Recruiters Expect Hiring to Increase in Q2-Q3 and Social Media Eyed to Source Quality Candidates
Imported 8 months ago. See original articleAt the beginning of January, Standout Jobs and PBP Media launched a Recruiting Trends 2009 Survey. We’re now ready to publish the results.
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We had over 450 respondents dominated by corporate HR professionals and recruiters. The results come from a broad range of companies - with a large variety in terms of size and industries.
Some of the key results:
- 41% of respondents believe hiring will increase from Q2-Q4 2009.
- Social networks dominate as the most important recruiting trend, but candidate relationship management is a close second. This is a strong indication that companies recognize the importance in providing a positive candidate experience, building long-term candidate relationships, and re-marketing to candidate prospects.
- Companies are recognizing the increased importance and value of their corporate career site as a primary source of applicant flow, and by extension the importance of employer branding.
- 27% of respondents believe that a lack of qualified applicants will be the biggest hurdle over the next 5 years.
- 43% of respondents are not actively implementing recruiting strategies for younger Gen Y and Gen X job seekers. This is extremely surprising.
It’s clear that not everyone is completely despondent over the hiring and recruiting scene. Companies are looking towards an uptick in the relatively near future, and seem to be taking the time now to plan longer-term strategic initiatives and research new technologies and ways of sourcing, attracting and engaging talent.
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