Dr. John Sullivan pens another prescient post at ERE.com on the top predictions for talent management and recruiting in 2012. Social media was the big thing in 2011 and he believes 2012 is the year of the mobile platform.
I encourage you to read his full article but here are his remaining top nine:
- Intense hiring competition will return in selected areas
- Retention issues will increase dramatically
- Social media increases its impact by becoming more data-driven
- Remote work changes everything in talent management
- The need for speed shifts the balance between development and recruiting towards recruiting
- Employee referrals are coupled with social media
- Employer branding returns
- The candidate experience is finally getting the attention it deserves
- Forward-looking metrics begin to dominate
He also lists twelve other areas to keep an eye on, but the two that stood out to me most were risk identification and competitive analysis, two things that I think every HR leader should be doing as part of their talent reviews. Identifying, prioritizing, and developing an organization’s “secret sauce” takes time, resources, and teamwork and should be managed as a critically important organizational activity or risk having insufficient talent to meet business needs or new opportunities. Things are changing faster than ever so addressing this now is essential, and something I’d love to help you with.
Photo credit and thanks to Thomas Couillard.
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