New Recruiting Strategies for a Post-Covid World (Back to Work, Better)

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🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Smith, vice president at Gartner Research, says the pandemic is accelerating several key recruitment trends. She led a survey of thousands of job candidates and hiring managers that details the shift to virtual interviews, but also identifies other ongoing transitions that may be more important. The research points to three main trends to manage: a rapid turnover of necessary skills, the need to expand beyond existing talent pools, and the competitiveness that comes from offering an "employee value proposition." Even as more people return to in-person work, Smith argues, these trends will continue. Learn more about Gartner’s research in the HBR article "Reengineering the Recruitment Process."

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0:30.0	Welcome to the HBR IDA cast from Harvard Business Review.
0:37.0	I'm Kurt Nickish.
0:45.0	Remember when companies would tout the perks of being in the office?
0:49.0	It became a stereotype for tech startups to show off their catered lunches,
0:54.0	their onsite yoga instructors, and their ultra-cool workspaces.
0:58.0	Well, those are not such big selling points anymore.
1:02.0	Lately, more people want to work from anywhere.
1:05.0	It's just one of many ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed recruiting and hiring.
1:13.0	To better understand these forces, the advisory firm Gartner recently surveyed 3,000 job candidates
1:19.0	and more than 3,500 hiring managers.
1:23.0	The research details some of these hiring trends, and it points to some new ways
1:27.0	that company leaders can more effectively shape their workforces,
1:31.0	whether those employees will be remote long-term or will eventually return to their workplaces.
1:37.0	Here to tell us more is Lauren Smith.
1:40.0	She's a Vice President at Gartner in the Human Resources Practice.
1:43.0	Lauren, thanks for being here.
1:46.0	Thanks so much for having me.
1:53.0	I have to admit, I was surprised at what your research found,
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