Simply Hired Forum Reveals how Emerging Tech Impacts Recruiters, Candidates

The recently held Innovation in Recruitment Forum by Simply Hired illuminated areas where technology is disrupting traditional recruiting practices and reshaping the relationship between candidates and prospective employers. Key themes of the event included:

• Mobile, which accounts for more than 30 percent of traffic on Simply Hired, was found to be replacing laptops for Millennials who prefer tablets and smartphones. However, the vast majority of Fortune 500 companies do not offer mobile applications.

• The need for recruiters to embrace technologies that bring new efficiencies to recruiting processes. The process of engaging job seekers should be optimized over time with the use of those technologies to more effectively funnel candidates through the process.

• Data and discovery help recruiters understand which candidates are best for their companies, while job seekers are more able to discover which jobs they are most qualified for. Leveraging data to create a more efficient hiring process will be the “next wave of innovation.”

• Transparency is now expected by candidates who wish to look into a company’s culture and see “what it’s really like to work there.” Additionally, over one-third of candidates are comfortable going public with bad candidate experiences.

“If you can dream it, it can be built,” James Beriker, CEO of Simply Hired, said. “Technology will yield incredible gains across the recruiting organization, and we have a tremendous amount to learn from other industries and each other. We have to take the big steps to embrace technology in this industry. We conceived of the Innovation in Recruitment Forum as a vehicle for thought leaders to come together and motivate, inspire and empower each other around change and the strategies that will define the future. We are pleased that our inaugural event lived up to this promise.”