There are many assumptions during this difficult economic period and it can hurt the psyche of a lot of talented recruiters. To be honest there is little reason to be concerned as long as you are using your time wisely in effective recruiting. A lot of this comes down to understanding the direction of companies during 2009.
Watson Wyatt conducted a survey during the week of December 8th for a variety of companies across numerous industries to get a well-balanced idea of what changes companies have made and what they will continue to make for the next year. This is important to understand because this information will help to understand areas to focus on and what negative thoughts to avoid when sourcing candidates for large corporations.
You might be working with just one company and this information might not be as applicable, but that isn't true at all. If you have a general understanding of the direction of your industry then you can use that to help influence the decisions of your company.
What is good to know is that majority of the hiring freeze and layoffs have already happened. 47% of the corporations have already performed some level of a hiring freeze and 39% have done some level of layoffs. As far as changes in the next 12 months go, only 18% are planning on a hiring freeze and 23% are looking to layoff more people.
These numbers are drastic drops from last year and it shows that companies are starting to level out a little bit as far as their layoffs and even more with hiring freeze. Companies are more willing to look to hire now and cut the fat of their company where they feel they can get better production out of a certain type of employee.
Companies have to find high impact employees that they can leverage their efforts well to make more funds. They will hire people that others can't keep. As they say, someone's trash is always someone else's treasure.
As companies continue to look to hire people back or bring in new talent, it becomes important for you to find candidates that are sitting in the dark right now and build trust with them in a nurturing campaign. The trust you can build now will be amazing for the future.
Probably the best way to find this talent is to use recruitment advertising online on niche blogs, web sites, user forums, and any web 2.0. One of the best ways to do this is through TalentSeekr from EnticeLabs. They do a great job of branding your corporation and sourcing these candidates at their ideal sites. - 15431
Watson Wyatt conducted a survey during the week of December 8th for a variety of companies across numerous industries to get a well-balanced idea of what changes companies have made and what they will continue to make for the next year. This is important to understand because this information will help to understand areas to focus on and what negative thoughts to avoid when sourcing candidates for large corporations.
You might be working with just one company and this information might not be as applicable, but that isn't true at all. If you have a general understanding of the direction of your industry then you can use that to help influence the decisions of your company.
What is good to know is that majority of the hiring freeze and layoffs have already happened. 47% of the corporations have already performed some level of a hiring freeze and 39% have done some level of layoffs. As far as changes in the next 12 months go, only 18% are planning on a hiring freeze and 23% are looking to layoff more people.
These numbers are drastic drops from last year and it shows that companies are starting to level out a little bit as far as their layoffs and even more with hiring freeze. Companies are more willing to look to hire now and cut the fat of their company where they feel they can get better production out of a certain type of employee.
Companies have to find high impact employees that they can leverage their efforts well to make more funds. They will hire people that others can't keep. As they say, someone's trash is always someone else's treasure.
As companies continue to look to hire people back or bring in new talent, it becomes important for you to find candidates that are sitting in the dark right now and build trust with them in a nurturing campaign. The trust you can build now will be amazing for the future.
Probably the best way to find this talent is to use recruitment advertising online on niche blogs, web sites, user forums, and any web 2.0. One of the best ways to do this is through TalentSeekr from EnticeLabs. They do a great job of branding your corporation and sourcing these candidates at their ideal sites. - 15431
About the Author:
Cade Krueger works with recruiters as the Director of Sales for Entice Labs and helps recruiters with job recruitment in order to locate ideal hires. He also promotes a product, called TalentSeekr, for job recruiting that sources five times the candidates at a fraction of the cost of job boards. This helps to save recruiters time and money.
