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How to Use Technology to Recruit Across Generations?

Author: Palak Kapoor
by Palak Kapoor
Posted: Nov 15, 2014

Nowadays technology is not only about getting connected and getting your work done but is also playing a huge role in company future strategy and recruitment areas. Technology is helping in hiring great talent and finding how the candidate gets the right employer. The scenario shows that technology will have a great say in the coming year especially in recruitment. Thus, in today’s globalized recruitment industry, innovative technology becomes the ultimate tool. However, in the eyes of some HR thought leaders, recruiting technology hasn't quite gotten where it needs to be. Below are ways to how technology has impacted recruiting.

Social Media- The impact of social media has affected the ways of recruitment to a huge level. It will be true to say that in today‘s organization, the use of social media has made the life of hiring manager a lot more easier as compared to what it was before. For example the hiring manager can use Facebook, twitter or Linked in to list down the skills needed for the job and the respective candidate would immediately response back to the requirement which is far better than Screening each candidate and going through stack of resume.

Video interview- Technologies like first-round video interviews that can be taken at the applicant’s convenience, safely saved and stored, and then reviewed at the employer’s convenience are a model example of technology which plays a vital role in recruiting talented candidates. By adopting the video technologies that are mobile-device friendly, simple, yet outstandingly convenient for applicants and employers, your recruitment firm or company can optimize recruitment and, in turn, maximize clients’ growth potential and profit margins. Usually a video interview is done for one minute. This one minute interview has to show the best skills of the candidate in order to convince why they are a good fit for the company.

Mobile utility- Millions of job seekers have downloaded job site apps on their phone. Mobile-friendly functionality on job board ads allows candidates to simply e-mail a resume, instead of applying on the company career site. Candidates can easily search and apply for job that suit their skills by using app such as Linked in and Twitter. They can constantly review the progress of their application and respond to the offer quicker than before. Recruiter who understand the importance of mobile technology especially across generation tend to gather talented from all ages.

Team Involvement- While hiring the candidate you can send the information of the applicants to your team and let them view the candidates social media profiles, video introductions etc. The feedback or comments provided by your team after watching the recordings is very easy and not a difficult job.

Linked In approach- It may be surprising to believe that apart from the younger generation even the senior candidate is using linked in to get hold of a good job. You as a recruiter have to search the content and candidate that is relevant to your industry by having discussion, commenting on what they write and posting various articles related to the job you want your candidate to be expert in. By doing so chances of getting your preferred candidate will increase. top recruitment agencies

Thus, a company has to understand that with time in order to attain potential growth and success for their organization recruiting talented people is very important and in coming future technology will become the main source of recruitment.

YOMA Multinational Solutions is a Permanent Staffing Services provider company in india which has been operating in the last 15 years in Indian market. YOMA along with its partner companies provides end-to-end HR solutions to match your business needs and provides various human resource consulting services.

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Yoma Multinational Solutions Llp is an initiative of Yoma Corp and has been operating in the Indian market for the last 15 years.

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