Innovative hiring

Innovative hiring

Innovative hiring or innovative recruitment – what is that? Just another new buzzword? As the world around us changes constantly the need for re-thinking and thus innovation is a constant. Times change. People change and people’s needs and behavior change. Therefore, the needs for attracting andhiring people in new ways must also change to remain a variable in the equation and more important, this variable must be in sync with the changes within the workforce.

With the impact and pace from emerging new and disruptive technologies this will lead to more dynamic and unpredictable situations. Businesses aiming and succeeding in creating an agile organizational structure and culture will have a competitive advantage.

The human factor will become even more important in such a set-up. The ones succeeding building and developing human capital as a platform to support agility will become winners. HR cannot lean back and must take an innovative approach to align processes and structures and most important, HR must innovate new ways to recruit and keep talented people in-house.

Innovative ways to recruit and new recruitment strategies will be needed. Here new HR technologies will support  innovative hiring strategies. Whaii Match is such an HR technology supporting HR in making innovative hiring practices.

Innovative recruitment methods

New HR technologies emerging supports these innovative recruitment methods. In fact, in certain cases new HR technologies will likely exceed our imagination of what we are capable to do even without compromising what we call “the human touch” – human interaction in critical selection of choices in the hiring process.

Even today we are capable of fueling almost every step in the recruitment process with new technology, taking leaps improving both input and output to benefit  HR, the business and candidates.

Among the enhanced processes are: New platforms and new ways how companies and candidates meet, screening and pre-selection processes, the interviewing process, the assessment process, on-boarding processes, etc..

These process steps are being enriched by new technology with the aim of securing the right hiring for the company and securing the right employer for the candidate. Nothing replaces a good match with emphasis on personality, values and culture in addition to skills.

Whaii Match is one of the first truly automated candidate screening tools supporting a new and innovative screening and pre-selection process with the highest outcome for both parties.

Innovative ways to recruit

Why is it important to have focus on innovative ways to recruit? The emerging new technologies will have a deep impact on the traditional organizational structures and processes. In our opinion the human factor (people) will become even more important. But the framework will be challenged.

The workforce foundation will change, and people will find new measurements of what is important and not important to them, considering we are spending more than half of our life working in organizations.

Therefore, it is extremely important we stay innovative and continue to create e.g. innovative hiring ideas, innovative ideas in recruitment and in all aspect of the human capital foundation. In this it is important you have three focuses when recruiting (ways to recruit):

• Meet and attract people with meaningfulness and purpose
• Meet and attract people via social media
• Adapt new HR technologies putting emphasis on personality, values and culture matching preferences in addition to skills.

Whaii Match is such a new technology. Whaii Match uses AI and advanced linguistic analysis to automatically create profiles for all candidates, making sure that everyone is being considered.

New and better recruitment with Whaii

Considering the huge potential and opportunities new HR technology provide to HR and the recruitment area, it is still vital that technology does not overrule, but rather enhance the human interaction and decision foundation when hiring people.

In fact, it is even more vital that HR technology solutions enhance the people and candidate experience with more focus on human attributes.

Whaii Match is one of the first truly automated candidate screening tools to not only analyze based on skills but also on personality, values and culture. All automated. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) it empowers the modern HR professional to hire the right people, saves time and makes sure no talent escapes un-hired. It is set to transform the screening process completely.

Innovative recruitment strategies

To keep following the pace of development within recruiting and to be in sync with your surroundings you must incorporate innovation as a part of the HR and recruitment strategy to secure innovative recruitment practices.

The battle of talents will continue to increase and thus the need to come up with innovative recruitment ideas as a natural and continual focus within HR.

Doing this randomly and without a root cause will increase the risk of failed investments, manual processes increasing etc. Therefore, it is important to include innovation in recruitment and hiring in the structure and processes anchored in the TA department.

New and innovative HR technologies will continue to emerge in the coming years. The best investments are the ones that are implemented thoroughly and with predictability. Here are three tips to consider in an innovative recruitment strategy:

• Continued evaluation of employee and candidate foundations – what matters and what is changing find, list and learn innovative ways to recruit employees
• Incorporate company required personality, values and culture preferences thorough in the foundation for your recruitment – the understanding of your business to enhance the hiring criteria’s and parameters. eventually supporting a successful hiring
• Make sure to have an agile plan and set-up using HR technology add on`s. There will be an eco-system of various technologies supporting your specific needs. Readiness will keep momentum and expand opportunities to stay ahead.

Innovative recruitment software

Innovative recruitment software can add considerable value to your existing systems and processes and contribute to recruitment innovation. When defining innovative recruitment software, here are a few tips:

• Recruitment software which do not only simplify and automate processes, but add considerable value contribution to your target outcome and results (e.g. making sure no talent escapes in the screening process)
• Recruitment software which is easy to use and easy to plug-in and integrate with your existing systems without major investments and project processing. Subscription models preferred
• Recruitment software which includes multiple options to add value, not only solving one problem, and supporting future trends and development
• Recruitment software which is aligned and anchored in supporting your business goals and mission

With Whaii Match, a revolutionizing new online subscription-based candidate screening tool, organizations can save 25-40% of the time spent in the recruitment process.

They can easily and securely start using AI in their efforts to make sure they hire people who not only match the job and organization with their professional skills, but also with their personality, values and culture preferences.

Innovative hiring platforms

New decade – new recruitment. During the coming years it is likely that candidates and companies will meet in new ways.

Innovative marketplaces and hiring platforms will gradually emerge in coherence with changes in the workforce as companies search for talents. This will undoubtedly challenge current recruitment processes and structures and thus in a way force HR to rethink how to attract and recruit people.

The ones trying to understand and adapt to changes in the workforce will be rewarded by a competitive edge.

To meet new requirements and new job marketplaces it is important that HR have the possibility to embrace such opportunities. HR can meet those requirements by increasing the use of HR technology.

One such new technology is Whaii Match which uses AI and advanced linguistic analysis to automatically create profiles for all candidates, making sure that everyone is being considered. These profiles are then ranked against a target profile set by HR for the specific job (skills and personality) and organization (values and culture).

Ready for more innovative recruitment?

Considering the many new technologies that are emerging with one purpose – supporting HR and embracing new demands and requirements to stay competitive.

Many innovative HR technologies are supporting recruitment in all aspects. The ones exploring these opportunities and starting to work with AI and automation software e.g. recruitment and screening tools will indeed get a competitive edge.

The sooner the better to start building up experiences leading to innovative business processes to the benefit of customers ie. people, candidates, organizations etc. and creating a competitive edge.

Whaii Match is such a value based HR technology. Whaii Match is one of the first truly automated candidate screening tools to not only analyze based on skills but also on personality, values and culture. All automated. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) it empowers the modern HR professional to hire the right people, saves time and makes sure no talent escapes un-hired. It is set to transform the screening process completely.