Recruitment 2.0

As the skills gap grows, HR must pull out all of the stops to retain your new hires but in many cases, it’s not working. Up to one in four new hires leave their jobs in the first six months according to research from Korn Ferry and 90% of employers believe that retention of their new employees is a significant problem.

Attracting qualified candidates to job posts is becoming more of a challenge for UK employers. Last week, unemployment fell to its joint lowest level since 1975. According to the Office for National Statistics, employment now stands at a record high of 31.85m after 92,000 new jobs were created in the three months to January 2017. More people secured full-time positions too, suggesting that the quality of available jobs is also improving.  

Candidates going AWOL on the day of their interview is a frustrating a fact of life (or the hiring process) for most HR and recruitment professionals but it doesn't have to be.

The gig economy was predicted to be one of the biggest influences on the labour market in 2017 by the CIPD. A new survey this week supports this, suggesting that half of UK employers are planning to increase their use of gig economy workers by 2020[1]. It is expected to be worth an estimated $63bn globally by 2020 and £2bn to the UK economy but is your hiring strategy prepared to successfully hire gig economy workers?  

Understanding current recruitment trends will help your business to target job posts more effectively. These 6 tips will help your business to improve your candidate response and future recruiting success:-

PwC’s 20^th Annual CEO Survey reports that 83% of UK CEOs are concerned about their ability to attract people with key skills in the coming 12 months. Workplace wellbeing is central to your ability to hire and retain talent in 2017 but the UK is facing a problem. 

Ensuring your first choice candidates accept your job offers in 2017 will be a challenge for most UK businesses. Skills shortages remain the number one concern according to the annual CBI/Pertemps Trends Survey and candidates with scarce skills will be bombarded by offers from hiring teams eager to secure their skills.

Hiring intentions in the UK have reached a three year high, putting the pressure firmly on HR to ensure a flawless recruitment process. Conducting an effective and positive interview is central to achieving this but, for HR, it isn't as straightforward as it might seem. 

The significance of online job boards in hiring has been reinforced as new research has revealed that 81% of candidates have used them in the past year.

Rejected job offers or a lack of qualified candidates applying to your job adverts could be down to one thing. Your employer brand.