Recruitment in the 21st Century: Art or Science?

Canberra, 18 September 2009 art or science? recruitment in the 21st century

Year Unemployed
Nov 1992 914,500
11.2%
Vacancies 36,900 183,600 Ratio 25:1 2.6:1 Source: ABS Labour Force reports #6202.0 and #6354.0 May 2008 476,700 3.9%

Global Opportunities

“ Top talent has never been so valuable, nor the competition for it is so fierce.” Fortune Magazine 30 January, 2006

2002 Sales (US$billions) 0.4 6 25 2009 Nasdaq Market Cap (US$billions) 114 154 222 2008 Profit per employee (US$000’s) 209 20,000 employees 151 32,000 employees 194 91,000 employees

attract
source
screen
assess
capture then build
complete
score

Source: The Impact of Sourcing by James Elliott, Australian Talent Conference, May 2009

Source: Should Organisations Change Their Assessment Methodology by Charles Handler, Australian Talent Conference, May 2009

Recruitment news, September 9, 2008 Latest News Foster's generating job seeker interest with e-newsletters Beverage company Foster's Group is having success maintaining its talent pool by using specially produced quarterly email newsletters, says head of recruitment James Dimer. Dimer told Shortlist the company sent an "e-zine" out to around 8000 active candidates every three months, encouraging them to update their applicant profiles, register for automatic job alerts and browse existing vacancies. Foster's had around 50,000 candidates in its database in total, Dimer said.

and what about the art, Ross?

Business acumen
Sourcing acumen
Sales savvy
Data savvy
Excellent communication skills and
A strong personal brand
To be successful as a recruiter you now need* *According to Carol Mahoney, (most recently) Vice-President, Talent Acquisition & Mobility at Yahoo!

Source: Retrain-Redeploy-Refresh: A fearless forecast for 2009 and beyond by Kevin Wheeler , Australian Talent Conference, May 2009

TECHNICAL SKILLS BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES MAJOR MOTIVATORS

Building a 21 st century talent community requires using the right mix of recruiting art and science.” Marvin Smith Talent Community Evangelist Microsoft (Entertainment & Devices Division)

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Recruitment in the 21st Century: Art or Science?

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