San Antonio Texas – quaint, steamy, fun, and the temporary home to 3200 or so staffing and recruiting professionals over the month of October.
This is the 1st of 2 times I will be visiting the Lone Star state, and I have to say I am excited to be here. Last night we walked down the river walk which was really nice, a mini Venice -well sort of, and we ate as a really great Italian restaurant Paesanos, they even had my favorite Chianti Classico – Ruffino, gold label.
So far our experience’s at Staffing World have been excellent, every interaction we have had whether it be from a Marriott service staff member or from employees of the American Staffing Association, everyone has made our 1st trip to San Antonio as well as the launch of keenalignment.dream.press a fun and rewarding experience.
While my topic tomorrow is Business Development (Leverage your power to get in and get the business), my intention is to wake up the everyday staffer to what is on corporate HR’s mind and then to encourage these every day staffers to kick it up and offer the level of service that will some day (some day sooner than later) be the expected norm. I figure the best way to get my point across is to start with what’s hot and not in recruiting, but before starting there, I thought I should start with a present day check in on what is hot and not with the always and forever changing planet we live on.
WHAT’S HOT AS OF 10.11.07
The internet
Going Green
Working remotely
IPOD
Fitness
Organics
Fall in Chicago
Off Shoring
Quality of life
Outsourcing
Going International
Free Agents /Contract Labor
Millennial talent
Virtual meetings
Synergistic work teams
Terrorism
Entrepreneurialism
Efficiency
2 -3 sources of income per family
Diversification
Sourcing
Comp Time
Quality of Life
Staying Single
Hybrid cars
Nordstrom Rack /Off 5th
Costco
Starbucks
Specialty boutique shops –Strip malls
Technology
Human mind/innovations are expanding at 50% faster (?)
Harleys
Volunteerism
Specialty / Technical Education
Healthcare /Pharma
Mammoth car dealerships
Moms staying home with kids and working from home
Web based business
Quality of life
Mega churches
Spirituality
Multi tasking
Stress relief
International business
WHAT’S NOT SO HOT AS OF 10.11.07
Made in America
Running the Air conditioning with the windows down
The American Dollar
OJ
The Cubs
Company Loyalty
Life long job security
The Secretary
Large expense checks
Very Large Custom homes
Bureaucracy
Politics
The War
Real-estate
Mortgage rates
Credit Card debt
Large amount of kids
Lincoln Navigators
Macy’s in Chicago
Trust
Guaranteed Salaries
Working on Sundays
Large children’s birthday parties outside of the home
Mfg
Specialty auto dealers
FEMA
Obsessive CEO Salaries
Traffic in any major city
RECRUITING — What’s HOT?
War on talent impacting every company on the planet
RPO –Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Emerging industries –RPO, Sourcing, Selection, Retention
Major link between vacant chairs and loss of revenue
Niche recruiting disciplines
Industry experts
Recruiting being divided into sourcing and selection –some companies’
boast they can do it all; others segment into best services offerings
in each category.
Retention Focus
Sourcing focus
Pipeline concern
Managers being held accountable for talent sourcing
Management being held accountable for retention
Management being held accountable for employee development
RECRUITING — What’s NOT so HOT?
Generalist recruiting
Only using the job boards
Unemployed candidates
Running advertisements as the primary sourcing tool
Internet focus rather than people communications focus
One person being a hybrid expert at everything
Lone rangers
35% fees for sourcing names only
Making candidates interview when and where it is totally inconvenient
Evaluating candidates solely based on gut instinct