Employers are increasingly turning to the flexible workforce, including freelancers, to help them survive during the current turbulent economic climate.
The REC recently published a paper entitled “Talent Acquisition in Turbulent Times” which highlights a change away from the traditional model of managing talent in favour of a model based around Talent on Demand. This allows companies to align their talent requirements with their dynamic business objectives and move away from a fixed base of resources to a more flexible one.
External recruiters have a vital role to play in this new model, providing companies with unique access to a pool of candidates with rare skills.
Roger Tweedy, the director of research at the REC, said the emerging open model challenges the existing internal recruitment solutions that are becoming bogged down by the pressures of time and cost.
HR departments face some serious issues as global talent shortages get worse and companies need to alter their approach to acquiring talent. Employers face major challenges if they want to secure the best candidates and gain competitive advantage, Tweedy continued. As well as addressing rapidly changing technology and a lack of suitably qualified people within their organisation, they will also have to consider a new breed of candidate and new ways of working.
We need to identify new robust recruitment models that can withstand the challenges of the future. Leading recruitment agencies are already developing new ways to match both active and passive candidates with employers and these new tools enable recruiters to provide better value for their clients and build up vital strategic relationships.
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