Top 5 Recruitment Trends for 2014

MIKE WESTBURY • March 8, 2014

Top 5 Recruitment Trends for 2014

The first three months of 2014 have flown by in a buzz of construction, design and development activity across New Zealand. As a specialist recruitment and consulting firm 180 Resource Solutions have come up with the top 5 recruitment trends for 2014.

1) Business Confidence: Driven by projects, potential projects and feasibility work, companies are encouraged by improved economic conditions so are looking to expand their talent pool in 2014. This is across all sections of the wider construction industry. The job market is likely to have a lot of movement this year.

2) Speed: Increased candidate confidence has meant firms need to ‘speed up the hiring process’. The pace of business and talent competition has increased, causing a ‘faster’ recruitment market. Delay in taking action may mean you fall too far behind your competitors.

3) Personalised recruitment campaigns: With social media and various other online methods becoming the mainstream candidate attraction formula, it is important to stand out from the crowd with a personalised recruitment campaign and look for new innovative ways to recruit. For example; videos; this is the perfect way to express company culture and attract suitable candidates.

4) Candidates are wiser: Candidates expect excellent HR practices throughout the recruitment process, so, it is important to ensure firms have robust hiring and induction processes. It is no longer acceptable to ‘wing it’ when it comes to the recruitment process and communication as candidates have high expectations. Poor practices can reflect negatively on the firm.

5) Recruitment is a branding exercise: Candidates are researching companies prior to applying to ensure the firm has a good forward workload and good culture. This includes company website, LinkedIn/Facebook company pages and employee profiles on LinkedIn.

In Summary:

This year will see an increased demand for high performers, technologically savvy, and innovators in key jobs. You will have to move fast in order to stay ahead of the trends and the adopted practices of your competitors.

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