Still A White Hot Recruitment Market? Maybe……

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We ve had a white-hot recruitment market for some time now and I thought it was right to take the temperature again and see if it s still as hot as we re led to believe – given the multiple issues we re facing not least the cost of living crisis William Tincup is the President amp Editor at large of Recruiting Daily the world s number 1 online site for recruitment content William is at the intersection of work and technology He apos s a writer speaker advisor consultant investor podcaster amp storyteller William serves on the board of 20 HR technology startups and he apos s been writing about HR and Recruiting related issues for longer than he cares to disclose Do technological innovations in recruitment benefit the candidate 01 41 On the whole no they don apos t says William He cites the number of apos chefs apos in the recruitment apos kitchen apos such as sourcers hiring managers employee branding recruitment marketing etc all of whom have influence in the hiring process and of course pay the cost of the tech so by and large the candidates are the apos ignored apos constituency The great resignation – lipstick on a pig 04 10 Is the great resignation all that is seems to be William argues that as a society we haven apos t really understood the reasons why someone chooses now not to work – it needs as he says greater archeology and anthropology to get to real reasons Are organisations using the cost of living crisis to exploit consumers 08 56 William isn apos t convinced that cost of living crisis has been inflated by organisations seeking to recoup losses incurred during the pandemic He cites the oil industry who he believes are cynically using the conflict in Ukraine to drive prices up Will the recruitment market stay white hot 11 39 Depends entirely on the sector according to William There are some inherent structural shortages such as there are not enough software developers to handle the software needs of today let alone tomorrow Should employers help workers with the cost of living crisis 16 35 Yes is the simple answer This is an opportunity for HR to engage on a deeper level with employees and provide solutions to help employees thrive in and out of work He reveals the movement towards apos daily pay apos and innovative solutions that allows employees to trade holiday days for other benefits such as paying down student debt Work-life balance is a con 20 30 Tincup argues that work-life balance does not exist and never has He says it apos s work-life integration We discuss at length organisational culture and how some apos cultures apos fit or don apos t fit but there are no bad cultures except those that are illegal Gen zZ amp millennials ask the right questions 24 11 We discuss why Gen Z and millennials are better as asking questions about work-life integration and what has given them the confidence to challenge the norms The end of working from home 26 39 The tech giants of Silicon Valley still operate a command and control culture where you have to be seen to be believed to be working Tincup believes these firms are on the wrong side of history Get comfortable with being uncomfortable 28 42 Radical Flexibility is going to be the default position and to attract talent and organisations are going to need to raise their game Resourceshttps recruitingdaily comhttps www linkedin com in tincup https www linkedin com in podcasthost https ovenreadyhr com