Top Hiring Trends To Dominate 2017
Let's talk about hiring trends! While we pay too much attention to tweaking and updating our resume before we begin our job search, we seldom seek to find out the hiring trends in the industry. Being aware of hiring or recruitment trends will help you stay ahead of the job hunt game and will help you understand if and how you will be able to land your dream position. To say the least, knowing hiring trends would help you update your resume in a way to grab the attention of a recruiter.
LinkedIn which is the largest professional networking platform currently, every year publishes hiring trends report. We went through the LinkedIn Global Recruiting Trends 2017 report and bring to you the major highlights which will help you tweak your resume accordingly.
The Global Recruiting Trends 2017 report was published in October last year. For the report, 4000 corporate talent acquisition leaders across 35 countries were surveyed. Here are the main takeaways:
1. 83% recruiters said that talent would be the number one priority at their company.
2. The hiring volume will increase this year with a whopping 76% increase in India.
3. This year the top five roles for which recruitment would be done will be Sales, Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, and Business Development.
4. The top three sources for quality hires would be Employee referrals, Third-party websites or online job portals, and Social professional networks.
5. The top three trends which would dominate the recruitment scene in the next five years are - Diversity of candidates hired, Soft skills assessment, Innovative interviewing tools,
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