Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers. This report is covering our findings about what workers in High Tech want.
Life Sciences professionals use a variety of channels to research job opportunities, including online job boards, company websites, recruitment firms, and word of mouth. They are active participants in online talent communities, which they use to connect with companies, access jobs and skills development resources. While satisfied with career development opportunities, Life Sciences workers intend to change employers in the next year and are not confident about long-term career prospects with their current employers. To attract and retain top talent, employers should focus on offering competitive compensation, a collaborative work environment, strong onboarding and career development programs, and engagement through multiple digital channels.
KGWI 2014 What Talent Wants - Natural ResourcesKelly Services
Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers. This report is covering our findings about what workers in Natural Resources want.
Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers. This report is covering our findings about what workers in Finance want.
KGWI: The Collaborative Work Enviroment in EuropeKelly Services
The document discusses how collaboration is becoming a key factor for companies to improve profitability and attract top talent. It finds that 60% of European workers cite a highly collaborative environment as a feature of their ideal work environment. However, only 47% feel their current workplace promotes collaboration. There are also differences in perceptions between generations and countries. Developing a truly collaborative culture requires effort from leadership to establish the right structures, train employees, and use technologies that facilitate collaboration.
The document discusses how the role of recruiters is changing due to new technologies and the increased connectivity of professionals. It identifies three emerging roles for recruiters:
1) Super Recruiters who will focus on strategic talent planning and employer branding.
2) Talent Attractors who will build long-term relationships with potential candidates through social media and publishing career content.
3) Logistics recruiters who will manage day-to-day hiring processes like scheduling interviews. Most recruiters currently fall into this category.
LinkedIn India recruiting trends for 2015!LinkedIn India
The document discusses key talent acquisition trends in India for 2015 based on a survey of over 4,000 talent leaders globally including 300 in India. Some of the main trends highlighted include:
- Hiring volumes and budgets are increasing in India indicating positive sentiment among organizations.
- Social recruiting is growing as a source of quality hires, with professional networks like LinkedIn closing the gap with job boards and referrals.
- Employer brands are getting more engaged on professional networks, which are replacing traditional channels like company websites.
- Sourcing skilled talent remains the top priority for recruiting leaders in India and globally. Compensation and competition are the biggest obstacles to attracting talent.
In this ebook, you will learn what innovative colleges, students, and employers are doing with their experiential practical learning to succeed in the 21st century.
If Asia's organisations are going to access enough 'value-creating' talent to capture the opportunities that are now in view, they're going to need to embrace better, smarter talent management and attraction strategies. They will need to embrace flexibility in their workforces in order to:
Fill critical skill gaps in a timely and efficient way
Keep talent engaged and retained, even across borders
Life Sciences professionals use a variety of channels to research job opportunities, including online job boards, company websites, recruitment firms, and word of mouth. They are active participants in online talent communities, which they use to connect with companies, access jobs and skills development resources. While satisfied with career development opportunities, Life Sciences workers intend to change employers in the next year and are not confident about long-term career prospects with their current employers. To attract and retain top talent, employers should focus on offering competitive compensation, a collaborative work environment, strong onboarding and career development programs, and engagement through multiple digital channels.
KGWI 2014 What Talent Wants - Natural ResourcesKelly Services
Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers. This report is covering our findings about what workers in Natural Resources want.
Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers. This report is covering our findings about what workers in Finance want.
KGWI: The Collaborative Work Enviroment in EuropeKelly Services
The document discusses how collaboration is becoming a key factor for companies to improve profitability and attract top talent. It finds that 60% of European workers cite a highly collaborative environment as a feature of their ideal work environment. However, only 47% feel their current workplace promotes collaboration. There are also differences in perceptions between generations and countries. Developing a truly collaborative culture requires effort from leadership to establish the right structures, train employees, and use technologies that facilitate collaboration.
The document discusses how the role of recruiters is changing due to new technologies and the increased connectivity of professionals. It identifies three emerging roles for recruiters:
1) Super Recruiters who will focus on strategic talent planning and employer branding.
2) Talent Attractors who will build long-term relationships with potential candidates through social media and publishing career content.
3) Logistics recruiters who will manage day-to-day hiring processes like scheduling interviews. Most recruiters currently fall into this category.
LinkedIn India recruiting trends for 2015!LinkedIn India
The document discusses key talent acquisition trends in India for 2015 based on a survey of over 4,000 talent leaders globally including 300 in India. Some of the main trends highlighted include:
- Hiring volumes and budgets are increasing in India indicating positive sentiment among organizations.
- Social recruiting is growing as a source of quality hires, with professional networks like LinkedIn closing the gap with job boards and referrals.
- Employer brands are getting more engaged on professional networks, which are replacing traditional channels like company websites.
- Sourcing skilled talent remains the top priority for recruiting leaders in India and globally. Compensation and competition are the biggest obstacles to attracting talent.
In this ebook, you will learn what innovative colleges, students, and employers are doing with their experiential practical learning to succeed in the 21st century.
If Asia's organisations are going to access enough 'value-creating' talent to capture the opportunities that are now in view, they're going to need to embrace better, smarter talent management and attraction strategies. They will need to embrace flexibility in their workforces in order to:
Fill critical skill gaps in a timely and efficient way
Keep talent engaged and retained, even across borders
The document discusses innovative strategies for sourcing talent. It describes challenges in finding qualified candidates due to skills shortages. It then provides examples of sourcing strategies like gamification of recruitment by adding competitive elements, engaging with candidates in educational settings, demonstrating interest in candidates' hobbies, being transparent in employer reviews, and attending industry events to find candidates in their element.
Engaging Active and Passive Jobseekers - A spotlight on Europe and Asia-PacificKelly Services
The Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) is an annual global survey revealing opinions about work and the workplace. Almost 230,000 people across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions responded to the 2014 survey.
This first installment, on the topic, Engaging Active and Passive Job Seekers, examines the nature of the contemporary job search process from a candidate’s perspective across Europe and Asia-Pacific
The document provides information about evaluating and comparing job offers in the IT field. It discusses considering financial factors like salary, bonuses, benefits, expenses, and relocation packages. It also emphasizes examining company culture, such as values, reputation, leadership, work-life balance, and technology used. The document stresses assessing job challenge, responsibilities, management style, opportunities for professional growth, and ability to do impactful work. It provides a systematic approach to evaluating multiple aspects of potential job offers in order to make an informed career decision.
Sourcing technologies have advanced beyond just gathering social profiles and now use complex algorithms to uncover candidates that are best suited for an organization. These technologies aggregate data from various social and professional networks and sites to build comprehensive profiles of passive professionals, even without directly published contact or work history information. The document then describes several leading sourcing technology providers and their features, and concludes with recommendations for organizations to test out new sourcing tools in key areas before committing to a long-term partnership.
This document discusses managing risks associated with contingent labour forces in the Asia-Pacific region. It notes that as economies in the region continue rapid growth, reliance on contingent labour to meet skill demands is increasing. However, companies may be failing to apply the same risk management practices to contingent workers as they do traditional employees. The document then discusses several key risks of managing contingent workers, including regulatory and compliance risks due to legislative variations across countries, access and security risks if proper screening is not conducted, visibility and analytics risks due to lack of integrated systems, and technology risks if vendor management systems are not implemented. It provides examples and recommendations for mitigating these risks.
Unlocking Value - Embrace Governance, Risk, and Compliance PracticesKelly Services
As more and more direct business effort must be expended toward relationships with customers, as companies feel comfortable with the reach of technology and their need to manage more amounts of highly specific data, and as more companies struggle to satisfy the career and lifestyle priorities of workers, they have warmed to the idea of outsourcing mission-critical functions.
For market leaders who are obsessed with building more company value, outsourcing has actually become a key business strategy.
1. Hiring in India remains healthy as over 50% saw increased hiring volumes in 2012 and budgets trended similarly.
2. Competition for talent is intense as competition and compensation were the top obstacles. Respondents were most concerned about competitors improving employer branding and talent pipelines.
3. Passive talent sourcing and pipelining remain important strategies, with 65% focusing on passive talent and 87% engaged in pipelining.
This document provides a summary of 10 trends in employer branding that the author expects to see towards 2020 based on his decade of research and experience in the field. Some of the key trends he identifies include time replacing money as the new currency for employers as work-life balance becomes increasingly important, the blending of functions across organizations as employer branding becomes a whole-business approach, and employer brands becoming truly global as companies strive for alignment across cultures and regions. The author aims to provide insights on how employer branding may evolve and ways for organizations to prepare and adapt to these changes.
The top 10 workplace trends for 2017 include improving candidate and employee experiences, the rise of the blended workforce with freelancers working alongside full-time employees, moving from annual to continuous performance reviews, the entrance of Generation Z into the workforce alongside Millennials, using augmented and virtual reality for recruiting and training, intensifying competition for talent as employee-employer relationships change, restructuring work around teams instead of individuals, increasing emphasis on workplace wellness, more casual dress codes and work environments, and developing creative employee benefit packages beyond just pay and healthcare.
The business outlook across Asia for 2014 looks set for a positive trajectory, but there are a number of uncertainties that will have many business leaders watching over their shoulders.
The latest Executive Outlook Survey 2014 from KellyOCG shows that while there is widespread agreement about continuing economic and business improvement, it is not unbridled optimism.
Global economic events and local Asian business sentiment are coalescing in 2014 to produce a whirlwind of possible scenarios for the world economy.
1) Global talent acquisition and retention is one of the greatest challenges for companies as talent scarcity increases worldwide. Effective global employer branding will be critical to attracting and retaining talent.
2) Cultural differences, a changing global workforce, skills mismatches, and demographic changes complicate global employer branding. Companies must account for these factors and collaborate across borders to solve talent issues.
3) Building a strong global employer brand requires dedicated global employer brand management, collaboration across borders, cultural awareness, and systems to support an integrated global talent strategy.
Preparing the Poor and Vulnerable for Digital Jobs: Lessons from Eight Promis...The Rockefeller Foundation
This report profiles successful demand-driven training programs from across the globe. These programs intentionally configure curriculum and other design elements to meet the needs of potential employers. Demand-driven training programs are a key pillar of our strategy for Digital Jobs Africa Initiative because they help ensure that the skills people learn are right for the job they are seeking. The report includes key lessons from the profiled models that can be used as a guide to successful demand-driven training programs.
This key global insights report from Kelly Services explores the concept of fostering a work environment that provides flexibility for various life stages of critical employees. Content creator Kathy Fawcett brings proprietary Kelly research to life with practical applications for organizations of all sizes.
BUSINESS INCUBATION-en (Dr Atef Elshabrawy by alMaali-Dubai)atef Elshabrawy
The document outlines a proposed business incubation training program that includes 6 main programs: 1) Foundations of Sustainable Incubation Platforms, 2) How to create and operate incubation platforms for women entrepreneurs, 3) How to create and operate a technology incubator, 4) How to create and operate an accelerator, 5) How to manage a successful business incubator program, and 6) How to conduct a feasibility study to create a business incubator program. The training program will provide updates on international best practices, help develop skills through exercises and case studies, and allow participants to network and exchange experiences. Upon completion, participants will have improved knowledge of creating and managing business incubation programs.
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This document summarizes how training helps companies remain competitive. It discusses four companies - Best Buy, Valvoline, Sonic Automotive, and Dow AgroSciences - and how their training practices have helped them gain advantages in their markets. For example, Best Buy's Gravity app allows employees to access training on mobile devices, increasing sales of featured products. The document also notes how changing workplace dynamics, like new technologies and a multigenerational workforce, increase the importance of training to develop employee skills. Finally, it states that human resource management practices like training are crucial for attracting, motivating, and retaining employees.
1) Social media has become a major tool for job searching and recruitment, with over 40% of respondents globally saying they have been contacted about a potential job via social media.
2) All generations are actively using social media for career purposes, including searching for jobs, gaining referrals, and making employment decisions based on network input.
3) Countries in Asia have most enthusiastically embraced social media for recruitment, while many European nations still favor more traditional job searching methods.
This document discusses the importance of collaboration in the modern workplace. It begins by noting that collaboration is becoming a key factor for companies' profitability and ability to attract and retain top talent. The document then provides insights into worker preferences for collaboration based on various surveys. It discusses how building a collaborative culture through leadership, training, diverse teams, and technology can improve business outcomes. However, it also notes there are still challenges to establishing collaboration, such as breaking down silos and managing different work arrangements. The document emphasizes that soft skills like collaboration are in high demand but short supply. It concludes by stating collaboration is directly linked to profitability by executives.
Financial and Insurance Services workers use multiple channels to access job information, preferring online job boards the most. They secured their most recent jobs through recruitment companies or headhunters more than the global average. Fewer workers secured recent jobs through word of mouth compared to globally. Companies should take advantage of the range of digital and analog resources workers use to engage talent and find qualified candidates.
Forward-thinking businesses need to implement recruiting solutions and processes that will attract and retain top talent as the nature of work and the workforce changes. Recruiting needs to focus on creating a positive user experience for candidates through personalized interactions and leveraging social connections and collaboration. Embracing these trends now can help organizations claim the best talent while competitors are still catching up to the changing landscape of talent acquisition.
best practice in RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Preeti Bhaskar
Forward-thinking businesses need to embrace new talent acquisition trends to attract and retain top talent in today's changing workforce. Key trends include focusing on candidate experience through high quality user interfaces, personalizing the application process, leveraging social media and connections, enabling global hiring, and tailoring recruiting to millennials. Adopting solutions that support these emerging trends can help future-proof an organization's recruiting.
The document discusses innovative strategies for sourcing talent. It describes challenges in finding qualified candidates due to skills shortages. It then provides examples of sourcing strategies like gamification of recruitment by adding competitive elements, engaging with candidates in educational settings, demonstrating interest in candidates' hobbies, being transparent in employer reviews, and attending industry events to find candidates in their element.
Engaging Active and Passive Jobseekers - A spotlight on Europe and Asia-PacificKelly Services
The Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) is an annual global survey revealing opinions about work and the workplace. Almost 230,000 people across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions responded to the 2014 survey.
This first installment, on the topic, Engaging Active and Passive Job Seekers, examines the nature of the contemporary job search process from a candidate’s perspective across Europe and Asia-Pacific
The document provides information about evaluating and comparing job offers in the IT field. It discusses considering financial factors like salary, bonuses, benefits, expenses, and relocation packages. It also emphasizes examining company culture, such as values, reputation, leadership, work-life balance, and technology used. The document stresses assessing job challenge, responsibilities, management style, opportunities for professional growth, and ability to do impactful work. It provides a systematic approach to evaluating multiple aspects of potential job offers in order to make an informed career decision.
Sourcing technologies have advanced beyond just gathering social profiles and now use complex algorithms to uncover candidates that are best suited for an organization. These technologies aggregate data from various social and professional networks and sites to build comprehensive profiles of passive professionals, even without directly published contact or work history information. The document then describes several leading sourcing technology providers and their features, and concludes with recommendations for organizations to test out new sourcing tools in key areas before committing to a long-term partnership.
This document discusses managing risks associated with contingent labour forces in the Asia-Pacific region. It notes that as economies in the region continue rapid growth, reliance on contingent labour to meet skill demands is increasing. However, companies may be failing to apply the same risk management practices to contingent workers as they do traditional employees. The document then discusses several key risks of managing contingent workers, including regulatory and compliance risks due to legislative variations across countries, access and security risks if proper screening is not conducted, visibility and analytics risks due to lack of integrated systems, and technology risks if vendor management systems are not implemented. It provides examples and recommendations for mitigating these risks.
Unlocking Value - Embrace Governance, Risk, and Compliance PracticesKelly Services
As more and more direct business effort must be expended toward relationships with customers, as companies feel comfortable with the reach of technology and their need to manage more amounts of highly specific data, and as more companies struggle to satisfy the career and lifestyle priorities of workers, they have warmed to the idea of outsourcing mission-critical functions.
For market leaders who are obsessed with building more company value, outsourcing has actually become a key business strategy.
1. Hiring in India remains healthy as over 50% saw increased hiring volumes in 2012 and budgets trended similarly.
2. Competition for talent is intense as competition and compensation were the top obstacles. Respondents were most concerned about competitors improving employer branding and talent pipelines.
3. Passive talent sourcing and pipelining remain important strategies, with 65% focusing on passive talent and 87% engaged in pipelining.
This document provides a summary of 10 trends in employer branding that the author expects to see towards 2020 based on his decade of research and experience in the field. Some of the key trends he identifies include time replacing money as the new currency for employers as work-life balance becomes increasingly important, the blending of functions across organizations as employer branding becomes a whole-business approach, and employer brands becoming truly global as companies strive for alignment across cultures and regions. The author aims to provide insights on how employer branding may evolve and ways for organizations to prepare and adapt to these changes.
The top 10 workplace trends for 2017 include improving candidate and employee experiences, the rise of the blended workforce with freelancers working alongside full-time employees, moving from annual to continuous performance reviews, the entrance of Generation Z into the workforce alongside Millennials, using augmented and virtual reality for recruiting and training, intensifying competition for talent as employee-employer relationships change, restructuring work around teams instead of individuals, increasing emphasis on workplace wellness, more casual dress codes and work environments, and developing creative employee benefit packages beyond just pay and healthcare.
The business outlook across Asia for 2014 looks set for a positive trajectory, but there are a number of uncertainties that will have many business leaders watching over their shoulders.
The latest Executive Outlook Survey 2014 from KellyOCG shows that while there is widespread agreement about continuing economic and business improvement, it is not unbridled optimism.
Global economic events and local Asian business sentiment are coalescing in 2014 to produce a whirlwind of possible scenarios for the world economy.
1) Global talent acquisition and retention is one of the greatest challenges for companies as talent scarcity increases worldwide. Effective global employer branding will be critical to attracting and retaining talent.
2) Cultural differences, a changing global workforce, skills mismatches, and demographic changes complicate global employer branding. Companies must account for these factors and collaborate across borders to solve talent issues.
3) Building a strong global employer brand requires dedicated global employer brand management, collaboration across borders, cultural awareness, and systems to support an integrated global talent strategy.
Preparing the Poor and Vulnerable for Digital Jobs: Lessons from Eight Promis...The Rockefeller Foundation
This report profiles successful demand-driven training programs from across the globe. These programs intentionally configure curriculum and other design elements to meet the needs of potential employers. Demand-driven training programs are a key pillar of our strategy for Digital Jobs Africa Initiative because they help ensure that the skills people learn are right for the job they are seeking. The report includes key lessons from the profiled models that can be used as a guide to successful demand-driven training programs.
This key global insights report from Kelly Services explores the concept of fostering a work environment that provides flexibility for various life stages of critical employees. Content creator Kathy Fawcett brings proprietary Kelly research to life with practical applications for organizations of all sizes.
BUSINESS INCUBATION-en (Dr Atef Elshabrawy by alMaali-Dubai)atef Elshabrawy
The document outlines a proposed business incubation training program that includes 6 main programs: 1) Foundations of Sustainable Incubation Platforms, 2) How to create and operate incubation platforms for women entrepreneurs, 3) How to create and operate a technology incubator, 4) How to create and operate an accelerator, 5) How to manage a successful business incubator program, and 6) How to conduct a feasibility study to create a business incubator program. The training program will provide updates on international best practices, help develop skills through exercises and case studies, and allow participants to network and exchange experiences. Upon completion, participants will have improved knowledge of creating and managing business incubation programs.
Vii. concession and refutation (you may decide to divide this sectojas18
This document summarizes how training helps companies remain competitive. It discusses four companies - Best Buy, Valvoline, Sonic Automotive, and Dow AgroSciences - and how their training practices have helped them gain advantages in their markets. For example, Best Buy's Gravity app allows employees to access training on mobile devices, increasing sales of featured products. The document also notes how changing workplace dynamics, like new technologies and a multigenerational workforce, increase the importance of training to develop employee skills. Finally, it states that human resource management practices like training are crucial for attracting, motivating, and retaining employees.
1) Social media has become a major tool for job searching and recruitment, with over 40% of respondents globally saying they have been contacted about a potential job via social media.
2) All generations are actively using social media for career purposes, including searching for jobs, gaining referrals, and making employment decisions based on network input.
3) Countries in Asia have most enthusiastically embraced social media for recruitment, while many European nations still favor more traditional job searching methods.
This document discusses the importance of collaboration in the modern workplace. It begins by noting that collaboration is becoming a key factor for companies' profitability and ability to attract and retain top talent. The document then provides insights into worker preferences for collaboration based on various surveys. It discusses how building a collaborative culture through leadership, training, diverse teams, and technology can improve business outcomes. However, it also notes there are still challenges to establishing collaboration, such as breaking down silos and managing different work arrangements. The document emphasizes that soft skills like collaboration are in high demand but short supply. It concludes by stating collaboration is directly linked to profitability by executives.
Financial and Insurance Services workers use multiple channels to access job information, preferring online job boards the most. They secured their most recent jobs through recruitment companies or headhunters more than the global average. Fewer workers secured recent jobs through word of mouth compared to globally. Companies should take advantage of the range of digital and analog resources workers use to engage talent and find qualified candidates.
Forward-thinking businesses need to implement recruiting solutions and processes that will attract and retain top talent as the nature of work and the workforce changes. Recruiting needs to focus on creating a positive user experience for candidates through personalized interactions and leveraging social connections and collaboration. Embracing these trends now can help organizations claim the best talent while competitors are still catching up to the changing landscape of talent acquisition.
best practice in RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION Preeti Bhaskar
Forward-thinking businesses need to embrace new talent acquisition trends to attract and retain top talent in today's changing workforce. Key trends include focusing on candidate experience through high quality user interfaces, personalizing the application process, leveraging social media and connections, enabling global hiring, and tailoring recruiting to millennials. Adopting solutions that support these emerging trends can help future-proof an organization's recruiting.
The document discusses using gamification techniques to improve employee engagement and training. It explains that gamification uses game mechanics like leaderboards, badges and public recognition to motivate employees and make training more compelling. When implemented effectively by integrating game elements into the overall training program, gamification can boost creativity, learning, participation and motivation compared to traditional training methods. However, superficial gamification without a strategic plan can lead to inauthentic engagement. Overall, the document promotes gamification as a low-cost way to revolutionize training when done correctly.
Top_25_Innovative Recruiting Strategies for 2017Meenakshi Pande
This document provides 25 recruitment innovation strategies for 2017. Some of the key strategies discussed include improving the candidate experience, building talent communities, automating recruitment marketing, improving team collaboration between recruiters and hiring managers, leveraging social networks, launching or improving employee referral programs, and becoming a more data-driven recruiting function. The document provides specific tips and recommendations for implementing several of these strategies.
This document summarizes 10 key human capital trends from 2017 to 2020 according to annual surveys. The trends include the changing nature of careers, learning, talent acquisition, employee experience, performance management, leadership, digital HR, people analytics, diversity and inclusion, and the future of work involving new technologies. Organizations are shifting from hierarchies to empowered networks and teams and redesigning jobs to leverage both human and technological capabilities. Learning is becoming more continuous, personalized and integrated with work. Well-being, the hyper-connected workplace, data privacy, and social impact are also emerging as important issues.
The document discusses collaboration in the European workplace. It finds that only 47% of European workers feel their workplace promotes collaboration, and just 40% feel their organization's structure does. However, collaboration is becoming a key factor for improving business profitability and talent attraction and retention. Building a truly collaborative culture requires leadership from the top, training all employees, using diverse and collaborative teams, and collaborative technologies. Doing so can boost productivity, innovation, and both employee and business resilience.
How Do I Find Employees to Hire (6 Proven Ways).pdfBaek Yongsun
Unlock the secrets of how do I find employees to hire with six proven strategies. Explore traditional methods, online platforms, networking, and more in this comprehensive guide.
This executive white paper discusses how social business practices can be applied to improve key business processes and provide a return on investment. It outlines seven social business patterns that organizations have used successfully, including customer engagement, innovation, recruiting and onboarding, mergers and acquisitions, workplace and public safety, expertise and knowledge sharing, and supply chain management. The customer engagement pattern helps organizations build lasting relationships with customers through social tools to better understand and respond to individual customer needs across channels.
The document discusses 5 key trends changing the talent acquisition landscape:
1. Diversity hiring is becoming a priority as companies recognize the benefits of a diverse workforce. However, many organizations still lack concrete plans and fall short of their diversity goals.
2. Technology is playing a bigger role in recruiting through specialized tools that use analytics, AI, and machine learning to increase efficiency.
3. Candidates' overall experience, including those who aren't hired, is becoming important to maintain a positive employer brand and passive talent pool.
4. Online presence and social media are increasingly essential to employer branding and engaging prospective candidates beyond just job postings.
5. Advances in applicant tracking systems allow recruiters to quickly access
This document describes seven social business patterns that organizations can use to improve business processes and gain measurable returns. The innovation pattern is discussed. It aims to increase innovation through a wider reach of ideas and faster time to market. Key actions include using collaboration tools to openly communicate strategy and generate ideas, engaging internal and external crowds to vet ideas, and using gamification to improve engagement. Companies that have applied this pattern have seen benefits like $40 million in manufacturing savings and launching new global products in 1/3 the time.
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Does social media keep you up at night?
What you need to know about the
opportunities and risks for your workforce
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by Karen Isaacson and Sarah Peacey
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great
hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Wayne Gretzky
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Supercharging talent acquisition
and talent management
Addressing mobility and collaboration
Leveraging the multigenerational workforce
Managing the potential risks associated
with social media
Conclusion … how to get ready
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Truly world-class leaders empower key employees to become
evangelists for the firm on social media platforms, helping
customers, building the brand, attracting talent, and giving
a personal face to the company. In addition to the external
advantages, these key social media leaders become even more
engaged and personally bonded to the company, its mission,
and goals if done correctly. These employees can come from
anywhere in the organization, from interns, to line personnel,
to managers, to product leaders, to executives – but it must
be done correctly and be given the support and attention
necessary to prevent the foray from falling flat.
Social media is well-established as a consumer and brand-
oriented set of tools. Increasingly, social media is being offered as
an innovative solution for internal effectiveness. When strategy
and governance are integrated with social media tools, they
can positively impact your organization. An organization that
thoughtfully embraces social media can realize opportunities
across four areas:
Executive summary
Senators ask feds to probe
requests for Facebook passwords
USA Today, March 25, 2012IBM has 21 YouTubeTM channels, GE 12 and Ford 10;
40 percent of corporate Twitter users engage in
customer services
Burson-Marsteller, February 15, 2011
Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 crew members over Facebook posts
The Guardian, November 1, 2008
United Airlines is replacing the hefty flight manu
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and chart books its pilots have long used with
11,000 iPad® devices carrying the same data
United Airlines, August 2011
By 2014, 47 percent of the population will be
composed of millennials (born after 1980) who
were raised playing video games and surfing the
Internet to get information
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
USA Today, March 25, 2012
Cisco retracts job offer on TwitterThe Telegraph, January 21, 2010
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Human Capital Consulting provides innovative recruitment strategies to improve talent management and increase ROI. Their strategies include direct recruitment programs using multiple channels, building talent pools, and using technology like social media and mobile platforms to source candidates more efficiently. Clients can expect benefits like improved candidate quality, shorter time to hire, lower costs, and better retention within 6 months of implementing a new recruitment strategy tailored to their needs and goals.
The document summarizes key insights from a study of over 4,000 C-level executives, including 342 Chief Human Resource Officers, about how HR functions need to transform to support "customer-activated" organizations. The main points are:
1) HR must focus on developing new customer-facing roles and using analytics to enhance the customer experience.
2) Social/digital technologies are changing how work gets done, requiring HR to address challenges like BYOD policies and digital reputation.
3) While CHROs recognize the need to understand customers better, HR is still seen as transactional rather than strategic. Overcoming this perception is a hurdle to HR transforming.
Upcoming Trends and Challenges in Human Resource ManagementCeline George
One such disparity shown over technology is Human Resource Management. As the stream totally revolves around human resources, there is always a resist for deeper penetration of the technology. People fear that technology might outway them in carrying business operations. However, with HR tools like HR software in workplaces, people have started gradually adapting to technology.
Here are the challenges and trends that Human Resource Management will witness in the coming days.
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Human Resource Management:Recruitment and Selection, Placement and Induction)Boyet Aluan
The document discusses various methods that organizations use to recruit new staff and how recruitment methods have changed over the past 10 years due to technological advances.
Traditional methods like newspaper ads, employee referrals, and temp agencies are still used but have been supplemented by new online methods. Automated online applications and social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter allow organizations to more efficiently source and engage candidates.
Of the newer methods, employee referral programs and social media, especially LinkedIn, have been among the most effective at generating quality hires. However, many HR directors remain skeptical of social media's effectiveness and prefer traditional methods. Poorly designed recruitment processes that fail to properly target candidates or promote organizational benefits have proven
Exploring Effective Recruiting Methods for Today’s Job Market.pdfHiringMedia
The days of simply posting a job ad and waiting for resumes to roll in are long gone. AI-powered tools
revolutionize traditional recruiting methods, streamlining processes, and enhancing efficiency in talent
acquisition.
RecruitingKhanh K. NguyenCapella UniversityOctober 9, .docxaudeleypearl
Recruiting
Khanh K. Nguyen
Capella University
October 9, 2019
“E-Recruitment”
The Internet Recruitment, is also known as E-Recruitment is the method of employing the potential applicants for the empty job positions, through electronic resources, mainly the internet.
Its cheap
Helpful equally for the employer and the applicant
Less time required in hiring
More efficient and easy
Not suitable for senior positions
High volume of responses
Technology issues
Too impersonal
“Advantages of E-Recruitment”
“Dis-Advantages of E-Recruitment”
2
“Sales Representative Duties”
Reaching customers
By promoting products and services
Do cost-benefit and examination of clients to fulfill their needs.
Start, grow and continue customer better relationships.
Accelerate the determination of client complications and problems and then solve them accordingly.
Organize sales determination with team and additional sections
Analyze markets and report.
Continuously take feedback
3
“Job description for Sales representative”
“Our company CapraTek is looking for a Sales Representative to be responsible for generating leads and meeting sales goals. Duties will include sales presentations and product demonstrations, as well as negotiating contracts with potential clients.
In order to be successful in this role, you will need to have a deep understanding of the sales process and dynamics, and also superb interpersonal skills. Previous experience in a sales role is an advantage.”
4
“Sales Representative Requirements for CapraTek”
Prove work as sales reprenstatives
Excel in MS word
CRM and BRM practice
Extremely encouraged and board ambitious with target to achieved
Perfect communication and negotiation skills.
Prioritizing, time management and organizational skills
Aptitude to make and bring performances custom-made to the spectators wants.
BS/BA degree or equivalent
5
COMPARE THE QUALITY OF THE JOB INFORMATION FOR EACH EMPLOYER AND WEB SITE FROM AN APPLICANT'S AND EMPLOYER'S POINT-OF-VIEW
“Significant changes in technology over the past decade are having a profound impact on recruiting strategies, with staffing professionals increasingly using social networking sites to source, contact and screen both active and passive job candidates. In addition to a focus on social networking's impact on the staffing process”
So when we are at the point of hiring the final candidate we should review how career-oriented he/she is. Assess their past experience, know their strength and weaknesses. Consider if they fit in our company’s culture or not. This is the biggest challenge for a company to find a right candidate. Preference should always be given to one who is more skilled and motivated and good fit in the company. So all the past experience on the given resume is checked by the employer if it will fit best for the company
6
Process of Recruiting in Capra Tek
What is the process of recruitment and selecting?
The proce ...
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High Tech: What talent wants
05 20
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Multiple channels to access job information:
High Tech workers are exploring them actively
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14 28
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Professional development: An important
point of differentiation among employers
Did you know?
A smooth application process:
Communicate regularly and consistently
It’s all about employer performance
The online talent community: Outside
connections lead to inside relationships
A cutting-edge work environment: The most current
High Tech talent: A snapshot practices and technology attract top High Tech players
Structured on-boarding: Make the first 90 days special Six ways to give High Tech workers what they want
Career roadmaps: A green light in
High Tech employee satisfaction
Competitive compensation: Still first in attraction but
work–life balance and advancement can be dealmakers
3. Every year, Kelly Services conducts a comprehensive survey of talent issues in many
industries the world over. It is one aspect of an aggressive campaign to help the
world’s companies understand what attracts, engages and motivates workers.
Do this: Use cutting-edge
technology to make it easy for
candidates to connect with
the company, but develop
personalization features to
keep candidates engaged
and to differentiate your
company from others.
2. The channels for engaging
active and passive job seekers:
Workers peruse general online job
boards and company websites for
primary information about open
positions. They use social media
and online talent communities
– not just automated job listings
– to monitor companies and
opportunities, and to decide
whether to pursue employment.
They want comprehensive
information about compensation
and benefits, yet they also want
HIGH TECH: WHAT TALENT WANTS
Understanding the talent
companies have and the talent
they hope to attract is the
foundation for creating effective
strategies in workforce planning,
talent analytics and talent supply
chain management. It also keeps
human resources human.
Nearly 230,000 workers have
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Workforce Index™. These surveys
shed light on workers’ priorities
and desires for opportunity,
satisfaction and growth in
the context of the current
business climate. The 2014
survey delves into six areas and
reveals actionable conclusions
that can inform and improve
corporate talent strategy.
CONTENTS Å
1. The candidate application
and on-boarding experience:
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satisfaction with the application
and on-boarding processes. They
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about the status of their
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about the company’s culture
and business model. Improving
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chosen. For candidates who
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experience in the first 90 days
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loyalty to the company.
to understand the company’s
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3. Career development: Most
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career development conversations
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Make it easy for
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the company
but develop
personalization
features to keep
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4. 6. Employer performance: Three
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and retention: Competitive
compensation and benefits, work–
life balance and opportunities
for career growth. High Tech
workers give employers high
marks for work–life balance,
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employers, and finding less sense
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5. Worker preferences:
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environments and arrangements
are gaining in popularity, and
word travels quickly – around the
keep employees connected,
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professional development
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or not a worker is a lifelong
employee, creating a direct
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branding and customer
relationships. Tie worker-centric
training to company values
as a way to differentiate your
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4. Worker engagement: Six in
10 workers intend to look for a
new job in 2015. Factors may
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not feeling valued by their
globe. Except in Silicon Valley,
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the latest technology and
equipment, and matrix-based
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CONTENTS Å
5. HIGH TECH TALENT: A SNAPSHOT
The responses from the 2014 participants in the High Tech sector reveal that
these professionals are confident about the ongoing opportunity for employment
and their resulting ability to choose the workplaces they want.
• They are among the most
active members of corporate
talent communities.
• They are likely to use social
media networks to help make
employment and career
decisions, and 42 percent prefer
this to traditional methods.
• They believe they have very
clear career options.
• They have had more career
development discussions than
workers in most other industries.
• Only half are satisfied with the
recent job application process and
more of them use professional
recruiters than their counterparts
in other industries.
• They are more likely
to have received formal on-boarding
support than their peers
in other industries.
• They are more likely to prioritize
new skill development over
higher pay and career growth,
and they are likely to accept
trade-offs to secure a more
flexible working schedule.
• They are among the most drawn
to working for a global company.
This year’s Global Workforce
Index results point to
eight areas that High Tech
employers can emphasize
going forward, namely:
• the online talent community
• multiple channels of access
to job information
• a smooth application process
• structured on-boarding
• career roadmaps
• professional development
• a cutting-edge work
environment
• competitive compensation.
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THE ONLINE TALENT
COMMUNITY:
OUTSIDE CONNECTIONS LEAD TO INSIDE RELATIONSHIPS
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7. Ideal ways to be engaged by a prospective employer:
54% 13% 15% 10% 6%
As talent communities gain
traction, they show the potential
to reach active job seekers and
keep employees. The most
active participants in these
new communities are High
Tech workers. It’s an extension
of their social networking and
their preferred way of learning
about and connecting to
companies – the latter of which
is an important precursor for
them when applying for jobs.
• More High Tech workers say
they would like to be engaged
by a prospective employer via
the company’s talent community
compared to the global
average (15%, compared to11%
respectively). More workers in
the Asia-Pacific region (APAC)
(22%) and those in the Americas
(14%) feel this is an effective
engagement tool, in contrast
to those in Europe, the Middle
East and Africa (EMEA) (11%).
• More High Tech workers (23%)
have participated in an employer’s
online talent community,
compared to 17% globally.
Among High Tech workers,
online talent communities
appear to be more popular in
APAC and the Americas. More
than a quarter of APAC workers
(29%) and 24% of workers in
the Americas say they have had
some experience participating
in an employer’s online talent
community compared to only
16% of those in EMEA. Of those
who have not participated in
an online community, nearly
two-quarters of workers in the
Americas (47%), and more than
half of those in the APAC region
(52%) express a strong interest in
participating in an online talent
community, significantly more
than those in EMEA (37%).
THE ONLINE TALENT COMMUNITY
7
CONTENTS Å
5% LESS THAN
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
ON PAR WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
4% MORE THAN
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
ON PAR WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
ON PAR WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
LIKE TO PARTICPATE IN
SOCIAL EVENTS WITH
COMPANY EMPLOYEES
LIKE TO RECEIVE UPDATES
ON A COMPANY’S FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN
A COMPANY’S ONLINE
TALENT COMMUNITY
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN
A COMPANY’S SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORK
LIKE PERIODIC CONTACT
REGARDING WORK THAT
FITS THEIR SKILL SET
8. High Tech workers who participate
in online talent communities
like to do so because they
can access job opportunities,
learn about companies, and
gather information about
skills development.
• While most High Tech
workers (69%) like to access job
opportunities via a company’s
online talent community, the
number who do is significantly
less than workers globally
(72% in other industries).
• More High Tech workers
like to learn about a given
company (47%) and gauge
how the company culture is
viewed by current and former
employees (42%) compared to
the global averages (43% and
36% respectively). Far more
High Tech workers in the APAC
region (54%) like to learn more
about a given company through
talent communities than their
counterparts in EMEA (49%) and
the Americas (43%). Significantly
more High Tech workers in APAC
(50%) like to learn what it is like
to work for a given company from
current and former employees
than those in the Americas and
EMEA (both 39% respectively).
• More High Tech workers
(41%) like to access information
about skills development via the
company’s talent network than
the global average of 35%. More
workers in the APAC region (49%)
like to access this information in
THE ONLINE TALENT COMMUNITY
8
CONTENTS Å
this way compared to those EMEA
(41%) and the Americas (37%).
• 23% of High Tech workers
have participated in an online
talent community. Of the 77%
who have not, 44% say they are
interested in doing so, compared
to the 39% global average.
What workers like best about participating in an online talent community
Global average
High Tech workers
Access to job opportunities Learning more about
a given company
Learning from current
and former employees
what it is like to work
for a given company
Access to relevant skill
development information
Access to trusted career
information and tips
Access to trusted
industry information
72%
43%
36% 35%
32%
23%
69%
47%
42% 41%
38%
28%
9. MULTIPLE CHANNELS
TO ACCESS JOB
INFORMATION:
HIGH TECH WORKERS ARE EXPLORING THEM ACTIVELY
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10. Ways workers secured their most recent jobs:
27% 20% 16% 10%
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workers (27%) secured their
most recent positions via online
job boards than workers across
all industries (25%). There is
relative consistency across
the regions: many High Tech
workers in EMEA landed their
most recent jobs via online job
boards (28%) in line with the
Americas and APAC (both 27%).
• More High Tech workers (20%)
secured their most recent jobs
by using a recruitment agency
and headhunter than workers in
other industries (14%). Regionally,
more APAC workers (26%) landed
their jobs using a recruitment
agency or headhunter than
those in the Americas and EMEA
(both 18%). Also among the top
three ways High Tech employees
secured their most recent job was
by being approached directly
by an employer or recruiter –
16% of High Tech workers vs.
the global average of 15%.
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2% MORE THAN
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
6% MORE THAN THE
GLOBAL AVERAGE
ON PAR WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
5% LESS THAN THE
GLOBAL AVERAGE
USED RECRUITMENT
COMPANIES OR
HEADHUNTERS
WERE APPROACHED
DIRECTLY BY THE EMPLOYER
OR RECRUITER
HEARD ABOUT THE JOB
THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH
USED ONLINE JOB BOARDS
11. MULTIPLE CHANNELS TO ACCESS JOB INFORMATION
Compared to workers across all
industries, High Tech workers are
more likely to search general job
boards, such as CareerBuilder
or Monster in the United States,
for job opportunities (80% vs.
76% globally). Far more workers
in EMEA (90%) and APAC (83%)
search these general job boards
than those in the Americas (73%).
More Generation Y workers
(83%) also prefer general job
boards their Generation X and
Baby Boomer counterparts,
(80% and 75% respectively).
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What types of online job boards are most preferred for job searching or evaluating the market?
Global average
High Tech workers
General job boards like
CareerBuilder or Monster*
Company-specific job boards Aggregator job boards,
like Indeed or Simply Hired*
Niche or association-specific
job boards, for example, focusing
on IT or science etc.
76%
33% 33%
14%
80%
29%
34%
23%
*The names of online job boards vary by country; those depicted here operate in the United States.
12. A SMOOTH
APPLICATION
PROCESS:
COMMUNICATE REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY
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13. Among High Tech workers
who have applied for jobs
during the past year, many
were satisfied with the job
application process. However,
after they began the interview
phase, frustration mounted
due to the employer providing
insufficient communication.
• More than half (51%) of High
Tech workers express satisfaction
with the typical job application
process, in line with the global
average of 50%. More workers in
the Americas (56%) are satisfied
with the overall application
process than those in EMEA
(50%) and APAC (41%).
• The factor that contributes
most to overall satisfaction is
the ease of submitting résumés
electronically – 74% of High
Tech vs. 77% of all workers said
this was important. The lion’s
share of workers in the Americas
(81%) selected “easy to apply
and submit résumé electronically”
as a factor that contributed
to their satisfaction with the
application process – significantly
more than those in EMEA (67%)
and APAC (63%). As expected,
far more Baby Boomers (80%)
cite satisfaction with the ease
of submitting their applications
electronically compared to
72% of Generation Y and
73% of Generation X.
• When it comes to the follow-up
after an interview, there is
an entirely different scenario.
More High Tech workers
expressed frustration with not
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Global average
High Tech workers
receiving regular status updates
following an interview (40%)
than the global average of
32%. Significantly more APAC
workers were dissatisfied with
the lack of communication
following the interview (48%)
than those in the Americas
(40%) or EMEA regions (36%).
What factors contributed to your satisfaction with the application process?
Easy to apply and submit
résumé electronically using
various electronic devices
Clear job description and
requirements
Clear and regular communication
or updates regarding whether
the application was being
considered successful
Clear and regular communication
regarding status of the application
following the interview
Awareness of pay and salary range
77%
52%
45%
33% 32%
74%
53%
50%
40%
36%
15. 55%
59%
Companies that design and
execute a comprehensive on-boarding
experience retain
High Tech employees and enjoy
a better external image.
41% 45%
• A large majority (83%) of
High Tech employees feel
their on-boarding programs
had a positive impact on their
impression of the company. 47%
of High Tech workers feel the
experience definitely made a
favorable impression, roughly on
par with 45% of workers across
all industries. More High Tech
35%
47%
employees in the Americas (51%)
feel the experience during the
first 90 days of employment
definitely had a positive impact
compared to those in APAC
(44%) or EMEA (42%).
• Nearly three-fifths (59%) of
High Tech workers say their
employers have a planned on-boarding
20%
approach, significantly
36%
more than the global average
(55%). And more High Tech
workers in APAC (64%) say their
companies have an on-boarding
program than those in EMEA
(56%) and the Americas (59%).
STRUCTURED ON-BOARDING
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Did your current employer have a planned approach to assimilate
you into the organization once you were hired and/or placed?
Did your experience during the first 90 days with your current
employer positively affect your impression of the company?
Global average
High Tech workers
45%
Yes No Yes, definitely Yes, somewhat No
17%
*Based on workers who had applied for a new job in the past year.
16. CAREER ROADMAPS:
A GREEN LIGHT IN HIGH TECH
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
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17. 33%
29%
26% 26%
23% 23%
4 3 Don’t know Rating of 4 and 4 3 Don’t know
There is a sentiment among
High Tech workers that they
can grow with their current
employers if they are being given
the tools to learn new skills and
advance their careers. This is a
key factor in talent retention.
• A larger portion of High Tech
workers (33%) feel their employer
has clear career path options
available compared to those in
other industries (29%). Thiry-four
percent of High Tech workers in
the Americas and significantly
more workers in the APAC region
(39%) than in EMEA (26%) agree
that their employers provide
clear career path options.
• More High Tech workers view
their employers in a positive
light in terms of providing
opportunities to grow or advance
their careers, compared to
workers in other sectors.
• More High Tech workers
(39%) agree that they have
opportunities to grow or advance
their careers with their current
employers than the global
average (36%). More workers
in the APAC region (44%) state
that they have opportunities to
grow or advance their career
with their current employer
than those in the Americas
(40%) and EMEA (33%).
CAREER ROADMAPS
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5
Very clear
career path
options
5
Strongly agree
1
No clear
career path
options at all
1
Disagree
5 combined
Rating of 4 and
5 combined
2 2
Global average
High Tech workers
15%
21% 21%
15%
17%
18%
7% 7%
39%
13%
14%
To what degree do you have clear career path
options available with your current employer?
To what degree do you agree or disagree that you have opportunities
to grow or advance your career with your current employer?
14%
20%
23%
17%
15% 15%
12% 12%
36%
13% 13%
19. High Tech workers want to
continue learning new skills so
they can take advantage of new
career opportunities. They value
career development and avail
themselves of training, whether
their employers provide it or
they arrange it themselves.
• High Tech employees who held
career development discussions
with their employers during
the past year are more satisfied
with their access to career
development resources than their
counterparts in other industries.
Nearly one-third of these workers
(31%) say they are satisfied with
the career resources offered by
their current employers compared
to 28% globally. More High Tech
workers in the Americas (34%)
are satisfied with the resources
offered by their employers
compared to 31% in the APAC
region and only 26% in EMEA.
• Nearly half of High Tech
employees (48%) opted to take
advantage of employer-provided
career development resources
last year, generally on par with the
46% global average. Nearly half
of workers in the Americas (49%)
used employer-provided training
during the past year as did 51%
of APAC workers in contrast to
only 42% of EMEA workers.
• Many High Tech workers
consider skills development so
important they have paid for
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Global average
High Tech workers
training out of their own pocket.
More High Tech employees
(37%) sought or paid for training
themselves than 32% of workers
globally. Far more EMEA High
Tech workers (42%) opted
to pay for their own training
compared to those in the
Americas (35%) and APAC (34%).
Resources used within the last year to prepare for career development opportunities
Employer-provided training Training sought out or
paid for myself
Mentoring Career tests Professional career coaching Other
46%
32%
27% 25%
20%
7%
48%
37%
29%
26%
22%
5%
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20. A CUTTING-EDGE
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
THE MOST CURRENT PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGY
ATTRACT TOP HIGH TECH PLAYERS
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21. There is a strong indication that
High Tech workers prefer a highly
collaborative environment and
flexible work schedules, but they
also want to use cutting-edge
technology to get the job done.
37%
47%
• Significantly more High Tech
workers (62%) feel the ideal
workplace provides a highly
collaborative environment than
workers across all industries
(57%). More High Tech workers
in the APAC region (66%) feel
this is an ideal work environment
compared to 61% in the
Americas and 60% in EMEA.
29%
34%
32%
39%
45%
• High Tech workers view a
flexible work arrangement, such
as remote options or flexible work
schedules, as a highly desired
feature. More than half of High
Tech workers (56%) feel this type
of work environment is important,
a sentiment on par with 54%
of workers across all industries.
And more APAC workers (63%)
prefer a work environment with
34%
these options than those in the
Americas (58%) and EMEA (50%).
• High Tech jobs are usually
structured around technological
advances, so it is no surprise
that the majority of High Tech
workers feel exposure to
the latest technologies and
equipment make for an ideal
work environment. More than
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half (54%) say access to cutting-edge
technology is ideal,
compared to only 44% across
all industries globally. Regional
responses are in alignment:
workers in the Americas (55%),
EMEA (52%) and the APAC region
(51%) describe this feature as
part of an ideal workplace.
Highly collaborative
environment and
cross-functional teams
Traditional work
arrangements,
9–5 schedule for all
Flexible work
arrangements,
such as remote work
options and flexible
schedules or hours
Competitive, where
the rewards and
risks are high
Exposure to the latest
technologies and
top equipment
Highly individualized
work with limited
teamwork and
limited opportunites
to collaborate
Traditional hierarchy-based
organizational
structure
Global average
High Tech workers
57%
32%
54%
21%
44%
18%
27%
62%
Virtual teams
56%
25%
18%
Matrix-based
organizational structure
54%
25%
Rapid pace of
constant change
Culture of
innovation and creativity
where the status
quo is challenged
26%
Ideal work environment features
21
23. Compensation, work–life balance
and opportunities to advance
are the leading factors High
Tech workers weigh in their
employment decisions. There
is no doubt that each factor
holds independent significance,
but it is a blend of the three
that drives the choices of High
Tech workers and can sway
them from one employment
opportunity to another.
42%41%
• The majority of High Tech
workers (86%) cite salary, benefits
and other financial incentives as
a main attraction factor, which is
on par with the global average
of 84%. Slightly more workers
in the APAC region (89%) feel
compensation is the top attraction
factor compared to 85% in EMEA
and 86% in the Americas.
34%
37%
34%
41%
29%
41%
• Nearly two-thirds of High
Tech workers (65%) say work–
life balance is a factor that
drives their decision to take
one job over another.
• More than three-fifths of High
Tech workers view opportunities
for advancement as a selling
point when choosing one job
over another (around 63%
24%
33%
34% 33%
28%30%
34%32%
across all industries). More
workers in the Americas (66%)
see this as an attractive factor
than their counterparts in APAC
(62%) and EMEA (58%).
• High Tech workers are more
likely to feel a company’s
corporate culture could sway a
decision to accept one employer
over another. Significantly more
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17% 18%
28% 26%
24%
27%
(41%) say this is an attraction
factor compared to 34% globally.
Corporate culture is important
to far more High Tech workers
in the APAC region (53%)
than those in the Americas
(34%) and EMEA (43%).
Salary,
benefits or
other financial
incentives
Opportunities
to work with
knowledgeable
colleagues
Work–life
balance
Flexible work
arrangements
Opportunities
for
advancement
Training and
development
programs
Global average
High Tech workers
Factors that drive workers to take one job or position over another
84%
46%
64%
42%
62%
58%
86%
Corporate
reputation
47%
International
opportunities
65%
Corporate
values match
own
43%
Derive more
sense of
meaning
from work
Corporate
sovereignty
and goodwill
63%
Environmentally
friendly and
responsible
practices
Corporate
culture
Diversity
and equal
opportunites
60%
Exposure to
top-notch
equipment
Commun-ication
and
feedback from
the application
process
Non-traditional
perks like
an athletic
facility, etc
23
24. Employers should dive beneath
the surface to understand
how other factors affect
workers’ decisions to leave an
organization or change jobs.
• Compensation and the lack
of advancement opportunities
are prime factors for High
Tech workers who leave their
organizations. More than six in
10 High Tech workers (61%) cite
their compensation package
as a reason they would vacate
their jobs, in line with the 60%
average across all industries.
18%
21%
20%20%
15%
18%
A slightly higher proportion of
those in the APAC region (66%)
feel that salary, benefits and
other incentives could cause
them to leave their companies
compared to those in EMEA
(61%) or the Americas (59%).
• More than two-fifths (43%) cite
advancement opportunities for
18%17%
14%
17%
16%17%
12%16%
an early exodus, generally on par
with 41% globally. More APAC
workers (46%) say the opportunity
for advancement is a major
factor in leaving an organization
compared to those in EMEA
(40%) and the Americas (44%).
• More (31%) High Tech employees
say current management could be
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COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION
14%14%
11%11%
13%15%
11% 11%
a factor in their decision to leave
their organizations compared
to 28% in other industries. Far
more High Tech workers in
the APAC region (46%) would
leave their companies due
to current management than
would workers in the Americas
(27%) and EMEA (30%).
Salary,
benefits
orother
financial
incentives
Current
management
Opportunities
for
advancement
Work–life Stress
balance
Major life-changing
event
Staff morale Skill fit and
interest in
the job
Global average
High Tech workers
60%
28%
41%
26%
36%
24%
33%
21%
61%
Training and
development
programs
31%
Flexible work
arrangements
43%
Commun-ication
and
feedback
25%
Corporate
values
Outlook for
current area
of expertise
is limited
36%
Inability to
derive sense
of meaning
from work
23%
International
opportunities
Corporate
reputation
33%
Career
opportunities
in emerging
industries
23%
Corporate
culture
Diversity
and equal
opportunities
Factors that drive workers to leave an organization, or to change their job or career
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26. 67% 61% 60% 60% 59%
High Tech workers are generally
pleased with their work–life
balance. This is a strong
foundation for employers, and
it’s a call to action: Employer
performance is clearly the
deciding factor among High Tech
workers presented with multiple
options for employment. Just as
companies continually monitor
employee performance to foster
high levels of productivity and
top-quality work, it’s important
to turn the spotlight on
employer performance in High
Tech. In this industry, employer
performance is becoming a
key point of differentiation.
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IT’S ALL ABOUT EMPLOYER PERFORMANCE
IN LINE WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
13% MORE THAN
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
2% LESS THAN
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
IN LINE WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
IN LINE WITH
THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
PREFER ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY AND RESPONSIBLE
PRACTICES
PREFER TO BE INVOLVED
IN INTERESTING,
MEANINGFUL WORK
PREFER A GOOD
DIVERSITY AND EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY RECORD
PREFER EXPOSURE TO THE
LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
PREFER WORK–LIFE
BALANCE
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27. DID YOU KNOW?
• Significantly more High
Tech workers (61%) would give
up higher pay and/or career
growth or advancement for
the opportunity to learn new
skills, compared to 57% of
workers in other industries.
• More than half of High Tech
employees (53%) would be willing
to forego higher pay and/or
career growth or advancement
for greater work–life balance, on
par with 52% in other industries.
• More than three-fifths of
High Tech workers (61%) will
actively look for a new position
within the next year, on par
with the global average.
• 60% of High Tech workers
feel they are in a position
of high demand in the
marketplace, compared to
53% across all industries.
• Half (50%) of High Tech
employees prefer to work
for global companies.
• Roughly two-fifths of High
Tech workers (41%) would prefer
to work for an established
company with longevity.
• A greater incidence of High
Tech workers (22%) most prefer
to work for Fortune 100 or
500 companies compared to
the global average of 16%.
• More High Tech workers (19%)
would be prepared to move
as far as another continent
for the right job compared to
the global average of 14%.
• 15% of High Tech workers
would definitely relocate to
another country compared to
the global average (11%).
• Amost three-quarters (74%)
of High Tech workers use social
media as their primary method
of networking, compared to
71% in other industries.
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28. SIX WAYS TO GIVE HIGH TECH WORKERS WHAT THEY WANT
As complex as competing for
high-quality performers has
become, workers can be met on
their terms without employers
sacrificing their company’s core
values and practices. Here
are six things you can do as
an employer to relate to the
workforce dynamically and with
satisfying results. At the same
time, you will add definition and
character to your own workplace.
1. Deliver an exceptional
application and on-boarding
experience. Make your
company irresistible by
personalizing the hiring process
through technology and well-
prepared staff. Emphasize
that you value engagement
and highlight the factors that
differentiate your company
from others in your industry.
2. Participate in every possible
digital channel and be mobile-friendly.
The rise of social media
and user-centric digital design has
raised workers’ expectations for
better, more up-to-date company
information. Figure out where
your employees and hiring targets
spend their digital time, and make
an effort to relate to them there.
Most importantly, create a talent
community that lives online yet is
completely authentic within your
workplace. Give workers a reason
to pay attention to what you do
and inspire them to join you.
3. Personalize the career path.
Workers clearly see themselves as
valuable in terms of the skills they
possess and new practices they
can learn. Spend strategic time
working out what your company
can do to nurture every worker’s
professional development. This
cultivates loyalty and strengthens
your company’s culture. It also
ensures that your workforce is at
the top of its game and ready
to share the message that your
company is a good place to work.
4. Fight to make your workplace
remarkable. Employees expect
competitive pay packages
and transparent employment
policies. By emphasizing these
two areas alone, your company
will attract appropriate attention
and build a positive image
organically. Word gets around.
5. Determine how you can
please your workers. Learn the
preferences, not just the needs,
of your employees. Think about
how you can provide a stable
yet flexible work environment
that blends challenges and
opportunities. Show your workers
how this environment will help
them grow and develop.
6. Develop your persona as
an employer. Articulate all
the qualities that define your
company’s approach to operating
in and serving your market. Be
ready to define how you are
different from others in your
industry and how you got to be
that way. Give employees and
candidates a reason to connect
with your employment philosophy.
The 2014 Kelly Global Workforce Index™ reveals that workers fully expect to connect with
employers – and potential employers – across a variety of channels and in real time.
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