{"id":8288,"date":"2016-08-09T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=8288"},"modified":"2022-11-15T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T04:18:40","slug":"how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment","title":{"rendered":"How to Survive the Digital Age of Recruitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly extinct are the days when jobseekers would walk the stretch of Ayala Avenue with a pile of resumes in tow. Today, you will find them indoors and their eyes in front of varying screen sizes. The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/strategy-and-corporate-finance\/our-insights\/strategic-principles-for-competing-in-the-digital-age\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">digital age has not so subtly taken over<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0a good bit of life as we know it and though some entities try to resist this advance, not even the oldest of companies\u2014and their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/KalibrrEmployers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>hiring and recruitment<\/strong><\/a>\u2014can be immune to it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment\/#Go_digital_or_go_home\" title=\"Go digital or go home\">Go digital or go home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment\/#These_candidates_wont_go_down_easily\" title=\"These candidates won&#8217;t go down easily\">These candidates won&#8217;t go down easily<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment\/#Innovation_is_the_new_language_of_recruitment\" title=\"Innovation is the new language of recruitment\">Innovation is the new language of recruitment<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment\/#Tech_is_the_name_of_the_game\" title=\"Tech is the name of the game\">Tech is the name of the game<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Go_digital_or_go_home\"><\/span>Go digital or go home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the early days, virtual forms of qualifications and information were received to supplement the classic paper resume. Now the entire recruitment process is going digital. &#8220;From the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to the search to the interview, we&#8217;re moving toward a digital hiring model,&#8221; said Bob Myhal, director of digital marketing at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbcads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBC Advertising<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and former CEO of NextHire.\u00a0&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparefoot.com\/self-storage\/blog\/6077-q-and-a-with-nexthire-ceo-bob-myhal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R\u00e9sum\u00e9s will be displaced<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by constantly evolving representations of individual experiences, skills and aptitudes that exist purely in the digital realm. Innovative tools that use social media, big data and other technologies to give tremendous insight into individual job seekers will [be] the primary screening method.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8291\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-1.jpg 549w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jon Bischke, CEO of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entelo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Entelo<\/a><\/strong>, noted that digital profiles can provide far more insight into a candidate than a traditional r\u00e9sum\u00e9 can, and many recruiters have realized that.\u00a0&#8220;Twenty years ago, the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 was a piece of paper,&#8221; Bischke said. &#8220;Now, it&#8217;s a collection of all [candidate] data that can be found online, like participation in online communities, conferences and meet-ups. Recruiters can assess whether a person will fit, and learn if he or she has the right skills for a job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the megabytes of information this provides, the digital age also allows more people, possibly more qualified, outside of your vicinity to be considered and reached. The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessnewsdaily.com\/5798-video-job-interview-tips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video interview<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is quickly replacing the phone interview.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"These_candidates_wont_go_down_easily\"><\/span>These candidates won&#8217;t go down easily<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/05\/11\/millennials-have-taken-over-the-american-workforce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">workforce being taken over by millennials and Gen Z<\/a><\/strong>, there&#8217;s a huge shift in the candidate mindset. These kids grew up in the digital age and before they got to experience the &#8220;traditional way&#8221;of doing things, they were already considered obsolete. Job seekers today, and the infinite access to information, are impatient because they know their worth. They spend less time scrutinizing an opening because it quickly registers whether or not it&#8217;s for them. If it is, but the company response rate is low, they move on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8293\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-2.png 600w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talent acquisition has become a seller&#8217;s market,&#8221; said Laura Kerekes, chief knowledge officer of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkhr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ThinkHR<\/a><\/strong>, a provider of human resources solutions. &#8220;For employers, it&#8217;s all about maximizing the candidate experience through the job application process.&#8221; Kerekes says that the\u00a0&#8220;cardinal sin&#8221; of modern recruiting is neglecting the candidate, not making that process fast, easy, or engaging enough.<\/p>\n<p>How can we address this? Tech. Specifically,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/kalibrr-powered?utm_source=b2b-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=b2b-social-content&amp;utm_content=digital-age-062416&amp;ref=b2b-blog_free_b2b-social-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruitment marketing technologies.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0This can be anything from\u00a0candidate job portals,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/online-assessments?user_ref=www.kalibrr.com_organic_employers&amp;utm_source=b2b-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=b2b-social-content&amp;utm_content=digital-age-062416&amp;ref=b2b-blog_free_b2b-social-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assessments<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/employers?utm_source=b2b-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=b2b-social-content&amp;utm_content=digital-age-062416&amp;ref=b2b-blog_free_b2b-social-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">specialty tools\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>that foster sourcing via job boards and employee referral networks. These\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/kalibrr-powered?utm_source=b2b-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=b2b-social-content&amp;utm_content=digital-age-062416&amp;ref=b2b-blog_free_b2b-social-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">integrated platforms<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are more cost-effective and enable the collaborative hiring of top talent employees.<\/p>\n<p>You need them possibly more than they need you. It&#8217;s becoming a trend that if a young person cannot find a job, they create one (i.e. a company) and you don&#8217;t necessarily want that because it means competition.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Innovation_is_the_new_language_of_recruitment\"><\/span>Innovation is the new language of recruitment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;To be effective, recruiters are going to need to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rappler.com\/business\/features\/121656-social-enterprises-millennials-recruiting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engage Gen Y [and Z] candidates in new ways<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221;\u00a0said Marley Dominguez, CEO of Haystack Job Search, Inc. 75% of new hires weren&#8217;t even looking for a job three months prior to employment. These &#8220;passive candidates&#8221; aren&#8217;t really looking for a job but are\u00a0<em>open to new opportunities.\u00a0<\/em>Your SOP for recruitment isn&#8217;t going to work on them so it&#8217;s the recruiter&#8217;s job to find a new way to get their attention and reel them in.<\/p>\n<p>How do we find these passive candidates if they aren&#8217;t looking for work? Online. Sift through social networks and any platform where they have online presence. These kids are achieving higher levels of accomplishment at younger ages than we can fathom so when they&#8217;re of age, a good bit of them expect employers to seek\u00a0<em>them<\/em>\u00a0out.<\/p>\n<p>Put pride aside, because if we&#8217;re talking about the next Mark Zuckerberg in the making, you will be on your recruitment knees trying to get them to sign on. But we have to take social network searching to yet another level digital recruitment. Why? Because manually sifting through these online profiles distracts you from your original goal: hiring someone. How then do we mesh the two together?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tech_is_the_name_of_the_game\"><\/span>Tech is the name of the game<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;We expect that the next trend will be not just sourcing social and mobile recruiting data, but actually applying intelligence to summarizing the important information,&#8221; said Dominguez. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/kalibrr-powered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud-based hiring tools<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will allow recruiters and hiring managers to easily and affordably find,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/online-assessments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evaluate<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and organize top job candidates, while innovative assessment and filtering techniques will help provide a 360-degree holistic view of top applicants,&#8221; says Bob Myhal, director of digital marketing at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbcads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBC Advertising<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and former CEO of NextHire. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Through biometric data, companies will better predict which candidates are most likely to be a good fit for a position, and which are not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8295\" src=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-3-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/how-to-survive-the-digital-age-of-recruitment-3-768x292.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These advances in data analytics, if applied, can even help recruiters target which demographics\u2014which passive candidates\u2014are best to approach.\u00a0&#8220;One of the ways big data is impacting recruiting is around using\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Kalibrr\/?fref=ts&amp;utm_source=b2b-blog&amp;utm_medium=in-text&amp;utm_campaign=b2b-social-content&amp;utm_content=digital-age-062416&amp;ref=b2b-blog_free_b2b-social-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social data<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to identify people who are more likely to be open to new opportunities,&#8221; Bischke said. &#8220;[Tools can use] people&#8217;s online public footprint to help predict when they might be ready to leave an employer and seek a new job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say that just because we live and work in the digital age that\u00a0<em>everything<\/em>\u00a0can be automated. These tools will never fully substitute the human instinct necessary for identifying the right candidates, however, being in tune with technological trends could be a recruiter&#8217;s biggest advantage going forward. In the meantime, there&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/KalibrrEmployers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<strong>Kalibrr<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/KalibrrEmployers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up on Kalibrr<\/a>\u00a0and start hiring better today! You can also follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kalibrrforbusiness\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more business and recruiter advice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly extinct are the days when jobseekers would walk the stretch of Ayala Avenue with a pile of resumes in tow. Today, you will find them indoors and their eyes in front of varying screen sizes. 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