Remember 15 years ago when the experts were scaring everyone with “the war for talent”? Saying by 2010 unemployment would be at historic lows? How about a little over a decade ago when job boards and applicant tracking systems would forever change a recruiters life (and make it simpler)? Or when 8 years ago when your corporate career site was touted as one of your most significant recruiting assets? Or 4 years ago when social recruiting was “in”.
Through the evolution of recruiting and online channels, little has changed. Sure, SEO is more important today than it was back then given candidates online search behaviors and having a social presence matters more now. (or does it)? What hasn’t changed much through all of the change the effectiveness of these channels – and the candidate experience.
I recently had the opportunity to spend part of a day with a dozen other corporate recruiting leaders and we discussed the experience and results from online recruiting (while these results may or may not be comparative to yours there was representation from a variety of industries and company sizes).
Here are 6 of the key online recruiting topics / trends discussed:
Most of this isn’t surprising in a lot of ways, and hasn’t changed a lot over previous years. The buzzword over the past 12 months thrown around (and it will increase even more) is.. analytics. Without it, your blindfolded. Management reporting is basic, just as is ensuring you have the right technology (applicant and source tracking) in place to measure the KPI’s for each step of your recruiting process.
In the end remember data just is, what it is.. It’s just data. Having it and acting on it is what matters. Oh, and I almost forgot – if you really want to hire someone, just recruit them.
Talent HQ’s creator and editor is Recruiting & Diversity Leader, Jason Buss. Talent HQ is a premier online news and information channel for the Recruiting and Human Resources community.
Tags: Job Boards, Metrics, Online Recruiting, recruiting analytics, recruiting benchmarks, social recruiting
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