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Steve Newson's presentation from Enhance Media conference 28.1.10
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Online Recruitment Conference 2010
Steve NewsonOperations Director
Capita Resourcing & Development
steve.newson@capita.co.uk
steve.newson@gmail.com
Steve Newson
stevenewson
Steve Newson
The Bigger Picture
Agenda
• Are job boards about to die?• The history of recruitment technology• Drivers of Change• Indicators of Change• Social Recruiting• 2010 Predictions• Summary & Close
Are job boards on their last legs?
...beware the hype
The next big thing is...
Recruitment Technology History...
So what are the issues driving change?
ANSWER: Cost and Quality
Cost...
We did notice a little thing called the credit crunch...?
Quality...
Candidates are very different to ten years ago…
Their lifestyles have changed.
You have to follow the crowd...
The next big thing doesn’t work if your target talent pool doesn’t go there and hang out...
What are the signs of change...?
Led by Facebook & Twitter, Global Time Spent on Social Media Sites up 82%
Change is inevitable...
...except from a vending machine
Our research indicates that...
...for IT roles where salary is greater than £35K more than 65% of candidates are already on LinkedIn
Social Networks & Social Recruiting
New Oxford American Dictionary
Word of the Year 2009: UNFRIEND
What’s the big deal?
Social Sourcing v Social Recruiting
‘Social Recruiting’ is the silver bullet... TRUE OR FALSE?
My predictions for 2010...
Predictions 1
• Challenging year ahead with some acute difficulties in the public sector
• Candidate sourcing strategies will continue to broaden
• Social Recruiting will grow• Cloud computing will be a factor in
technology strategies• Mobile Phone Applications will have an
important place
Predictions 2
• Job Boards will innovate or see declining share
• In the broadest sense of the word, "Search" will be a key factor
• Finding the model that enables interaction with emerging technologies will be important to the health of core recruitment platforms
• Newspaper advertising model likely to fundamentally change
And finally...
What are the
opportunities
for us as recruiters?
Let’s open up the discussion…
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