The year 2021 has brought in a monumental shift to everyone, including the recruitment process of every business. This year, many trends in the recruitment industry have emerged, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased people’s mobility. This shift has even made some traditional ways of hiring talents inefficient and inapplicable to the current state in almost all countries
For instance, in-person interviews are now rare due to social distancing protocols. While some traditional recruitment processes are still applicable, here’s a list of five new recruitment trends to keep you in the loop and help you hire the best talents:
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Go Digital With Your Recruitment Process
Since in-person interviews are not advised for now, you can still interview applicants digitally. In addition, you can use these innovations to ensure that your hiring process is smooth and more efficient.
For instance, you need a talent management system to help you from the beginning of the recruitment process. You can also use this software from onboarding to continuous learning for your employees. As a result, you can save time from manually doing such repetitive tasks.
Digital recruitment, also known as e-recruitment, ensures your process is easy. All you need is the internet, some apps, and perseverance to find the right people. With this system, you could post your job vacancies on the internet. Some software even allows you to let your candidates submit their CVs directly to your system. This means you don’t have to manually read all their documents because a software can also sift through them for you. Additionally, some software can pick the right talents based on their skills without bias, and it’s done in just a matter of time.
Moreover, going digital provides automation in your recruitment process that can keep your expenses low since the process doesn’t take weeks to get the right hires. This benefits your HR personnel as they can focus on more complicated tasks than being caught up in a pile of applicants’ documents.
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Offer Flexible Working Schedules
Another trend that makes many employees leave their traditional jobs is finding companies offering flexible working schedules. Instead of the usual nine-to-five work schedule, many talents now prefer to manage their own time.
If you want to hire talents who are more likely to stay for a long time, include a flexible working schedule. You may need to adapt to this setup to attract potential hires and keep your current employees.
To make this schedule even better, also integrate a full remote-working culture. Even before the current social climate, many companies have adopted a remote working policy to provide flexibility to both staff and employers. You can also adopt this, especially for roles that don’t require physical appearance in your business establishment.
For instance, bookkeepers, IT teams, and administrative assistants can work anywhere since they’ll only need their computers to complete their tasks. They can submit their output digitally, so they no longer need to come to your office premises. Thus, this setup can attract more talents from across the globe.
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Forget Geographical Barriers
As mentioned, you can hire anyone from across the globe if you adopt a remote working policy. Most companies now appreciate the fact that virtual workers can also be at par with in-person teams. In fact, doing away with geographical barriers allows you to hire the best accountant or HR manager from a different state or country since they no longer need to travel far to work with you.
What’s more, hiring virtual workers can also lessen your office-based expenses. You may not have to rent an office if your business can operate virtually. Or you don’t need to pay your virtual workers travel allowances, since they don’t need to commute to work for you. If you want these benefits, then consider hiring virtual workers.
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Include Project-Based Contract Hiring
In addition, you can now hire project-based employees, which is also known as the gig economy, or freelancing. Some talents prefer working on short-term projects since they don’t have to commit to full-time jobs for years. More employees enjoy working on their own, so many are now into freelancing.
What’s best about this trend is it allows you to hire employees without making them permanently part of your company. You wouldn’t need to pay for their insurance, leaves, and other permanent needs regular employees require.
So if you have jobs that only require a certain period to be completed, then hire freelancers. After the project is completed, you don’t have to commit to hiring them again, which helps you find better contract employees for your following projects.
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Do Away With Traditional Requirements
Most importantly, the new trend is to not rely on traditional requirements. If your company is still hiring based on a four-year degree, look at big companies like Google, Netflix, and others. Instead of relying on educational requirements, they hire based on merit.
Specializations are now a thing that helps you find candidates who are subject-matter experts in one area. Focus on the needs of your company and recruit the ones who can address these needs.
Conclusion
Hiring is now made easy thanks to new technological trends. If you’re still doing the recruitment process the old way, you may be missing your chances of hiring the best talents. It’s time you join the wagon and try the trends to make your hiring process more efficient.
