Online Recruitment Conference 2010

Steve NewsonOperations Director

Capita Resourcing & Development

steve.newson@capita.co.uk

steve.newson@gmail.com

Steve Newson

stevenewson

Steve Newson

The Bigger Picture

Agenda

• Are job boards about to die?• The history of recruitment technology• Drivers of Change• Indicators of Change• Social Recruiting• 2010 Predictions• Summary & Close

Are job boards on their last legs?

...beware the hype

The next big thing is...

Recruitment Technology History...

So what are the issues driving change?

ANSWER: Cost and Quality

Cost...

We did notice a little thing called the credit crunch...?

Quality...

Candidates are very different to ten years ago…

Their lifestyles have changed.

You have to follow the crowd...

The next big thing doesn’t work if your target talent pool doesn’t go there and hang out...

What are the signs of change...?

Led by Facebook & Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82%

Change is inevitable...

...except from a vending machine

Our research indicates that...

...for IT roles where salary is greater than £35K more than 65% of candidates are already on LinkedIn

Social Networks & Social Recruiting

New Oxford American Dictionary

Word of the Year 2009: UNFRIEND

What’s the big deal?

Social Sourcing v Social Recruiting

‘Social Recruiting’ is the silver bullet... TRUE OR FALSE?

My predictions for 2010...

Predictions 1

• Challenging year ahead with some acute difficulties in the public sector

• Candidate sourcing strategies will continue to broaden

• Social Recruiting will grow• Cloud computing will be a factor in

technology strategies• Mobile Phone Applications will have an

important place

Predictions 2

• Job Boards will innovate or see declining share

• In the broadest sense of the word, "Search" will be a key factor

• Finding the model that enables interaction with emerging technologies will be important to the health of core recruitment platforms

• Newspaper advertising model likely to fundamentally change

And finally...

What are the

opportunities

for us as recruiters?

Let’s open up the discussion…