How is the tech recruitment landscape changing?

Does tech talent need a traditional degree?

Are virtual recruitment events the future of tech recruitment?

10 How to Tips for Hiring Someone in the Remote Working World

Longer Notice Periods Are Causing Tech Recruitment Issues for Scaling Tech Businesses, Here’s Why

Virtual Roundtable: Leaders Talk Talent

Poaching pandemic: 38% have been approached for a new job more than five times in the last year

Tips for hiring the initial team for a corporate-backed startup

There’s a Measurement Problem in Recruitment Marketing, and We Need to Solve It

How to know if a tech RPO provider is a good fit for you?

How is the tech recruitment landscape changing?

We’ve talked a lot about how the tech recruitment landscape has been changing recently. We all know that hiring tech talent is now highly competitive, with more and more companies, both tech native and not, competing for the same skillsets and experience. As a result, great tech talent is being swept up incredibly quickly, and it’s causing many challenges for scaling businesses that do not have the advantage of a big name or reputation to tempt talent their way.
However, what does a competitive market actually mean? It’s one thing for us to keep stressing that the market is changing and growing increasingly competitive, but how does it affect those searching for talent? As we have many recruitment experts in-house who spend their time navigating the tech talent landscape and speaking with leading scale-ups about talent acquisition challenges, we decided to ask them about the everyday difficulties they’re seeing.

Does tech talent need a traditional degree?

Times are changing, and the fact we’re all embracing tech more could work in favour of scaling tech businesses looking to recruit talent. As we all use technology daily, we are becoming quite savvy, and younger generations especially are more acquainted with technology than ever before. They’re naturals! There are also more ways than ever to develop skills, especially tech skillsets, which are no longer seen as an elitist or inaccessible skill, with online learning platforms and non-traditional education taking over.

Therefore, we’re asking whether talent really needs a traditional Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree to succeed in the tech industry? Or is there another way to give talented people opportunities without the expensive and inaccessible background?

Well, the truth is that with the race for tech talent so tight, scaling businesses need to look for talent elsewhere, or they’ll simply never hire. If they wish to grow their business, changing attitudes around tech skills and opening up a more diverse talent pool when it comes to experience could be the key to recruitment success.

Are virtual recruitment events the future of tech recruitment?

Virtual hiring events have some huge advantages but some equally significant disadvantages. They certainly have a place within the future of tech recruiting. That’s undeniable. However, it depends entirely on the demand, speed and the number of roles you need to hire. It’s important to remember that other alternatives to relieve HR pressures may be more cost-effective, such as outsourcing your tech recruitment to a flexible RPO provider who can take on the burden for you. Virtual hiring should never replace engaging and having a conversation with candidates personally, as this is how you ensure more diverse and better-quality candidates who fit your organisation perfectly. However, this provides an alternative for those situations where you need to hire 100 people incredibly quickly and should not be discounted. 

10 How to Tips for Hiring Someone in the Remote Working World

For many people, staying at home became the new normal during the global pandemic.  The new normal it was known as.  Many businesses were forced to rethink their employee’s working conditions.  There was a move to remote working and online team meetings.  Indeed, some businesses have continued this model even after restrictions were lifted.  How […]

Longer Notice Periods Are Causing Tech Recruitment Issues for Scaling Tech Businesses, Here’s Why

Notice periods have long been an issue for recruiters and employers. In a scaling business, you often need to hire talent quickly to meet a sudden increase in demand or to help you reach the next level of growth. Of course, having to wait for your perfect candidate to start is never ideal, but many of us are willing to do so for the right person, even if it pauses growth plans slightly. After all, you want to hire them for a reason, and they could be the perfect fit for your scaling business with all of the right skills and attitudes you need.

However, at Talent Works, a trend our recruitment experts are seeing more and more of is extended notice periods even for junior candidates. For roles like UX designer, where the only requirement is a Bachelor’s degree, many of our recruiters are seeing three months’ notice periods instead of the usual, and often expected, one month. Which, if you’re a scaling business looking to hire quickly, could pose a problem. Especially if you’re expecting candidates to have a month-long notice period.

Virtual Roundtable: Leaders Talk Talent

On first September we hosted a Leaders Talk Talent Roundtable with Talent Acquisition professionals from Moderna, FinancialForce, LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group and MassTLC. We discussed the impact of the pandemic and what it’s brought for talent acquisition including how these employers had to adapt their talent strategy. We also shared some tips for post pandemic […]

Tips for hiring the initial team for a corporate-backed startup

tial team members is one of the most crucial moves that a startup can make; these people come with a lot of influence and power over the future of your business. Therefore, you must get it right. However, you may not have experience recruiting. Entrepreneurs are ideas people, and innovators, so hiring may not be something you’ve thought about or had experience with.

There’s a Measurement Problem in Recruitment Marketing, and We Need to Solve It

Many talent acquisition professionals think that the role of recruitment marketing is to fill the job role and little else. However, this couldn’t be less true. Just like consumer marketing, digital campaigns can give you a vast amount of insight into your potential candidates and talent pool. You can create innovative and more intelligent strategies with the knowledge these campaigns provide, and the tools are ready to be used, as consumer marketing teams have been using them for the last decade. It seems it’s the mindset surrounding recruitment marketing that needs to alter.

How to know if a tech RPO provider is a good fit for you?

An RPO provider who is a good fit for your business can help you scale, build your employer brand awareness, and take your business from strength to strength. They can free up your existing HR teams or leaders and work together to scale your business successfully by acting as a strategic partner, offering guidance and advice. However, the wrong provider can lead to higher recruitment costs and a lot of pressure on your existing HR function.

So, when it comes to the RFP stage, and you have various RPO providers pitching for your partnership, how can you tell whether they’ll be a good fit for you or not? It’s very hard in the middle of a presentation to know what a company will be like to work with and whether they will be a strong addition to your team.Here are some questions we think you should ask yourself during the RFP stage and beyond. You can save yourself time, recruitment costs, and stress from an unsuccessful partnership by asking these before you decide on your RPO provider. Then, you can be confident in the knowledge that the RPO provider you have chosen will have your best interests at heart and help your scaling tech business to be surrounded by talent.

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