When I talk to recruiters and staffing industry professionals these days I hear a lot of excitement in their voices about the coming year. I think it?s pretty obvious why they would be excited. After all, the market is picking up again and it?s beginning to look like we may have another 1999 on our hands soon.
Won't that be great???
- Companies start to hire more recruiters.
- The best candidates start to get calls from dozens of other recruiters.
- Top candidates start to pull their resume off the web and job boards to avoid the flood of calls.
- Candidates get counter offers from their current employer and recruiters from 3 other companies you compete with.
- The recruiter population in the US increases by 30% or more as recruiting managers start staffing up and training new recruiters to keep up with hiring demands.
Yup, its going to be... great?
OK, so there may be some new obstacles to overcome as the employment market continues to improve and the Baby Boomers start to move out of the workforce. However, even if there is a shortage of qualified professionals that rivals the dot com days, I wouldn't necessarily count on the same chaotic recruiting tactics that we saw back then. Thanks to resources like ERE, The Human Capital Institute, AIRS, and so many others; recruiters everywhere seem to be far better prepared and knowledgeable.
PS - sorry about the long absense since my last blog post. I've been busy looking for great people to hire.
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