What is the Current Recruitment Trends for a Recruitment Company?

FOCUSING ON CURRENT RECRUITMENT TRENDS: A strategy that has integration of both online and offline employment will surely help the company to quench the talent acquisition. It is now a candidate driven market which has changed the way of job consultancy. Prior to the scenario that was a  few years ago, candidates applying for the job now have considerably more power during the search for a job. As a result, consequently finding talented ideal job candidates with in-demand skills have become extremely difficult, not only costly but also time-consuming for the placement consultants.
This is the reason why we have witnessed a considerable shift going on in the recruitment paradigm. Now the focus is on the candidates who are evaluated as the customers. This evolutionary change in paradigm has brought a new recruitment trend which was necessary. Low unemployment of candidates along with their increased awareness about the employers brand has to lead a rise in difficulty for the recruiters making it a tough job. In order to thrive in this candidate driven and candidate oriented job market, it is extremely important for the recruiters to change and bring in a different hiring strategy. A way to do so is by simply adapting to the current strategy of hiring candidates that is to be based on current trends of recruitment.The recruiters will have to revamp the efforts to hire and also needs to be prepared to deal with some challenges. Some of the challenges, for example, are talent shortage, a market driven by the candidate, sabotage of hiring efforts due to negative employer branding.We have shortlisted a few trends which will help you overcome the above-mentioned challenges which would go a long way in transforming the recruitment process
.·DURING RECRUITMENT OF CANDIDATES PRACTICE DIVERSITY: During this year, diversity in the respect of gender and ethnicity will be essential for any organization. Company's need to give equal opportunity to every candidate including the ones with disabilities and veterans. The company needs to improve its culture, performance and also need to represent customers.
·RECRUITMENT MARKETING:  This strategy is based on the application of tactics of marketing into recruitment. It is basically a method of attracting talented candidates to the company using methods of marketing and tactics. The main goal of this is to follow the current trends available in the market and to offer a solution to overcome the new challenges imposed. Any company adopting this new recruitment trend will surely be more employed with new talent.
·ADAPTATION OF NEW INTERVIEWING PROCESSES AND INTERVIEWING TOOLS:  The traditional old way of interviewing is no longer the most effective way to employ candidates. With automation and new technology, it would be possible for the recruiters to gain access to the candidates' overall capabilities and skills in a much lesser time.  The new interviewing tools and platform help in gauging a candidate's ability will be more effective and convenient for the recruiter.
·IN-BOUND RECRUITMENT:  It is a marketing strategy where one's goal is to continually attract the candidate to make them choose you as their very next employer. Recently there has been a shift from in-bound to out-bound recruitment. The traditional way of reaching out to the candidate to offer a job position is not the way to attract talent anymore. If you want to advance your hiring and recruiting strategy as a long-term solution then switching from outbound to inbound recruiting is the trend you should adopt.
·BRANDING OF EMPLOYER:  To build a strong as well as an attractive employer brand employer branding is essential. It is prevalent from research that a person searches about the reputation and brand of the company before even applying for it. The company often suffers due to sabotage reputation because of the negative branding of the company thereby finding it difficult to attract new talent.
·USE OF AUTOMATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI):  There has been an increase in the advancement of AI and automation which has to lead to smarter job hunting platforms supported by chatbot and other components.
·EXPERIENCE OF CANDIDATES:  The experience of a candidate is the present past and promising future candidate's total notion of the company's process of recruitment. It is important because a candidate with positive experience in the recruiting process will most likely accept the job offer. While on the other hand, a negative candidate's experience can cost you many candidates.
·ENHANCED USE OF DATA IN ORDER TO MAKE STRATEGIC DECISIONS OF HIRING:  The vast abundance of the data available in today's fully digital world made it possible to predict the outcomes of hiring the integrated use of data will help in increasing retention, comparing talent metrics to the competitor's, and to evaluate the skill gaps.
These were some of the latest hiring trends that will help to take your recruitment to the next level.