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2019 Global recruiting trends is a guide for implementing recruiting strategy. This will bring a new set of global recruiting trends that will impact the whole the recruiting process.

Impact of new recruiting RPO trends in 2019

In terms of recruitment trends, 2019 will bring a fresh set of Global recruiting trends that will impact your entire recruiting process. Are you ready to implement them, or you want to be the same old follower to be left behind?

We bring you the same top Global recruiting trends for 2019 that you need to start implementing ASAP, otherwise, you will end up being the loser in the war for talent before the year ends!

Recruitment using Technology

Technology has many salient features in itself, among which its collaborative nature and its preponderance to data-driven analysis. These two attributes find great favor with hiring managers and recruiters when it comes to finding the candidate with the best fit for a particular role or company, as well as employee retention. In recruitment, the impact of technology and the data it captures is becoming more pronounced in terms of enhancing the hiring process for both the candidates and the hiring teams. With captured data, it has opened up new possibilities for recruiters and hiring managers to reach candidates. The market has become largely candidate-driven, which means that recruiters and companies are working harder to attract top talent.

Start using digital assets to speed up the recruitment process.

The prevalence of technology has created higher levels of expectations from jobseekers who want a fast, straightforward application process. If you have noticed yet, talent acquisition has become more like a marketer’s game for HR and recruitment professionals. It attempts to build a strong employer brand and a fun corporate culture, and then actively promote them on social media and other online platforms.

With each day that hiring proves to be a drag, recruiters are more likely to lose the best candidates to other firms, while companies end up spending more of their resources than what is necessary.

To act against this, here are some ideas to help you accelerate the hiring process using a digitally-driven approach.

Conducting video or mobile interviews

The first-round of interview should be video or mobile interview, which offer flexible options for recruiters and job applicants alike since they help eliminate chances of delays in schedule and lengthy hours preparing for a face-to-face meet. According to researched data, it has been proven that more than 60 percent of companies are now using video interviews for their hiring.

Using ATS (An applicant tracking system)

An ATS is a great help for recruiters and employers to sort through thousands of applications submitted to them, and with more and more people on mobile and social platforms, you need your ATS to be capable of leveraging these channels. While leveraging your ATS, consider your organization’s needs; i.e. accessing your candidates’ social media profile on LinkedIn, for example.

Marketing recruitment

It’s the strategy based, on the implementation of marketing tactics in recruitment Industry. It is the process of nurturing and attracting talented individuals to the organization using marketing methods and tactics.

 Marketing recruitment is a discipline that has been introduced as a consequence of the current situation in the labor market. The main goal is to follow the latest trends in the market and offer solutions to the companies that best overcome these new challenges. Companies that adopt these new recruiting best practices will be more likely to attract talent. This is why Marketing recruitment will be at the sole top of the recruitment trends 2019.

Inbound Recruitment

 It is a strategy where you proactively and continually attract candidates with the goal to make them choose you as are their next employer. Your goal in inbound recruitment is to attract, convert and engage candidates.

 Lately, there has been a switch from outbound to inbound recruitment. Simply reaching out to the candidates and offering an open position is not the way to attract the talents anymore. If you are looking for a long-term solution to advance your recruitment process and hiring strategy, inbound recruitment is the trend you should adopt.

 Employer/Organization’s Marketing 

 Employer marketing is the term commonly used to describe an organization’s reputation and popularity as an employer, and its employee value proposition, as opposed to its more general corporate brand reputation and value proposition to customers. Employer marketing ideas are essential for building a strong and attractive employer brand.

From research, it has been proven that more than 75% of jobseekers research about a company’s reputation and employer brand before applying. Employers with a bad reputation not only struggle to attract candidates, but they also struggle to retain employees. This is why employer marketing is one of the top recruitment trends of 2019!

Candidate’s experience

It is current, past and potential future candidates’ overall perception of your company’s recruiting process. It is based on candidates’ feelings, behaviors, and attitudes they experience during the whole recruiting process, from sourcing and screening to interviewing, hiring and finally on-boarding.

Furthermore, it is important to focus on candidate experience in recruitment trend you should adopt in 2019

Because candidates who had a positive candidate experience in your recruiting process will more likely accept your job offer, reapply in future and refer others to your company.

On the flip side, a negative candidate experience can cost you more than a few candidates — it can even lose your company big bucks! The example of this case is Virgin Media, a company who calculated that a bad candidate experience costs them a shocking $5.4 million annually!

Candidate’s pools

Candidate’s pool refers to a place or database where recruiters and HR Managers keep all of their top job candidates. Candidate’s pool make not only candidates that have applied for jobs, but also sourced, referred candidates, silver medalists and candidates that have willingly joined your pool in an inbound way.

Imagine if every time you had a job opening, you had a pool of Candidates from which you can just pick the best one! Sounds great, right? This is the reason many recruiters have already adopted this recruitment trend and started building a high-quality candidate database for current and future needs.

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