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Want to stay up-to-date on recruitment trends and news without the hassle? Welcome to the Recruitment<\/span>\u00a0News Roundup<\/span>, a curation of notable reports, blogs, and news updates relevant to recruitment agencies. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Which Tasks Should You Be Automating?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Automation is one of the fastest ways for recruitment agencies to improve productivity, but what, specifically, should agencies automate?<\/p>\n

Staffing Industry Analysts<\/a> surveyed 10,000 internal recruitment employees and asked them: \u201cOf the tasks that you routinely perform as part of your job, which would you most like to see automated or outsourced in order to liberate your time for more productive purposes?\u201d<\/p>\n

So, what would recruitment professionals like to automate? Nearly everything. SIA organised the answers into twelve suggested areas for outsourcing or automation. Sourcing, formatting resumes, and invoicing were among the top requests. You can access the full report from SIA here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The onboarding process, in general, should be automated or outsourced. It would give me much more time to recruit instead of having to stay on top of the candidates to make
\nsure they understand and do everything that is required for them to start; especially when we are not fully trained on the entire onboarding process.” \u2014 Respondent,\u00a0SIA North America Internal Staff Survey 2019<\/a>
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Help Close the Skills Gap<\/b><\/h2>\n

We’re in the middle of a historic talent shortage.\u00a0US weekly jobless claims<\/a>\u00a0are at their lowest since 1969, and the majority of recruitment professionals say the skills shortage is the worse now<\/a> than before.\u00a0This is especially true for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help combat the growing skills gap, Adecco put together a lit of steps employers (and recruitment agencies) can take to help close the skills gap<\/a>. One step employers can take is to leverage the potential of their temp talent: “Whether your average temporary worker is on assignment for four weeks or four months, and in a warehouse or an office, it would behoove you to pay close attention to their attendance, ability to learn, productivity impact and work ethic.”<\/p>\n

As recruitment professionals, this presents a great opportunity to work with your clients as advisors and experts in recommending candidates for reskilling opportunities.<\/a>\u00a0By identifying temp workers with the potential to level up their current skillset, you can create a win-win-win scenario for you, your clients, and your candidates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAddressing the skills gap in the labor market is a complex challenge that requires buy-in from several parties, including educational institutions such as high schools, universities and trade schools, job seekers themselves, and employers and businesses as well.\u201d\u2014<\/span>Adecco,<\/b> How Businesses Can Help Close the Skills Gap<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Promote Gender Equality in the Workplace<\/b><\/h2>\n

Promoting equality in the workplace should be a goal for everyone, but as the people who put the world to work, recruitment professionals are in a unique position to affect change. Randstad US took a proactive step towards changing the workplace for the better with their recent large-scale survey of US employees. <\/span><\/p>\n

The study found that workplace harassment is distressingly common. “More than half of all employees know a woman who has experienced harassment in the workplace, while 37 percent know a man who has experienced harassment in the workplace.” Even worse, the most common response to workplace harassment is silence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Randstad US took the results of this survey to create the following best practices to help promote workplace equality:<\/p>\n

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  1. Introduce Training Programs<\/li>\n
  2. Use Surveys to Identify Bias<\/li>\n
  3. Assign Metrics to\u00a0 Your D&I Goals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Learn how you can take steps to make the work environment a better place for everyone by reading the\u00a0full write-up<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

    \u201cGreater equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace are long overdue. And as Randstad’s recent employee survey makes clear, the prevalence of harassment, its attendant silence and management’s perceived unwillingness or inability to address it are things that need to change fast.\u201d\u2014 Randstad US<\/strong>, 3 Gender Equality Best Practices for the Workplace<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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