This information was gleaned from the 7th year of a survey of global recruitment trends conducted by the LinkedIn social network among more than 8,800 HR professionals and hiring managers from 23 countries.
The Global Recruiting Trends 2018: The 4 Ideas Changing How You Hire survey revealed the following trends.
1. Diversity
78% of companies consider the diversity of job candidates as a priority for improving their corporate culture and 62% as a priority for increasing their financial performance.
2. New techniques for conducting interviews
This trend is related to the increased availability of new recruitment tools that will make it easier to get to know the candidates. 52% of managers believe in the new tools. These include, in particular, online evaluation of the candidates' soft skills, job auditions, informal interviews, video interviews and the involvement of virtual reality.
3. Data
For the purpose of recruitment, companies are interested in using data primarily to reduce employee fluctuation (56%), assessing skill gaps (50%), and creating better job offers (50%).
4. Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence tools help recruiters save time (67%), remove human prejudices from recruitment (43%), and find the most suitable candidates for vacancies (31%). AI tools are most helpful for them in sourcing, screening, and nurturing of candidates. Only 14% of respondents are afraid that they might lose their jobs due to robots.
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