Recruiters: Time to Step Into 2023

2022 is flying by, hiring professionals need to start thinking about what’s on the horizon. Amidst changes in the HR space and the disruptions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has given birth to a new breed of recruiters. These technology-empowered headhunters must be pro-active, savvy, and highly strategic in hunting down the right talent for the job.

They have to stay ahead of the game.

Hiring Trends 2022/2023

Your company brand: Employer branding is extremely important, and it’s only going to become more so. It’s vital that you position yourself as a company that cares about its employees’ wellbeing and development, even if you don’t have the money or resources to implement these initiatives yet. It’s time to make it a priority, the potential workers in 2023 will expect their well-being to be a focus.

Hiring managers need to start measuring soft skills: If a candidate has all the right qualifications but doesn’t fit into your company culture or work well in teams, then they aren’t right for the job. With remote work and day-today-self management becoming the norm, it’s vital that recruiters start paying attention to candidates’ soft skills when making hiring decisions, including self-management and time management skills.

A Shift to Remote Working and Flexible Working

Another challenge facing recruiters is the shift to remote and flexible working. A permanent shift to remote and flexible working could bring with it benefits such as reduced commute times and increased productivity, but there are also challenges such as isolation, collaboration and communication barriers. Recruiters need to consider how they can overcome these challenges when attracting new talent to the organization.

Diversity and Inclusion Mandated by Companies

When it comes to recruiting—and the workplace as a whole—it’s important for companies to be both diverse and inclusive. Diversity and inclusion isn’t just politically correct or a feel-good strategy. Studies show that diversity can lead to significant benefits for your company:

• Diversity makes companies more profitable. Research has shown that companies with greater diversity are more likely to experience higher profits compared with their competitors.
• Diversity leads to better decision making. More diverse groups of people make better decisions than less diverse groups because the expanded range of perspectives encourages people to reconsider their assumptions.
• Diversity leads to improved customer satisfaction. Other research has shown a link between customer satisfaction ratings for products or services and racial or ethnic diversity among an organization’s senior leaders.

Digital Natives, Generation Z, and the Changing Workforce

Digital natives, Generation Z, they’re coming. The face of the workforce is changing—and this new generation is promising a complete shift in how we work, interact with our jobs, and hire for them. Gen Z was born between 1997 and 2012, which means that by 2025, 75 million Gen Zers will be working for you and your organization. These digital natives will not only change the way employees operate at work but also how recruiters attract and retain candidates. Understanding these changes now can help us to prepare for the future of recruiting so we can make lasting changes now to ensure we’re ready for the influx of digital natives into the workforce.

• Gen Z is more diverse than any previous generation in history; they grew up seeing a melting pot as normal.
• Gen Z has never known life without smartphones, tablets or social media; they grew up with these technologies ingrained in their daily lives.

As a recruiter, it’s your job to find the best candidates. This means that sourcing and recruitment strategies need to evolve so that they accommodate changes in the job market. One of these changes is how people are searching for jobs. Wavely brings the perfect candidates to your virtual door, start a chat, send a message, and generate interest from the candidates that will make your company brighter in 2023.