Recruitment mega trends that are disrupting the war on talent
Recruitment has been changing, slowly and steadily. But that change will speed up now some major trends meet.
Trends that will define the next decade in recruitment
Recruitment trends in the last decade were defined by organizational trends like cultural fit (personality assessments and work fit tools), the employee brand (Glassdoor reviews and shiny career websites) and flex working (gig economy and part-timers). AI got it’s introduction in the last decade but didn’t see lift off yet. That will change in the next 10 years following the remote working adoption and the embracement of data driven recruitment across channels.
These trends will significantly change recruitment in the next decade:
- Work from anywhere
- Generation Z workforce scales up
- Increased accessibility of people data
- Omni channel communication
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) goes mainstream
Work from anywhere
It has become acceptable, and in some cases even preferable, for many companies to hire remote employees. Especially tech companies adopt the remote philosophy since their workers are not dependent on on-site facilities. Google, LinkedIn and Amazon have been playing around with remote work and seem to end up in the middle, a hybrid model. But some companies like Otrium decided to launch their ‘HQ in the cloud’ and promote work from anywhere.
Remote working means the world becomes your talent pool instead of the region you are sourcing in. This will put more emphasis on the experience and skills of talent since location is in many cases not a required criterion anymore.
Cultures are being mixed at scale, which means employees should adapt their behaviour and prepare for cultural inspiration. But it also brings complication as a result of culturally specific preferences and habits that should be taken into account while working together.
It also means different benefits. Employees at remote companies enjoy working from anywhere, whether it’s with their families or living the digital nomad lifestyle.
Generation Z workforce scales up
Gen Z’ers, or the “Zoomers”, are true digital natives. They use technology in almost every daily activity. In work, play and even in school they couldn’t go without.
They are now up to 25 years old and are starting to join the workforce at a larger scale in the coming years.
Gen Z’ers are multitaskers and can handle many stimuli which in tech companies doesn’t have to be a bad thing. They want to be part of a bigger whole and join communities and social networks in a blink but also want…
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