Fearless Forecast – 2014 & Beyond

Kevin Wheeler

Conflicting Worlds

WHENEVER-Batch processing

-Lag between start & finish-Fundamental Assumption:

Past & Future similar-Complex World

NOW-Streaming

-No Lag between start & finish-Fundamental Assumption:

Past & Future different-Chaotic World

FROM TO

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GOAL: Finding Information in the Noise

We are overwhelmed with words, pictures, numbers, videos.

Making sense of things is harder and harder to do.

Candidates are hard to find & assess –

jobs are changing.

99% of information is noise.

“94% of job seekers find the Employer’s perspective useful in their decision making process.”

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OR: Finding the right candidates & jobs among the thousands

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Big Data & Analytics

Social Network

Web Info

ResumesDatabase

Social NetworkTweets

Resume

Data Scientist

“the sexiest job in the 21st century” -Harvard Business Review

Analytics – Getting useful information from varied data; finding, patterns, establishing probabilities. 

Big data- All information available.

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How do big data & analytics change recruiting?

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Sourcing will become how we draw information from candidate data

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”The web is your CV and social networks are

your references.”

Search will be composed of a mix of structured and unstructured, aggregated and integrated data, streaming and static data.

Employers will make decisions about candidates based on everything about them on the web.

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For Candidates

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-Ability to forecast job success & even level of performance.-You can target candidates now based on their demographics and location.

http://www.glassdoor.com/employers/social-recruiting/recruiting-insights

For Recruiters

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The Web becomes your BRAND

What potential candidates say matters – A Lot

For Companies

Social Media and your Employer Brand

Facebook Page

Your existing employees – and their friends and family – are your biggest fans!

TwitterMeet new people

InstagramPromote your employer brand with new methods!

YoutubeCompany videos are a great way to illustrate work culture.

GlassdoorLeverage your company page.

Dynamic, streaming, cheap

LinkedInLeverage your company page.

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Social Media Influence

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Gamification

Seamless User Interfaces

Apps

Candidates & Hiring Managers are Center

MicroXctions

Mobile Grows Exponentially

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Mobile makes job search even more fast paced and is a prime source for streaming data.

Candidates are now able to search for jobs on their phone. Information is much more accessible.

In a survey from Glassdoor, 89% of employees who admit they’ll look for a new job in the next year say their mobile device is an important tool and resource for their job search.

http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/infographic-rise-mobile-job-search/

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GD Mobile Visuals:

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Employer Profile Recruit via JobAds

Influence candidates deciding

to work for your company

Target ideal candidates that ARE NOT aware of your

company

Glassdoor Social Recruiting Solutions

The Result | MORE HIRES, BETTER QUALITY

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Analysis & Forecasting – Key 21st Century Skills

-Ability to influence, use, and interpret data from sites such as Glassdoor & TalentBin

Competencies

-Ability to leverage social media to create interest and engagement.

-Skill at using assessment tools to predict candidate performance

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Forecast for 2014

-Ability to put your entire process on mobile platforms will be more important than ever.

Mobile

-Setting up easy ways for anyone to recommend candidates to you.

Crowdsourcing

Online Assessment

-Better analytics, games, simulations will slowly start to replace many interviews.

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Forecast for 2014

-Replaces most “static” forms of information

Social Media

-Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook will all be more and more core to success.

Tools

Recruiting becomes a DYNAMIC, Realtime,

all-the-time, process of scanning, analyzing,

and assessing

Jobs are DYNAMIC, evolving, global and highlyVaried.

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