2020 was a year of change. The world of work was also shaken up, along with recruitment. The following trends will undoubtedly continue this year, with flexibility as the central theme.
1. Focus on Contractors
Given the volatility of the Covid-19, companies should be able to switch, scale up and scale down quickly. This creates a greater demand for freelancers to be able to work on temporary projects. In addition, there is often a demand for certain skills for a specific period. A mix of permanent employees and additional interim employees means that a client always retains the resilience to deal with change.
2. Soft and digital skills
The digital world requires soft skills such as empathy, creativity, communication skills, or team spirit. Clients often look for employees who have the resilience to deal with change and complex circumstances. This question is therefore often put to recruitment agencies. In addition, digital skills are indispensable, especially by working remotely. In order to create an optimal team collaboration, it is essential to be able to use different tools. It is the mix of soft skills and digital skills that an employer is looking for in new talent to promote new work.
3. Local recruitment is no longer a necessity.
Before Covid-19 broke out, it was important for employers that their employees lived nearby. But with the new normal, distance is no longer so critical, with the result that companies now have a greater reach to attract talent. In addition, candidates also have more opportunities and a better work-life balance because they no longer have to travel to the office every day. As a result, we even see a sharp increase in vacancies that are 100% from home.
4. Flexible working and remote working
As mentioned earlier, a better work-life balance is an excellent advantage of working from home. In addition, many professionals are more productive, so they also like to continue working from home after the crisis. There are also environmental benefits; less office space is needed, and it reduces our ecological footprint.
Nevertheless, working from home does not only have advantages. For example, how do you maintain the company culture? How do you ensure that employees remain motivated? And how do you ensure that new tools are used appropriately?
5. Employer branding
We notice that more and more candidates first look at what company they are looking for before applying. New talent is looking for a company with a good reputation, which is based on trust. Employer branding stands out well, transparent communication about the culture, challenges, and what the plans for this are leading.
6. Artificial intelligence
The world of HR has been making a digital sprint since digitization and automation. We see that recruitment processes accelerate through video CVs, artificial intelligence, and pre-screening. According to a recent Harvard business review study, the chances of the right candidate being chosen increase by 25% if AI is applied during the process. The use of this will only increase.
7. Recruitment 3.0: the new standard?
E-recruitment, or perhaps recruitment 3.0, means that the entire recruitment process is dematerialized: from the publication of a vacancy to the applications via application software or remote interviews.
More than ever, recruiters are able to value digital tools. Whether it's finding the right candidate, managing job applications, or interviews, digital tools can make a recruiter's life a lot easier and more efficient. Tools such as multi-posting, where the same vacancy is published on multiple channels simultaneously, e-mail automation, and digital interviews are a selection from which both client and candidate and recruiter can reap the benefits.
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