recruitment trends 2013

Recruitment Trends for 2013in India

Recruitment Trends for 2013 in India

Evolution of Recruitment

Recruitment process has seen several evolution right from the era of clerical department till is has moved under talent acquisition. Recruitment industry has modified itself and has taken various avatar on each phase of evolution. Below given are the evolution of the hiring process. But 90% of the Indian recruiters are still with hiring 1.0 and 1.5. The scenario has to change for the betterment of recruitment community.

Hiring 1.0 – It is a traditional recruiting process.Hiring 1.5 – It is a mix of traditional and automated process.Hiring 2.0 – Combined with Social Media Strategies.

Hiring 3.0 (Best Hiring Practices) – Precise and organized way of doing recruitment.Today's hiring process has been completely verbal and there is no documentation available to justify the fair practice of the Recruiters / Consultancies / Corporate. he motive behind this authorization is to create fair hiring practice among the community and abolish unethical practices from the industry like backdoor entry etc.


The Stats – Good News !!!

Economic indicator's Employment Index show that the recovery is progressing after the down fall of economy way back in 2009. IT Job Conditions reports positive signs for the IT recruitment sector.

According to a recent survey, the demand of work force has been increased to 35% and yet the supply percentage is just below 21%. That means, we have a serious business to do in recruitment.

Demand of work force doesn’t refer only to the Man power placements to fill the gap. Instead, a qualified and quantified work force is needed to fulfill the hiring gap in the industry.

What opportunities lie ahead for 2013? What business trends should you anticipate -- starting now?


Trends to tag in 2013

Up gradation on evolving hiring methods – Recruiters, Consultancy and the Corporate. 90% of the total recruitment community are still doing Hiring 1.0 and 1.5 in India. Where else US and European countries has surpassed us to reach Hiring 3.0. We are lacking behind in our skills to feed the recruitment need for ourselves and our clients.

Be Social – Always get your self connected with the industry peers. Use Social Media tools for better recruitment results.Most of the recruiters don’t have a complete and proper social media strategies. Many leave their avatar blank, intimates their present co as ‘confidential’, without no contact details etc. The more complete and strong social media profile we have, the more confidence we gain from our candidates.

Watch the ROI – Create an employable talent pool than going for an unknown workforce. Make everyone employable.


Trends to tag in 2013

Recruitment as a Business Partner – Recruitment is always seen as a support service rather than a business partner. Share, suggest and advice the management when ever it is needed.Recruiters and the recruitment managers need to be more transparent with their CEO on hiring issues. In fact, recruitment is the CEO’s agenda.

Anticipate Change – Recruiters has to learn from their past mistakes. They have to adopt themselves to the changing strategies, environment, policies etc. No where they can stick with their traditional hiring methods. There needs to be a combination of both traditional and modern hiring strategies to find the exact talent pool.

Recruitment Trends for 2013

About Vijay Anand (Head Mentor – Hirington Academy)

Has closed to 13 years of experience in the Recruitment Industry. Working experience includes Leading Consultancy Services, IT/Telecom software companies in Chennai, India. Holds a Bachelor of Science from Madras University, India. Master of Labour Management from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and a Post Graduate degree in Human Resources Management, Pondichery.

• Experience of interviewing several hundreds of candidates across all the verticals.• Exposure to both consultancy and corporate environment.• Groomed a team of recruiters for productive results.• Provided recruitment solutions for several hundreds of recruiters through Online and In-person mentoring.• Founder and President of Global Recruiters Association, non profit organization for recruiters (www.graindia.org)• Online Recruitment Journal - Hirington (www.hirington.com),• Author of Hiring Handbook,• Cross Border Recruiter Exchange (an Online Facebook Community for Recruiters)• Subject Matter Expert in Recruitment.

Recruitment Trends for 2013

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