Recruitment in 2020: How Will It Change & Major Trends

Over the last few years, recruitment concepts and practices have changed quite a bit. However, the emergence of advanced technologies and their potential applications in job hiring will further change recruitment in 2020. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic will also have an impact on how companies and recruitment consultants approach job hiring in 2020. Here are 3 major trends to look at for recruitment in 2020.

Predictive Analytics

There are already several job portals out there that match candidates with employers based on parameters like role preference, location preference, skills, work experience, etc. However, predictive analytics technology will take it to the next level. It will give recruiters some additional insights on candidate profiles, whether they are currently looking for job opportunities, their future goals, etc. This will help recruiters filter out the best candidates and make better recruitment decisions.

The technology collects data from various platforms where candidate information is available on a large scale and analyses those to give valuable insights to recruiters. All in all, Predictive Analytics will be a major trend in recruitment in 2020. It will massively enhance the efficiency of job hiring in 2020 and beyond.

Work From Home

The culture of flexible work hours and work from home has become prominent in the last few years. The current global health crisis has made these concepts a dire necessity.

Companies are increasingly adopting the work from home policy. It is one of the most sought after features that candidates lookout for while applying to a company. Moreover, it also benefits employers in two major ways. Firstly, remote working reduces the daily operational cost for the company. Secondly, it allows them to work with a more diverse workforce including skilled people from across the world.

Work from Home reduces the impact of geographical boundaries on job hiring. It will probably be the most major trend in recruitment in 2020.

Artificial Intelligence and NLP

These technologies will undoubtedly increase the efficiency of job hiring in 2020. One of the major challenges which recruiters face is the manual resume screening of thousands of applicants. Natural Language Processing (NLP) can completely automate the process and select the most appropriate resumes based on pre-set parameters. It can even interact with selected candidates through advanced chatbots. 

On the other hand, Artificial Intelligence can find, assess, screen, and select candidates, all on its own. To put it simply, the emergence and development of these technologies have reduced the necessity of human intervention in job hiring. However, technology cannot replace the benefits of human to human interaction. But, it can increase efficiency and accuracy by a great deal.

It is fair to say that AI and NLP are probably the biggest trends to look out for recruitment in 2020.

Summing Up

As recruitment in 2020 shapes up like never before, our experienced recruitment consultants at Human Resource India, are constantly updated with the latest trends in this space. We are the top job placement consultants in India and offer a wide range of recruitment services to companies from multiple industry sectors. Reach out to us, and one of our recruitment experts will get back to help you with job hiring in 2020.