As with any relationship, be it business or personal, finding a partner that is the right fit can be a tricky business. It is important to get it right and that isn’t always an easy process. This is particularly true when it comes to selecting a recruitment partner.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prominent across all industries and the recruitment sector is no exception. With many intriguing and inventive AI-driven solutions frequently emerging there is no doubt that the landscape of the recruitment industry as we move forwards will feature AI to a great extent.
That being said, there have been incidents along the way which have highlighted the need for human common sense and monitoring over a purely AI approach. For example, cases have come to light where AI has acted in a dissatisfactory way due to the data at its disposal resulting in gender biasing in the recruitment process.
The aging population in the UK coupled with the economic downturn in 2008 means that people are now postponing retirement and staying in work longer than their predecessors. As a result, for the first time ever, the workforce in the UK consists of five different generations of workers. This certainly presents an interesting dynamic from a HR and recruitment perspective.
Over the past 12 months Chrysalis Recruitment Solutions has been going through somewhat of an evolution of its own and I am extremely excited to announce today, with the unveiling of our newly improved website, that moving forwards we will be focusing on our specialism of Sales and Marketing recruitment. In tailoring our scope to these key areas, where our strengths and experiences lie, we feel that we are best placed to provide our clients with a bespoke and tailored solution to their recruitment process.
It has recently been reported that there are currently around 837,000 live vacancies in the UK, the highest since 2001. So, companies are going into 2019 with confidence and are looking to secure new talent. Therefore with 76% of people currently in work the question has to be, how will you attract the best talent for your business in 2019?