5 Game-changing Recruitment Trends 2017 - Talismatic

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5 GAME-CHANGING RECRUITMENT TRENDS - 2017
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Industry thought leader John Sullivan says 2017
is "the year of the algorithm."
Sullivan asserts that the recruiting function
will finally
"begin the shift away from a decision model based
on past practices and intuition and toward
data-driven decision-making."
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Recruiting gets introduced to AI
Recruitment is to witness a major overhaul in the
sourcing screening processes thanks to the
proficiency of artificial intelligence. Experts
also predict that the AI revolution will enable
efficient handling of the interviewing processes
thereby making the administrative jobs of
recruiters, obsolete. This will leave HR more
time and opportunity to focus on employee
engagement and workforce planning.
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Increase in hiring
According to statistics, recruiters will see a
surge in hiring levels for 2017. This means
recruitment efficiency will need to be at its
maximum in order to accommodate a feasible hiring
system. One major focus area for HR will be
determining the optimal workforce composition.
Streams that showed promising growth were
professional and business services (37,000),
private educational services (29,000), health
care (27,000) and mining (8,000).
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Source ADP Employment Report
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Workplace Diversity
57 of recruiters say their hiring strategies are
designed to attract diverse candidates, according
to a survey conducted by the Society for Human
Resource Management (SHRM). Glassdoors research
states that 67 of active and passive job seekers
look for diversity as an important factor when
considering companies and job offers. The
McKinsey consulting firm states that by 2020,
there will be a global shortfall of approximately
85 million qualified workers. Diversifying the
workforce will be crucial to bridging the gap.
Entelos 2017 Annual Recruiting Trends Report
revealed that 67.4 of talent acquisition pros
are reporting management either supports or
strongly supports workplace diversity.
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Widening of the Sourcing Scope
Recruiters now find easier than ever to reach out
to the candidates they are looking for. Thanks to
improved technology, recruiting specialists can
tap into unexplored talent through a variety of
mediums. Besides looking on the outside,
companies are increasingly sourcing talent from
within the organization. Recruiters are also
leaning towards locations outside the city and
even turning their gaze to universities that
teach the skills they look for in candidates.
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Talent Analytics to Become Indispensable
Talent analytics has seen a major boost in the
past 2 years. Experts assess that the
application of statistical data to the hiring
process can expedite recruitment and make it more
efficient. Recruitment analytics will be used to
determine and predict crucial tasks in hiring
parameters like closing timelines, candidates
skill levels, competitor hiring patterns, talent
densities and heat maps, will be easier to
pinpoint, using the power of data.
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Sources ADP Employment Report 2017 Entelos
2017 Annual Recruiting Trends Report
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