This list of 2018 recruiting trends should be your guide for improving your recruiting strategy.

Are you ready to implement these new recruiting trends or will you be left behind?

We live in a candidate driven market

The way we recruit has changed. Compared to just a few years ago, candidates now have far more power during the job search.

According to research and every recruiter and HR professional everyday work experience, current job market is 90% candidate driven. That means you don’t pick talent anymore. Talent picks you.

That’s why there is a major shift going on in recruiting paradigm. The focus is now on candidates, who are being treated like customers.

Recruiting trend no. 1: Recruitment marketing

What is recruitment marketing?

Recruitment marketing strategy is based on implementation of marketing tactics in recruiting.

The importance of recruitment marketing

Main goal of recruitment marketing is to follow the latest trends in the market and offer solutions to the companies that best overcome these new challenges.

Recruiting trend #2: Inbound recruiting

What is inbound recruiting?

Inbound recruiting is a recruitment marketing strategy where you proactively and continually attract candidates with the goal to make them choose you as their next employer.

The importance of inbound recruiting

If you are looking for a long-term solution to advance your recruiting and hiring strategy, inbound recruiting is the way to go.

Recruiting trend no #3: Employer branding

What is employer brand?

Employer brand is the term commonly used to describe an organization's reputation and popularity as an employer, and its employee value proposition.

The importance of employer branding

Research by LinkedIn has proven that more than 75% of job seekers research about company’s reputation and employer brand before applying.

Recruiting trend #4: Candidate experience

What is candidate experience?

“Candidate experience” is current, past and potential future candidates’ overall perception of your company’s recruiting process.

The importance of candidate experience

Candidates who had a positive candidate experience in your recruiting process will more likely accept your job offer, reapply in future and refer others to your company.

Recruiting trend #5: Talent pool building

What is a talent pool?
Talent pool refers to a place or database where recruiters and HR Managers keep all of their top job candidates.

The importance of talent pool

Imagine if every time you had a job opening, you had a pool of talent from which you can just pick the best one! Sounds great, right?

Recruiting trend #6: Candidate relationship management

What is candidate relationship management?

Candidate relationship management (CRM) is a method for managing and improving relationships with current and potential future job candidates.

The importance of candidate relationship management?

This relatively new method in recruiting was introduced to the world of talent acquisition as a solution to one of the biggest challenges in the HR industry - attracting talent.

Recruiting trend #7: Social recruiting

What is social recruiting?

Social recruiting is using social media channels (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc.) for recruiting.

The importance of social recruiting

You can use social media networks to proactively search for potential candidates, build relationship with them and encourage them to apply to your vacant job positions.

Top recruiting trend #8: Recruitment automation tools

What are recruitment automation tools?

Recruitment automation tools are software that use new technology to automate recruiting process.

The importance of recruitment automation tools

These new all in one tools offer help in finding, attracting, engaging, nurturing and converting candidates into applicants.

For example, many recruiters have agreed that having an ATS help them improve quality of hire. 

Recruiting trend # 9: GDPR

What is GDPR?

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new piece of EU legislation that will replace the current Data Protection Act (DPA) with the goal to unify data regulations within the EU.

The importance of GDPR

GDPR will be introduced on 25th May 2018 and it will completely change the way recruiting operates in 2018.

Recruiting trend # 10: Data-driven recruiting and HR analytics

What is Data-driven recruiting?

Data-driven recruiting or HR Analytics is a popular recruiting strategy in which recruiter and other HR professionals use data from their recruiting software in order to make better and more informed recruiting decisions. 

The importance of Data-driven recruiting

Measuring the success of a recruiting strategy has become a priority of many modern recruiters. Recruiters that measure the most important hiring metrics, are way more likely to get ideas about improving their Talent Acquisition strategies.