{"id":4759,"date":"2024-12-26T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldoftalent.com\/staging\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2024-12-30T18:07:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T23:07:14","slug":"the-tipping-point-in-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldoftalent.com\/staging\/the-tipping-point-in-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Recruitment Tipping Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why Candidates Should Be Your Top Priority and How a Candidate Engagement Ecosystem Can Help<\/h2>\n

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The Tipping Point<\/h3>\n

Malcolm Gladwell in his book, The Tipping Point, outed the entire real-estate industry when he showed the stats of how the average home sold by a realtor moved for less versus for sale by owner (FSBO). The incentive of selling faster to get paid faster had become the number one driver \u2013 lessening the realtor\u2019s worth in the value chain.<\/p>\n

The big lie in recruiting is that fee-per-placement headhunters are best when it comes to hiring difficult-to-find talent quickly. Sure, no money up front. But the tradeoff? Like a realtor, the contingency recruiter is incentivized to place a body as fast as possible rather than the best person for the job. In both cases the time and payment incentives outweigh what is best for candidate and client.<\/p>\n

And guarantees for replacement if the candidate doesn\u2019t stick are flimsy at best.<\/p>\n

There has to be a better way.<\/p>\n

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An Important Question<\/h3>\n

A marketing executive friend recently asked me a challenging question.<\/p>\n

“So, in recruiting,who\u2019s your number one customer, the client (company needing to make a hire) or the candidate?” His follow-up, “You can only pick one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fee-per-head recruitment models often struggle to excel in serving both the needs of hiring companies and the aspirations of skilled professionals.<\/p>\n

They operate in a pressure cooker \u2013 The faster a candidate gets placed the faster the fee gets paid to the contingency recruiter. The pressure is felt by all, especially the candidate who is only interested in landing meaningful work and career growth. This transactional approach can leave everyone feeling a little disappointed.<\/p>\n

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Yes, The Candidate is Driving<\/h3>\n

When you consider the current talent landscape and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data it should be abundantly clear no matter what your recruitment business model is.<\/p>\n

Projected growth rates for skilled jobs far outpace projected labor force growth. Baby Boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 per day<\/strong>, leaving a growing skills gap that companies desperately need to fill. In this dynamic, the candidate from here on our (and I can argue always has been) in the drivers seat and is the number one customer.<\/p>\n

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Building a Candidate-centric Ecosystem<\/h3>\n

The future of recruitment lies not in choosing one side, but in building a talent ecosystem that fosters long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. Here’s why prioritizing the candidate experience is the winning strategy:<\/p>\n