A shift to data-based employee selection decisions will be the strongest trend in recruitment for next year. Although recruiters already know how to collect data, they use it only sporadically in decision making. This will change because in comparison to intuitive decision making, decisions based on data are at least 25% better. That at least is the view of John Sullivan, a respected consultant in the field of HR and current professor of management at San Francisco State University, in an article on ERE.net.
Data-based recruiting decisions, according to Sullivan, reveal the following important factors:
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sources of high-quality candidates and employees
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questions and types of interview that can reveal top performing future employees
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relevance of referrals for the prediction of future performance
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rate of newly hired employees who will fail
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managers and recruiters who are able to find and attract the best employees
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factors with the strongest influence on the success of recruitment
Sullivan further describes these expected trends for next year:
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half of all recruitment activities will be based on referrals
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quality of hire will be used more to measure the effect of recruiting on business
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speed of recruitment will increase, aiming at higher quality and profit for companies
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all recruitment applications will have to run on mobile platforms
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the huge costs associated with poor candidate experience will be measured more often
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recruitment planning will be approached more in advance
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employers will show more interest in being inspired by such innovators in the field of recruitment as Apple, Google, Facebook or Amazon
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emphasis on the sales potential of job postings (or how they are written) will increase
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video will start to play a major role in communication related to recruitment
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the trend of anonymous assessments of CVs and candidates will become more apparent
The original article, with detailed explanations of individual trends, is available here.
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