TRENDS IN THE RECRUITMENT WORLD
Throughout the world, Human Resource Departments facing an increasing number of challenges as their roles broaden and become more complex. Here are the three most common challenges faced by the HR department.
HR Capability and Capacity
HR department are often viewed as a non-strategic cost center instead of a central, profit contributing function of the business. This is particularly true during lean economic times when organizations resort to layoffs as part of their cost reduction measures. However, this usually results in loss of talent and important aspects of production.
Talent Acquisition and Challenges
Most organizations experience the challenge of hiring and managing their talent effectively. This is because their talent recruitment functions are reactionary, without much focus on the future. The result, these functions fail to align to the organization’s business strategy.
Leadership Efficiency and Effectiveness
Most organizations hire individuals into leadership roles without putting in place any form of leadership development, training and coaching. This leads to a crop of ill-equipped leaders devoid of relevant skills, insight and knowledge needed in execution of their roles.
5 Tips for Turning Your Employees into Brand Ambassadors
Over the course of my 3+ years at LinkedIn, I’ve noticed a sizeable shift in the questions I receive from companies about their employees on our site. Back in 2011, I heard concern from managers about having their employees on LinkedIn – a worry that they would be poached by other organizations. But today, I’m happy to report that I am now asked more and more frequently about how companies can take advantage of their employees on LinkedIn and turn them into brand ambassadors for the company.
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Social Recruiting: 3 Trends Making it the Status Quo
Allyson Willoughby, SVP of People at Glassdoor, believes that as social media becomes an increasingly important tool for business in general, the field of social recruiting continues to evolve. She explains that companies looking to stay ahead of the war for talent and those hoping to keep their social recruiting skills sharp should pay attention to the following three emerging trends.
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