The Recruitment industry is constantly changing in order to keep up with the changing times. Having; said that it’s obvious that the role of Talent Acquisitionist’s requires one to adapt to the changing Industry to preserve. Care to guess what the discussion will be covering?

You’ve guessed it right; we @SourcingAdda constantly try to keep Recruitment professionals updated about the current trends that are practiced. In an attempt to assist fellow Recruiters like your selves  we even conduct annual events like  #TASCON17 a Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Conclave where you get the opportunity to interact and network with the best minds in the Recruitment Industry. With that being said, in relation to our upcoming annual event the discussion was on, “The Changing Role of Recruiters”. And as popular these WhatsApp discussions go; here’s your chance to catch up with what was discussed if you’ve missed it but remember to review the key take away pointers right after and add to your knowledge. So here goes…

This brings an end to another informative discussion with lots of inputs to take back, review and add to your learning.  Having said, that we’re sure that you’d also like to reinforce what you’ve learnt hence here are the key take away pointers to help you retain what you’ve learnt easily…

Possible Roles Recruiters Play

There are several roles that Recruiters may be required to play now or in the near future so here’s what a Recruiter’s role might be, as…

1. A Recruiter of the Future, you will be required to have strong interpersonal and project management skills while your task of sourcing and coordination / scheduling is automated.
2. A Data Driven Analyst, your experience within the recruitment field is not going to be of much help due to the revolution in predictive analysis, machine learning, hiring algorithms and they must possess awesome skills in analysis.
3. An Automation Domain Specialist, the traditional ways of maintaining data will have changed drastically. So it is more about the ‘Design of the ATS’ making it more efficient to avoid most of the ‘Data Entry Work.’
4. One of the best Social Media Engagement Recruiters, you would have already set the benchmark for others to follow hence every Recruiter will have to focus beyond ‘LinkedIn’.
5. A Customer Experience Management, where we refer to a customer as being both – candidates as well as other stakeholders in the hiring process. For instance in a global village, wherein there are zillions of opportunities waiting for ‘good candidate’; customer experience is going to be the key factor.
6. A Recruiter finding ‘The One’ in the Matrix, where every resume looks more or less the same is going to be difficult. Here Candidates can choose impressive resumes and just white paper it. The role of the recruiter is to find the candidates who aspire to be ‘Neo’ from Mr. Anderson.
7. A Recruiter, just posting Jobs and Praying isn’t going to work any longer in fact Internal Recruiters must be trusted advisors to Hiring managers. While External Recruiters will have to not only find Talent that Internal Recruiters can’t find but also get candidates across the table for discussions.
8. A Sales Guy, you’ll be expected to know how to pitch to tech wizards and geniuses in a way they get interested in the role and company.
9. A Consultant, providing consultation to hiring managers, stake holders based on the availability of Talent VS Budget.
10. A Liason, you’ll be expected to network, meet talent to build your database and pipelines
11. A Marketing Executive, you’ll be expected to help sales folks and even pre – sales folks on talent availability and feasibility of hiring.
12. An Internal Communicator, wherein you’ll be required to conduct innovative campaigns for driving employee referrals and / or employee engagement activities
13. A Waiter / Bellboy, wherein they’ll have to escort candidates into and out of the premises, arrange parking in some cases, deliver /offer tea coffee, organize lunch.
14. A CEO / Senior Executive, where you’ll have to talk about your services, good culture, initiatives and balance sheets at conferences / to individuals
15. A Family Member, where you’ll have to be concerned about the candidates, enquire about their good health, advise them like doctors if they have issues, last but at the least convey that they are not joining / dropping out of interviews as their uncle or grand – parents are either dead or injured in accidents.
16. A Real Estate Agent, for some candidates to help them hunt houses

In short the roles of a Recruiter are changing rapidly where it will be essential for them to do much more than just be a postman matching keywords. Having, said that they will be required to spend less time with paper or data but more time in interacting with people.  So if you’ve read this far then you now have a brief idea about the roles you’ll likely be expected to play in the near future. Therefore, you need to begin to focus on building some of the above mentioned skills to remain upbeat with the changing roles and perform exceptionally with the changing times.

If you’re interested in remaining updated with the changing trends and adapt to it for instance, “Should Recruiters show eagerness to Candidates till the Offer Release Period to negotiate the CTC?” then you simply need to follow these 2 simple steps…

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