New recruitment trends during the COVID-19 pandemic

According to a report from the General Statistics Office, due to the impact of the 3rd and 4th outbreaks of the Covid-19 pandemic, the labor market in the first 6 months of 2021 has an increase in unemployment and underemployment rates. informal employment increased over the same period last year.  

Human resource demand as well as recruitment trends have been greatly affected by the epidemic. Capturing and applying new and timely recruitment trends is necessary to ensure recruitment efficiency, bring in quality human resources, and help businesses "surmount the storm" of Covid-19.

Diversify in recruiting candidates

In the context of increasingly competitive and scarce labor resources, diversification of recruitment objects is an effective solution to help your business soon find the most suitable candidates for the jobs. my position.

According to the forecast of human resource demand in the third quarter of 2021, the demand for recruiting high-quality human resources will increase.

Applying new tools and processes to recruitment

When traditional recruitment methods no longer fully meet the requirements of recruitment, such as a cumbersome and time-consuming process, but still cannot accurately assess the candidate's ability, applying tools , a new and more modern recruitment process will be an effective way to help your business achieve the best results in recruitment and at the same time keep up with modern trends.

Increased use of data to make strategic hiring decisions

If recruiting according to emotional evaluation criteria, for example, feeling that there is a shortage of people in this position, an excess of people in another position to make a recruitment plan, managers are likely to make mistakes. These mistakes can bring serious consequences such as underemployment, excess, imbalance of human resources, but also cause your business to waste a lot of resources such as time, human resources and costs in vain. . Therefore, increasing the use of real data to make strategic recruitment decisions is a new and effective trend applied by experts.

Applying new technologies to the recruitment process

Developing technology brings good foundations for people's lives and in recruitment too, your job is to apply those technologies at the right time and in the right way to create optimal effects in recruitment. , such as recruiting software applications, AI technology... Believe and try to apply new technologies to see the difference from the traditional way.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being developed to new heights, bringing intelligent assistance to help people perform many tasks quickly and efficiently. In recruiting, AI helps automate sourcing, screening, maintaining and expanding candidate sources, scheduling interviews, and participating in candidate interviews.

The effective application of artificial intelligence in recruitment helps to optimize recruitment processes impressively by significantly reducing manpower, costs and recruitment time. Allows employers to focus on evaluation and support to make informed choices instead of taking too long to go through the process as before.

Use employer branding

Many studies show that employer branding plays a huge role in a candidate's decision to accept or decline a job offer. Therefore, building a good recruitment brand, spreading corporate culture widely, creating sympathy at first sight for candidates is a smart job and also an inevitable trend to increase efficiency. recruit.

Focus on candidate experience and relationship management strategies

It is very understandable that candidates will have better sympathy and tend to accept job offers from employers that create a better experience for them.

The best candidate experience is achieved by effectively creating a two-way interaction such as a quick response for the candidate, allowing them to follow their journey. All of this can be done by applying software that automatically responds to messages and emails…

 

Carry out recruitment anytime, anywhere with Humax – The solution to help businesses recruit good personnel in the fastest way:

  • Centrally manage and unify candidate information according to the recruitment process
  • Build a smart recruitment strategy from a centralized and trusted data source
  • Enhance candidate experience with direct and timely interaction
  • Create and manage candidate sources, diversify recruitment objects
  • Reporting and analysis system to measure recruitment effectiveness

Bringing recruitment into a competitive advantage, Humax accompanies businesses to "surmount the storm" of Covid.

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