Future of corporate recruiting and the impact of technology.

1. The Future of Recruitment &
the Impact of Technology
Presented by Kevin Wheeler
2014
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2. “Know what’s weird? Day by day,
nothing seems to change, but
pretty soon … everything’s
different.”
– Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes (by Bill Watterson)
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3. Technology is altering the roots of recruiting
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With personalized, automated assistance:
Where is the
talent?
How do we
attract &
Engage?
What the
person’s
background?
Is the
person
qualified?

4. The Augmented Individual
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Internet &
software are
augmenting
the human
mind
The “Engine” of the 21st Century
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“Every experience is being mediated and
conceived around how it can be captured
and augmented by our devices."
Mathias Crawford, Stanford University

5. FOUR LEADING TRENDS
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CONSOLIDATION
ASSESSMENT
ANALYTICS
RECRUITER SKILLS

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CONSOLIDATION

7. Fragmented Sources
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SOCIAL NETWORKS
JOB BOARDS
PUBLICATIONS
EVENTS
SEARCH

8. Fragmented Sources Consolidating
through Technology
SEARCH
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SOCIAL NETWORKS
JOB BOARDS
EVENTS
PUBLICATIONS

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ASSESSMENT

10. The Future of Assessment is Automation
Passive Analysis
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Games
Simulations

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”The web is your CV and social
networks are your references.”

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ANALYTICS

15. Data + The aggregation of marginal gains
SUCCESSFUL TALENT STRATEGY
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Many small
experiments,
failures &
gains
Xerox recently cut the attrition rate at its call
centers by 20% by using big-data tools to
staff its 48,700-person department.

16. A Technology-Driven Strategy means. . .
Improved
candidate
experience
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Limitless
Candidates
Highest quality,
Fastest speed
What is the simplest solution to get the highest quality candidate?

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RECRUITER
SKILLS

18. Dealing with Ambiguity / Uncertainty
-Anticipating needs & emerging skills
-Dealing with vast shortages and overages of talent.
-Working with uncertain needs.
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19. Dealing with Complexity
-Building resilience
-Learning to ask the “right” questions.
-Leveraging data and analytics
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20. Dealing with Interdependencies
-Collaborating, forging alliances, nurturing networks.
-Crowdsourcing candidates.
-Work sharing
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21. Fostering Creativity
-Exploring, experimenting, being open to new, building diversity
-Beyond Big Data – asking why?
“CEOs identify "creativity" as the most important
leadership competency for the successful enterprise of
the future.” -IBM's Institute for Business Value, May 2010
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22. Typical Recruiter 2020-2024
• Is increasingly self-employed or “sometimes” employed
-Cycles between projects & longer term contracts. .
• Spend very little time interviewing, scheduling, or searching
-Leverages technology to find, qualify & engage candidates
• Uses data to design decisions
-Experiments, tests hypotheses
• Performance measured by:
-engagement rate, social media, web presence, peer
comments, analysis of work output.
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• Workplace is:
-anywhere - mobile/fixed/remote/virtual.
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23. YOUR THOUGHTS & QUESTIONS
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THANKS
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