Monday, January 24, 2011

Recruiter technology, why recruiters to embrace technology have


I have been in recruitment for over 15 years and am a true believer in the use of good technology within the recruitment process. This led me to make a mission to keep informed, what resources are developed and made available on the technology front within recruitment.
I have done so continuous and extensive research in this area and in the development of software and tools specifically contributed to our industry.
This brings me to an interesting topic and time back up came during my research and discussions with many recruiters, I am sure that this length discussed all recruiters to enlist and with much passion to a certain point in time. The replacement of the recruiters and selection process through technology!
I've heard some customers and recruiters that some modern-day feel are numbered as technology such as online job portals / boards, developed soon replace both the General and the in-house us.
Here are my thoughts and findings on this topic:
Technology is fantastic! A great resource for recruiters and should be accepted with open arms.
Many recruiters are afraid of technology, you rather work with flip cards and say that someone with the technology is not a "real recruiters"!
My experience is: technology to ignore and "Real recruiters" or not your business is doomed to failure, it will progress not far into the future as a viable entity. They are replaced.
Technology is no substitute for recruiters, but a powerful tool for us help make us more productive, give more contact us, make us more competitive. We should (indeed must) like many other industries and professions to do greet him. How many accounting packages could from their to do often "replace accountants in certain aspects", but is still high demand for accountants.
Why are we so insecure about our industry!
I am aware that recruiters and recruiting industry has one Rammender over a long period of time but one thing we can not doubt is that we are necessary, indeed essential! We're always asked - even if some people like to tell us something else.
I have clients that are trying only to realize how difficult the recruitment function really is success, especially their own portals more work and less recruitment pile responses bring many only as you, you be able to use who never, but you must still manage their own portal / online database.
Join generally back for help, even if it with their own portal as an additional instrument.
Recruiters should always be the first, start with the outstanding technology, will use recruitment technology experts and then this knowledge to your advantage, sell your knowledge of recruitment tools technology to your customers, make an extra edge to your customers.
If clients want to use technology in the recruiting we should be promoted and those involved in the decision-making process and decision-making which is best suited. Technologies, lead with your expertise. This may seem like a bad you are business approach for those who believe in danger of losing their jobs to technology but if to explain and demonstrate how a combination of the right technology with a knowledgeable recruiting professional to your clients the most leads desired outcomes, then retain control, lead the process, you are able to be an indispensable part of the recruitment process.
This is better, try to convince to use not recruitment technology or just waiting for your business with you, may decrease as you find appropriate technology itself or find a recruiting professional who is ready to guide you in this process.
The recruitment technologies are inevitable and very necessary to our industry and the market in General, thrives. We can try not archaic recruitment processes, to keep up with modern market demands human resources.
Way more promotion of research and use of tools and we do it technologies available to us only through the technology viable for the developers of these tools continue to improve and adjust tuning to our requirements and needs. After all, we are recruiting experts and therefore the main culprit, as these systems should work.
Technology will not replace us, it becomes another profession, if we it with violence to!