researching the different options out there. In addition, it’s understandable to think that a home-grown system would be created to perfectly cater to your specific needs, maybe better than an external provider could provide.

As we’ve often lamented on this blog, employers are still reluctant to fully embrace the advantages of HR software in the hiring process, preferring to hold on to the familiarity of manual recruitment systems. In the meantime, technology continues to advance at a rapid pace and businesses lose out on sought after talent. Resistance to HR software is perpetuated by common myths, here we bust five of them:-

Perfecting your talent acquisition strategy isn’t a one-off task, it’s a work-in-progress. HR can be its own worst enemy in achieving that progress. A pile of unsuitable CVs and a growing list of rejected job offers suggests that your failure to attract talent might be a case of in-house sabotage. Here’s what we mean:-

HR is inching towards embracing technology in talent acquisition as it becomes more difficult for UK businesses to attract qualified candidates. Progress remains slow, however, with 54% of HR functions still relying on manual recruitment processes. That’s a scary thought, but the effect of HR software on your hiring process is scarier.