The future of HR in the UK
According to findings from Jobsite.co.uk’s Delphi report on the future of the employment industry, Recruitment in 2019
- The candidate pool will become increasingly fragmented
- The balance of power will shift to the candidate
- Differing rates of uptake will impact on new recruitment technologies
- Tailored approach will become even more important
Human resources in 2019 will become even more hands on, despite a rise in new technologies, a new report into the future of the recruitment industry reveals.
Recruitment in 2019, a Delphi study published by Jobsite, predicts employers will need to abandon any attempts at a one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment due to a more demographically and geographically diverse workforce, a jobs market in which in-demand skills and experience give quality candidates greater clout, and an increasing number of application technologies.
Instead, there will be a renewed importance on intermediaries and human decision makers as recruiters discover the limitations of technology.
The report’s predictions are based on the views of a panel of experts, including: recruitment media and technology business owners; academics; HR professionals; recruitment consultants; recruitment market commentators; and specialists in general web technology and futurology. The key findings include:
The candidate pool will become increasingly fragmented.
A range of factors will create a more diverse candidate pool, including an aging workforce, ever-increasing numbers of working women and international recruitment, particularly across the EU.
As a result, there will be greatly differing rates of adoption of new technologies and a demand for increased flexibility in employment packages, with older candidates or working parents looking for something other than the standard 9-5.
