This is the presentation from the Chairmans Opening Remarks leading into the keynote presentation on Recruitment 3.0 A Vision for the Future of Recruiting
2. Who are you? Matthew Jeffery ERE Conference Chair Autodesk Head of EMEA Talent Acquisition & Global Talent Brand Formerly EA Global Director of Talent Brand
23. Talent Acquisition Never Forget that world class candidate attraction/recruitment can make or break a Business NASDAQ & FTSE Companies are really being scrutinised by investors about whether they can attract & retain high quality staff Talent Acquisition is CRITICAL to modern business
35. Step 1: Pick up the phone and call a recruitment agency.... BANG …. Job done.. Just wait
36. Step 2: (Tiny bit more effort required) Post to an external job board...then wait....
37. Step 3: ‘Fingers crossed people look at my web ad or jobs board’!!!
38. Step 4: ....pray that the right person, looks at the job board at the right time, sees my job and then likes our brand and applies. ‘Recruitment lottery’!
40. Step 5: Phew as you wait for the job board... the agency are sending through candidates ...YAY...hiring manager will now be happy ... He has a shortlist
41. Step 6: Trust the agency........ Exclusively sourced Came in on our job board 20 mins ago Just been sent to 5 of your closest competitors Exclusive candidate Really want your company I had a 30 sec chat 20 mins ago before I sent you their resume Really sought after candidate They have been interviewing for 3 months Competitor's would love to hire this person They are interviewing with them as we speak We have a great relationship with the candidate But not yet had a 1.1 personal interview and they will pay for my holiday in Mexico
42. Step 6: ....finally, after interviewing and realising they don’t have any more options, the hiring manager decides to go to offer.... REQ closed?
43. Step 6: ....Noooooooooo!!! The candidate is at offer stage with 5 other companies. The Agency says we need to improve our offer ..... or lose out ... ‘offer poker’ starts
44. .... But surely the candidate wants to work with us? They feel connected to our brand, to our vision, to our team? They feel the love....... It’s not down to the money?
45. .... But where’s the relationship? A relationship drives desire.....
46. Step 7: .... Quick. Throw money at the candidate. Can’t move on Salary?.......... Sign on bonus? More stock? Relocation support?
47. So who is happy? Recruiter 1.0 Another REQ off the list
48. So who is happy? The Agency, 15/20% of a bigger fee
49. So who is happy? Hiring Manager ... Relieved at a hire BUT The best person......? Someone brought into the brand? On a higher salary...retention issues? Oh...and an Agency fee to boot
51. Candidate left after 6 months ....Not brought into company (no relationship) .......Money a short term motivator ...and just outside the retention period, so Hiring Manager lost the fee and needs to start again
52. And so begins the great.... Recruitment ‘Circle of Life’ again!!!
68. Headhunting……at all levels If staff are unhappy they will leave anyway ‘I would be more worried if your staff weren’t being headhunted because that speaks volumes about the quality of your workforce’ Are your staff challenged? Are they well remunerated? Do they have a good work/life balance? Are they working on world class products? Do they have an opportunity for promotion? Are they receiving training & Development? Are their ideas listened to? If the answer is NO……headhunters prey
69. External Providers losing ground? Recruitment agencies need to adapt or die In-House: Referral schemes CRM Database Events Web 2.0 Networking YouTube, LinkedIn, Myspace, Facebook Graduate Pipeline Ability of recruiters to ‘sell’ their own company with authenticity
70. Your competitors are getting cleverer, studying you, mapping out your talent….and rest assured they are speaking to your staff….
71. University Recruitment The salvation to a shrinking talent pool? Flood of graduates into the market studying poorly conceived degrees and less companies investing in them
72. So everyone in this room is at battle with each other……... who wins ….. ‘Recruiter 3.0’s’
73. Our ultimate goal is a Predictable talent pipeline Achieved through Sourcing, mapping competitors, direct approach, relationship building, Employment Branding & Social Media
77. The best candidate for your role...... is not necessarily registered with a Recruitment Agency right now!
78. The best candidate for your role...... ..is not necessarily registered on a job board right now! ...may not search job boards..... ....maybe used to people approaching them...
79. Your best candidate may not have even considered working for your company.... or even heard of you!
80. Our job is to find them, build relationships and make them care
82. The Core Philosophy of ‘Recruiter 3.0’ 2. Everyone is a potential candidate or brand ambassador ..... even your consumers
83. So by definition what is a candidate? Someone who has nominated themselves to be part of an election process It is a voluntary act At what point does someone volunteer to be a candidate? When they see your ad? When they apply to your advertisement? When you interview them?
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87. What turns a regular person in to a candidate? ‘I’m not recognised for my contribution’
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89. What turns a regular person in to a candidate? Dissatisfaction with the way they are treated
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91. What turns a regular person in to a candidate? Or they’re just over this job
93. So the problem is timing? We either wait for the moment they become a candidate and jump on them Or we make them a proposition they find attractive any time WE CREATE A CANDIDATE
94. You are in a race Leading businesses are realising great recruitment is about building relationships & communicating with people, (hence creating an emotional connection with them), before they become a candidate
95. Key is how do you identify & build ‘emotional’ relationships with that talent?
96. The Core Philosophy of ‘Recruiter 3.0’ 3. Employment Brand is pivotal to your success in Talent Attraction
97. A Brand is a person’s gut feel towards a Product, Service or Organisation
98. The goal of a brand is to create emotional attachment Emotion creates a connection which bonds loyalty & trust A emotional relationship is anchored on honest 2 way communication
99. Each of these brands will create a connection with you. Question is what?
100. As product parity grows… Brand becomes a determining factor in consumer purchase decisions.
108. What’s people’s ‘gut’ feel for working for your company?..... Google it / Glassdoor it
109. Recruitment 1.0 views on Employment Brand Recent quotes from conferences: ‘A company creates an Employment Brand’ ‘We have a great Employment Brand. Look at our newly designed Brand logo’ ‘E-Brand is about marketing and the way we advertise. We control the messages’
110. The Stages of the Employee Experience (how we ‘humanise’ and open up a company to allow candidates to build relationships and feel ‘feelings’)
111. The Core Philosophy of ‘Recruiter 3.0’ 4. You are not in control of what people are saying
117. Companies are no longer in control of what people say about them
118. Technology is shifting the power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are in control.” Rupert Murdoch Time spent on social networks is growing at 3 * the overall internet rate , accounting for 10% of internet time A shift in the balance of power
119. Those companies that get they have to listen, be humble and seek the opinions of their community will be the winners of Recruitment 3.0
120. The Core Philosophy of ‘Recruiter 3.0’ 5. Building relationships and communities is key (hence importance of Social media)
133. Twitter now has 75m user accounts, but only around 15m are active users on a regular basis. It’s still a fair increase from the estimated 6-10m global users from a few months ago.
134. Towards the end of last year, the average number of tweets per day was over 27.3 million.
137. Yes.....many companies are shouting and beating their chests with pride ‘We have a Facebook page and a Twitter Account’
138. But here we are again at Recruitment 1.0 & Lazy Recruiting again.....
139. Social Media Recruitment 1.0 ‘Style’ Create a Facebook Page and a Twitter Account Post a ‘Sexy’ Logo and swish Graphic Post a list of all current job vacancies with a convenient link back to the company job board Wait for the job applications to come rolling in and......
140. Social Media Recruitment 1.0 ‘Style’ Then go and create a YouTube Channel and post up several corporate videos about working at your company, (created at much expense), with your CEO looking like he is caught in the headlights. Now you have a ‘killer Social media Strategy’ projecting your Employment Brand...it’s time to....
141. Social Media Recruitment 1.0 ‘Style’ ........ Shout your innovative approach from the rooftops. Call ERE, Recruiter Magazine, Recruitment Consultant, Personnel Today Enter Awards for Best use of Innovation in technology, Best employment Brand, Best use of Social Media......... And then.....return to
142. Social Media Recruitment 1.0 ‘Style’ Questions Will this generate repeat visitors? What’s the difference between this and your job board? How does this build relationships? What’s the word of mouth message? What’s at the core of Social media...clue is....Social!!!!
143. Social Media Recruitment 1.0 ‘Style’ Questions Why do multinational firms champion a Twitter or Facebook site with < 200 followers? Size matters when building communities......
168. But I don’t want to build a community, build relationships, build a world class employment brand or hire the very best talent....
169. Ready made excuses for Recruiters 1.0 People could say bad things about us I don’t have any budget My company blocks social media We only have a small company Our brand is boring. We have nothing to say. No time to do this No clear metrics Wrong demographic...just youngsters