Recruitment Ninja for the 2020s

Recruitment remains a battlefield in the war for talent and attraction of the best candidates. While on the face of it, the task is much the same as it has always been, recruitment in the digital age both facilitates and necessitates a more radical approach.

It can’t be that difficult, can it? Recruitment simply involves filling vacancies, ideally, with a like-for-like person who fits the employee specification. We advertise, collect CVs, shortlist, interview, select, and Bob’s your uncle – right? That was fine in the 1980s and maybe even up to the last few years, but in the 2020s, a ‘that will do’ approach, won’t do. That is because, society, technology and the job market is changing rapidly and drastically.

TEARING UP THE RECRUITMENT RULEBOOK

To understand how, it is useful to gather some statistics from a variety of recruitment platforms and consultancies, which reveal that: