Contemporary Issues in Recruitment

The recruitment process is constantly evolving, hugely impacted due to changes in PESTEL (Political Economic, Social, Technological and Legal) factors. Better technology has allowed HR managers to identify and recruit top tier candidates and to make better hiring decisions. However, there are certain issues with respect to this.

Complexity in Recruitment Process

Even though many new technologies are being introduced to the business world in order to provide a competitive advantage to businesses, for example tools like PowerBI that provide analytical features in order to pool out the ideal recruitment candidates, there is a question in terms of overall efficiency of the hiring process. Tools such as PowerBI provide HR personnel with variables that were not accessed before, and when these factors are pondered upon during new recruitment the process can be a lot complex than before. Inefficient techniques can deter hiring techniques, and it’s said that 60% of prospective applicants quit when application process is too complex or lengthy (Hess, 2016). So there is a major issue for HR professionals in striking a balance between the required technology and the effectiveness of the recruitment process.

Wider Reach for Candidate Pool

With the advancement of internet technologies, more and more companies are taking their recruitment process to the internet and especially social medias. Even though this provides a wider audience of candidates, there are two major disadvantages. One, it garners a huge audience making the pool of candidates larger and also attract unwanted talent and just for fun applicants as well. Two, the company can lose control of its overall purpose and message thereby bringing out a damage to the brand image of the company. Due to advertising in social medias, many applicants apply to be recruited. Here among the candidates are some of whom who do not have a proper understanding of the job description or job requirement. The following issues arises with respect to this (Clarke, 2016). 

• ·         80% of recruiters think they have a ‘high’ to ‘very high’ understanding of the jobs for which they are recruited whereas 61% of hiring managers say that recruiters have, at best, a ‘low’ to ‘moderate’ understanding of the jobs for which they recruit
• ·         77% of hiring managers say that recruiters’ candidate screening is ‘inadequate’.
• ·         54% of recruiters complain that hiring managers expect recruiters to place candidates into hard-to-fill positions more quickly than is feasible.

Issues with Regards to Diversity

Modern companies today are welcoming diverse talents both due to legal and cultural issues and also because it brings forth greater advantages with respect to creativity and innovation. Yet recruitment process obstructs this due to the standardized way in which they operate. Therefore, the need to evolve the process according to diverse cultures and norms stand out.

References

• Clarke, S., 2016. 5 Biggest Challenges Modern Recruiters Face. [Online] Available at: https://www.socialtalent.com/blog/recruitment/5-biggest-challenges-modern-recruiters-face [Accessed 14 June 2018].
• Hess, S., 2016. 5 Contemporary Recruitment and Selection Challenges. [Online] Available at: https://www.furstperson.com/blog/contemporary-recruitment-and-selection-challenges [Accessed 14 June 2018].
• Page, E., 2017. 4 Challenges All Modern Recruiters Face. [Online] Available at: https://www.socialtalent.com/blog/recruitment/4-recruitment-challenges-modern-recruiters-face-modern-solutions [Accessed 14 June 2018].