How is hiring changing, why traditional methods won't work

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Why traditional hiring strategies won’t work today?

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Traditional Channels (prehistoric)• Job listing in Newspapers

• Temporary employment agencies

• Employment offices


Newer Channels• Job portals – Naukri, Monster

• Professional networks - Linkedin

• Search - Google

• Consultant and Agencies


aren’t these effective anymore


Employees are changing

1 Decrease in active job-seeking

4 Increased risk taking appetite

5 Culture taking precedence over other things

3 Do what you love

2 The millennial mind-set


Poor Targeting


Low audience relevance


Poor ROI


New ageHiring

Employer Branding

Skill basedHiring

CandidateExperience


Employer Brand is the new black

83% Recognize employer brand impact

54% Have a proactive strategy

38% Measure employer brand for talent

War for Talent will be WON by a strong employer brand


What is Employer Brand?

1.What the company does

2.Employee satisfaction

3.Messaging and Content (increasingly social)

ThingsTo Know


Employer Brand Communication

76% Companies use

to communicate the Employer Brand


Have a Culture Code – Share it!


Content that attracts candidates


Contribute to the community


Make your leaders interactAsk Me Anything on HackerEarth by Joydeep Sarma, founder of Quoble

1. Increased focus on hiring right people for the task.

2. Resume filtering alone is useless

3. Accurate skill based hiring needs a robust assessment methodology.


Skill based Hiring


Speak the language of your audience


New sourcing channels

1.Traditional job portals do not attract the tech savvy crowd

2.Programmer communities like Github/Stackoverflow have become interesting source of talent


Candidate Experience

Make it easy to apply

Constantly engage

Provide feedback

Make it personal


Key Takeaways

1 Hiring is more pull than push – Employer Brand

3 Good Candidate experience is essential

2 Industry is moving towards skill based hiring

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How is hiring changing, why traditional methods won't work