Agile Recruitment: What does it mean for you?
Looking back, our world today is vastly different from the world we knew the last two years. Much has changed and continues to do so. Early 2021 launched us into the middle of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic globally, with a vast majority of the worlds workforce adjusting to a virtual way of working while at the same time keeping their insecurities at bay.
As a result, the market has undergone rapid changes with social distancing and recruiting talent via Video calls becoming the norm. For many businesses, recovery has been slow, and the need for specialised skills on the rise. The race to keep up with demand while undergoing rapid changes in operating models has never been so fierce.
For many organisations, the question remains, “How do I find the best talent for my business needs right now?’ With candidate engagement still being completed virtually by many organisations can you ensure that you are providing a positive experience to your candidates as well as your hiring managers? Companies need to be agile while embracing the virtual world and still be innovative in their sourcing strategies.
What is Agile Recruiting?
The term agile was first developed in 2001 by a team of software developers, having written the Agile Manifesto with the following goal in mind: To be more productive and streamlined in their work by eradicating needless bureaucracy and pointless meetings.
“Agile is an iterative approach to project management and software development that helps teams deliver value to their customers faster and with fewer headaches. Instead of betting everything on a “big bang” launch, an agile team delivers work in small, but consumable, increments. Requirements, plans, and results are evaluated continuously so teams have a natural mechanism for responding to change quickly.”
You may ask what this has to do with recruitment specifically, and where the agile approach can aid recruiters. By breaking down recruitment processes into smaller tasks, prioritising the most important elements and providing frequent feedback to your talent acquisition team assist them in gaining greater flexibility and efficiency in their processes.
In order to obtain success one of the key considerations is to ensure your software stack supports agile recruiting. It should provide all the necessary tools to streamline operations as well as provide access to analytical reports. Using this information, you can enhance your recruitment strategies and optimise your team’s performance for maximum productivity.
By embracing agile recruitment principles, your recruitment processes should become slicker and faster and in addition gain an improvement in communication with your stakeholders both internally and externally. When using agile recruitment, you can break down your recruitment tasks into bite size and manageable tasks and complete them within a set period thus meeting your recruitment goals and deadlines.
