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Stuck in the Past?Stuck in the Past?

David Freeman

Stuck in the Past?

Guess the decade…

Stuck in the Past?

Guess the decade…

No Peaking!

Stuck in the Past?

The change in the market has changed the landscape of recruiting.

Flood of new applicants as unemployment has risen

Quality applicants difficult to come by

Budgets have been greatly reduced

Recruiting functions have been trimmed, asked to do more with less

Stuck in the Past?

Recruiting of yesteryear…Transactional, requisition driven

More emphasis on quantity vs. quality

Major job boards primary candidate source

Benefits of technology not fully realized

Larger teams and budgets

Stuck in the Past?

Recruiting today and into the future…Relationship, role driven

More emphasis on quality vs. quantity

Alternative candidate sources emerging as primary sources

Available technology continues to evolve and play a more critical role in success

Smaller teams and budget

Now is the time to prepare for the recovery!

Stuck in the Past?

Preparing for the future…Build talent pipelines and begin to forge

relationships

Track candidate & new hire quality

Leverage alternative candidate sources

Take advantage of technology

Stuck in the Past?

Build talent pipelines and begin to forge relationships

Stay tuned for Brian’s presentation on passive candidate management

Re-engage applicant pool and ask them to refresh their profiles

Build and maintain social networks

Provide newsletter/blog pertaining to topics of candidates’ interests

Stuck in the Past?

Track candidate and new hire qualityCreate fields for tracking core

competency/skill sets

Review existing pool and update records with appropriate information

Use “Quality of Hire” function in SonicRecruit to capture data on candidate and new hire quality

Institute the use of assessments

Stuck in the Past?

Leverage alternative candidate sourcesBuild and maintain social media profiles

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter

Enhance website and recruiting brand

Re-evaluate employee referral program – approach your corporate recruiting function like an agency

Stuck in the Past?

Take advantage of technologyGet the most out of SonicRecruit,

SonicOnboard and SonicPerformHiring Manager

Pre-screening questions

Training Sessions / Webinars

Reduce administrative burden/redundancy by integrating services

Stuck in the Past?

Questions / Idea Sharing

Stuck in the Past?

Idea sharing…Build talent pipelines and begin to forge

relationships

Track candidate & new hire quality

Leverage alternative candidate sources

Take advantage of technology