Those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere have a unique fascination with countries in the Southern Hemisphere: their seasons are reversed and storms flow in the opposite direction. But are the people and their economic concerns any different just because their summer solstice is in December? To get a take on hiring trends in the Australia-New Zealand region, I sat down with Rich Lewis-Jones, Regional Vice President, APAC at SmartRecruiters. Rich and I share the same December birthday, but he gets to celebrate it in the sunshine while I suffer in the cold and dark. It turns out the curren ..read more

With so many ways to get recruiting wrong, how do you get it right? The growing influence of talent acquisition suggests that investing in recruiter training is one way for organizations to set themselves up for success. Josh Bersin listed “Cherish your recruiters” among his top trends for 2023.  He wrote, Stop seeing them as just salespeople, and more as trusted advisors who can help decide if a candidate fits your culture, and arm them with powerful tools for sourcing, assessment, and selling you as a brand. Josh Bersin in HR.com We agree! Here are four reasons why investing in recrui ..read more

Leading a team through a major technology implementation is a career milestone. Implementing a new talent acquisition platform often involves months of preparation and focused coordination of internal and external resources. Every day, the customer service managers and implementation consultants at SmartRecruiters are busy helping one of our customers get up and running—or helping them evolve their hiring practices to adapt to new conditions. Some of these customers are so happy with the results that they take the extra step of telling their company’s story with SmartRecruiters in hopes that ..read more

The role of talent acquisition has changed substantially in the last few decades. Long viewed as an administrative function, recruiting was seen as a cost center, and systems were built to support this mentality.  If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that the old model and old systems no longer work in a candidate-driven market. Recruiters need to be marketers, data analysts, and organizational enablers all-in-one. And TA leaders need to ensure that their teams have the technology to support this expanded role so that their companies can compete in an ever-changing marketplace for ta ..read more

In the post-pandemic world, the rules of hiring fundamentally changed—along with the expectations for talent acquisition. When businesses struggled to hire during the rebound from the pandemic cutbacks, the star of talent acquisition rose from its historical position as a cost center in many organizations. Talent acquisition had its seat at the proverbial table, but when recession fears took hold, TA lost its place amidst layoffs and hiring freezes at some companies. Talent needs to be center stage for businesses to adapt and thrive in 2023 and beyond. To do this, talent acquisition needs to ..read more

How does a company’s talent acquisition function tie in with talent management? And can talent acquisition (TA) move the needle on transforming an organization’s overall talent strategy? That’s the remit Ben Handyside, Director of Talent Management for EMEA, was presented with when he joined Colliers in 2020. The company had already implemented SmartRecruiters two years before, but its hiring practices were still inconsistent across its 119 offices and 42 countries in the region. “Everyone got excited in the first phase of SmartRecruiters implementation, but in the second year, usage dropped ..read more

Generation Z (born 1997-2012) workers comprise about 12.6% of the workforce as of 2020, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, but will account for 27% of the workforce by 2025. As the years progress, employers will need to adapt to Gen Z as they seek to hire and retain employees. Luckily, their preferences are good for all workers, not just young ones. Well-being and Mental Health  According to Indeed, 80% of all job seekers look for information about employee wellbeing when they are considering a job opportunity. For GenZ, this need is more acute compared to other ..read more

Internal mobility is a time-tested strategy for improving retention: LinkedIn 2022 data shows a 19-point lift in retention for those who made an internal move during a 2-year period of employment. In 2021, companies looked toward internal mobility as a way of addressing the Great Resignation. By 2022, the Great Resignation dwindled to a close when recession fears increased and layoffs abounded.  In October 2022, the share of job seekers planning to quit their jobs within the next six months sat at 36%, down from an August 2021 high of 73%. According to Joblist, 47% of candidates sa ..read more

One of the most significant ways COVID-19 changed the workplace is by making remote work possible for many types of employees. It turns out that employees like remote work so much that they don’t want to return to normal — or even adapt to hybrid work — because they have not experienced a loss of productivity. In 2022, the debate about bringing people back to the office reached peak intensity. Companies like Apple and GM announced return-to-the-office policies only to walk back their request after employees protested. A Monster survey revealed that 40% of workers would quit if they were forc ..read more

Companies have always been hiring for skills. But why has the topic become so hot in recent times? In a tight talent marketplace, companies need to reach further to attract more candidates, tap into diverse talent pools, and keep up their hiring velocity – and hiring for skills is one way to do that. And as they hire for skills, organizations can also attract people with the skills that will build the organization of the future as jobs shift and change. In any area of business, there are multiple ways of thinking that no longer serve in the current marketplace. One of those areas in talent ac ..read more