Are Lowering Employment Standards & Fast Tracking the Keys to Dealing with a Tight Labor Market?
I recently had the opportunity to do a presentation for a professional association on recruitment. Initially, being clueless as to what exciting and innovative ideas I could present, I resorted to my old standby–Analyze the Data. And oh, can I get lost in the data. I am fortunate my employer had chosen to purchase an applicant tracking system 10 years ago so I had lots of data to play with. One of the areas I decided to investigate was how our recruitment indicators had changed in the last few years. Being in a supervisory position, I don’t have the day to day challenge of trying to find viable candidates. Of course I had read about the unemployment rate continuing to drop to the “lowest rate in 30 years.” Over the last several months, I have also heard the increasing exasperation in the voices of our staff in finding qualified candidates. Recruitments which had previously been deemed as quick and easy “goat ropings” had now made staff feel like the mythical Greek character Sisyphus w
