What's Hot for 2007?
An end-of-the-year look ahead
Thursday, December 14, 2006 | by Kevin Wheeler
I am always looking for trends and emerging practices that are changing, or at least influencing, the way we source and recruit talent. Here is a look at some that I see as significant.
Candidate/position matching tools.
Right along with an increased interest in assessment are tools that will attempt to match candidates to positions. One is QuietAgent, which is already available and reportedly doing well. Some of the tools offer anonymous matching where neither the candidate nor the organization know each other until each has expressed interest. Each will urge candidates to create extensive profiles that include screening and assessment data. The more complete the candidate's profile, the more successful the matching process. Most of these tools are using O-Net competency databases or other similar lists of competencies to help consistently define positions and improve the assessment process. Over the next five years, we will see a steady increase in the number of tools and the amount of energy that will be used to apply more stringent competency criteria to positions to meet legal requirements and to improve the quality of hires.