What are your candidates really looking for in the new year?

We are saying goodbye to 2022 and gearing up for what could be a challenging 2023. With a potential recession looming, many businesses are turning to their internal strategies for refining, and your recruitment strategy will be just as important. This month, Perfect Team gives you the low down on what you can expect for recruitment trends in 2023 and how an external recruitment team might just help to give you the edge over your competitors. To make your packages more attractive to talent, it’s critical to understand the benefits they are likely to value the most. Benefits, including working from home and work-life balance, continue to be in high demand, whilst others are levelling off. Since the pandemic, recruitment strategies have changed, and it’s important to understand how your recruitment strategy can change for the better in 2023. Spend some time brainstorming with your HR team to see what you can offer to new talent in the new year. Be sure to speak to existing employees as well to understand what they would like to see changed for the better in the new year. This will help greatly with your retention strategy – which is just as important!

Recruitment strategy trends you can expect in 2023

With the end of 2022 on the horizon, now is the time to start thinking about the trends and changes we can expect to see in 2023 so that you can plan your recruitment strategy accordingly. By understanding the market and being aware of potential changes, you will be better equipped to face any challenges that come your way throughout the year.

Remote working

As businesses strive to retain existing talent, giving your team the flexibility to work remotely has become more important. Since the pandemic, many employees have continued working from home in some capacity, and these remote working opportunities will continue to increase in 2023. Offering your employees the ability to work remotely not only benefits them but also benefits your company by increasing productivity and lowering overhead costs.

Candidate engagement

In the past, executive-level positions were the only ones that required proactive candidate engagement; however, this is no longer the case. A LinkedIn survey found that 84% of recruiters said it is becoming important to engage passive candidates for entry-level positions in order to bring in top talent.

Recruitment automation

With recruitment automation solutions, you can hold resumes, manage hiring and client pipeline, post jobs on multiple platforms simultaneously, and much more. Automation also helps you efficiently engage candidates at various stages of hiring while improving important recruitment metrics like time to hire and time to submittal.

Diversity and inclusion

Business leaders globally accept that a culturally diverse workforce fuels innovation, creativity, and higher profitability. However, currently, only one in three recruiters track the diversity of candidates. Diversity metrics like gender or ethnicity of candidates sourced, interviewed, or hired—are rarely used today. But 2023 will witness a change in this ratio.

Gen Z entering the team

As Gen Zers are nearing the end of their schooling and preparing to enter the workforce in junior-level roles, the recruitment business is expecting a shift in the way things are done – speed. Gen Zers will want everything to be virtual and fast-paced, so outdated recruitment methods will be a major turn-off. In order to keep up with the times, recruitment teams and staffing agencies will need to implement changes such as recruitment automation, mobile-optimised application processes, and candidate engagement at each stage of the hiring process.

Incorporating a local recruitment agency as part of your strategy

First impressions matter not only in our personal lives but our professional lives. Candidates no longer go into interviews, only asking, “Do they like me?” They now enter interviews with the thought, “Do I like this company?” Companies must prepare for candidates to interview them, as well. Where questions at the end of interviews used to be few and far between, interviewees now come ready with their inquiring minds. It is for this reason that many forward-thinking companies will be employing the use of effective external recruitment agencies in 2023. The knowledge, support and guidance that a qualified and reputable recruitment agency can bring are often second to none. External recruitment agencies will source great quality candidates on your behalf, prepare them for interviews and effectively sort between the candidates that are likely to make a career with you and those who just want to make some money. Companies should be doing more to impress their candidates from the beginning of the recruitment process through to induction and embedding. With an external recruitment agency on board, your candidates are more likely to receive a personal and first-class recruitment service. At The Perfect Team, we have been supporting sourcing and placing candidates in a variety of roles for over 20 years. Our vast experience in the engineering recruitment industry puts us in a unique position to work with clients on a first-hand basis to understand their recruitment strategy, make suggestions and find candidates we know will be suitable for the positions you are recruiting to. We are different from other agencies because of our ability to become an extension of your HR team and our personable service to both our clients and candidates.

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Book an appointment with your external recruitment team today

If the thought of your recruitment strategy makes you panic, you may need the support of a qualified team like The Perfect Team to understand exactly what you should be doing to recruit and retain your staff in the new year. Our experience makes us a hot commodity for companies looking to improve their recruitment strategies and find candidate talent they haven’t previously seen. To find out more about how we can help you, get in touch with Perfect Team today and book your appointment.