5 tech trends within Recruitment Marketing that you will often meet
Opinion of Malique Steenbrink about the possibilities of technology within Recruitment Marketing that make HR processes more human.
5 tech trends within Recruitment Marketing that you will often meet
What influence does technology have in my field? A lot! When Rick asked me to write a guest blog I did already have some ideas. There are many technological trends that affect almost all industries, but certainly also within HR & Marketing, the cutting edge that I am involved in. You can think of optimizing your business processes, content distribution through smart algorithms, complete your data overview, but also new functions that you will encounter a lot in the future. So, I want to take you through a number of trends!
# 1 Virtual & Augmented Reality
In the construction and healthcare industry VR & AR has already adopted. Within recruitment it is an ideal way to give a glimpse into the kitchen. Think of company culture, the brand story, workplace, offices, cool projects, dress code, the delicious coffee machine, virtual tour, colleagues and person’s of interest that you will face in your first working week anyway. Curious? A few nice examples are (in the Netherlands): 360-degree VR experience makes Alliander stand out among many technicians, the use of the Hololens in healthcare at Omring. How did I use this directly by myself? During a kart hackathon for IT students and as a guided tour in an onboarding app.
# 2 Chatbots
The latent jobseeker is often not immediately interested in applying for jobs, but may be curious about you as an employer. It can therefore be a good idea to include your frequently asked questions (FAQ) on your career site and to give a candidate the opportunity to enter into a low-threshold conversation with HR or a colleague or the bot is given a suggestion. For example, Intercom is frequently used on the website for customer communication & support. Why donโt we just do this for HR as well?
# 3 Pre- & onboarding app
Where the first two trends can mainly support in the pre-hire phase, we can use apps during the onboarding and training period. Just as a virtual tour can replace a physical tour, an app can serve as a replacement or addition during the onboarding session and during the onboarding process. Technology ensures consistency in content, centralization of the process and also ensures two-way traffic with the new employee from the first moment. Want to know more about the app? Check it out!
# 4 Big data and smart algorithms
The company is growing and HR needs to hire a new employee. Where is the target group active? Which soft skills are we looking for and how are we going to test these skills? How would the candidate react in certain situations? In short: will we speak of a cultural fit or not? There are more and more companies that are focusing on data of target groups and making a business of it. Within the tight labor market targeted job marketing is important, because who doesnโt want this data of their target audience? After all, the goal is to fill that vacancy as quickly as possible with the right talent.
# 5 The internet and social platforms
Yes, we will almost forget this trend as it is so obvious. But no less important! It starts with attention to SEO, to ensure that your vacancies can also be found. In addition, a candidate will also visit you as an employer, think of LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed or directly through their network. Transparency is central, so ensure a good candidate experience.
Use technology smartly, but donโt forget the candidate experience
For those who think HR would not be human enough due to all those trends, is wrong. Thanks to the use of these technologies, we know much better where we can find each other, whether we will like each other and whether we see a long-term partnership. It remains human! Before you have an interview, you often have contact with HR beforehand and once at the table you and possibly your new team want to see if there is also a real-life match. So we will continue to use technology to optimize (administrative) processes, which means that we have more time for the human aspect. That is why we will face in the coming years more functions as professional happiness expert, onboarding specialist, employee experience manager, happiness officer and learning & development manager. Read more about it in the articles HR positions with a golden future (Dutch).
Also relevant, the article that appeared last week at Werf& about 9 ways in which AI in recruitment already proves its worth (Dutch) and 5 Fascinating uses of AI in Recruitment in 2018 (English).
Biography: Malique works as an Employer Branding Specialist at Appical – the app for new hire success. She is responsible for the content around the Employer Brand and the entire employee experience. Her mission is to tell stories from the heart of the organization and she closely follows tech trends in her field.
Would you like to know more about how you make a magnet from your employer brand? Ask her! She often says:
”Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world”.
Want to read more from Malique? She writes about Content Marketing, Social Influence, Employer Branding, Candidate Experience, Employee Journey and she shared a blog last month about her own onboarding experience. Click here to connect with Malique on LinkedIn
Appical blog (Dutch)