- In the last few years, clients are much more strategic when choosing talent partners. Most now have some version of internal talent acquisition or talent management expertise.
- Finding and attracting top talent is changing. The days of a search professional being great because of his/her rolodex is out of date.
- Organizations are getting better at recognizing what “good” looks like, understand the power of behavioral interviews, and hiring leaders are engaged participants with human resources.
- Companies are investing capital in internal talent functions including human capital and talent tools and examining ROI
- The business model for retained search firms, contingent firms, and RPO’s is changing- those who can adapt and do things differently will succeed.
- LinkedIn is similar to Monster 15 years ago. It is one of many new tools to address a new level of expectation from candidates and clients. Those tools are only as good as the end users.
- Those talent partners who can change, acknowledge the need for change, and become client driven execution firms vs. sales organizations will be the future of talent acquisition.
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