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posted by on July 27, 2009

A look at the Job Boards indicates an alarming new trend: Just a handful of jobs for Recruiters and no one is hiring.

What the vast majority or Recruiters or companies doing in this economy:

Retraining?

Re-inventing?

Re-organizing?

Or leaving Recruiting altogether?

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  • 1 point 3 months ago

    Traditional recruiting is NOT dead though it may be partially asleep at the moment.   The economy WILL eventually improve and companies will need to hire people.  Even now, some companies are hiring but they need very specific skill sets that are hard to find.  In fact, during a recession they want 'needle in the haystack' kind of candidates instead of the next person that happens to walk in off the street.  They aren't going to hire unless it solves a problem they have that can't be solved hiring just anyone.  GOOD recruiters are needed in any economy.       

  • 1 point 3 months ago

    Mark & others, I feel your pain. 

    I don't believe "this" will be blowing over.  Organizations are stretched so thin these days, one of the only ways they can show a profit for share holders is changing their headcount and/or salary payouts.  Case in point, TI this past year released many workers to an "early retirement".  Did their positions go away?  Heck no, but there is a person that is in the role now that accepts a 20% or more reduced salary to do the same job.  The craziness of this "business" mindset is that production and timelines SLOW way down.  It costs the company less to exhist in the shorterm (today), but in the longterm it will often cost market share and "to market" expediency by having "cheaper labor" ie: less experienced personnel handle roles that require much higher levels of knowledge and experience.

    We talk about soft skills in the recruiting world often.  I would submitt to you that an individual with 20 years of experience and knowledge does not "cost" an organization any more on an annual basis than an individual that is "green" or fresh out of "school" to do the same role.  This leads me to another point.  Training.  Who is doing the training of these inexperienced workers?  Companies are putting their mentors out on the street.

    I believe the future of recruiting lies in maintaining a niche pool of individuals that can be placed as contractors.  Roles in organizations, at ALL levels are temporary.  Folks with an entreprenuerial mindset will not need a recruiter "assignor" to find them work.  But there are thousands of folks that just want to get up and go to work and earn a fair wage.  Those are the folks that the recruiters of the future will be working with and for.

    Do you think I am crazy?

    Happy hunting.

    Kent Voyles

  • 1 point 3 months ago

    I've been reinventing myself by securing part-time jobs until this blows over.  Unfortunately, even during a recovery job growth is often the last economic indicator to improve.