Editor’s Note

Companies tend to delay hiring a new person until it’s absolutely necessary to hire someone and fill the position. But, will they be good fit?

Check out this month's cover article, Setting A Hiring Pace by William Vanderbloemen, that talks about why you should hire slowly, hire around your company’s culture, and make sure you take more time than necessary to make the decision.

The key is to go slowly, take your time and then, hire around culture.

There’s been tremendous technological innovation during the last many centuries — from the invention of electricity to the birth of the Internet — and yet our search for work is still largely driven by the use of the same tool we’ve used since the time of legendary artist Leonardo Da Vinci.

While online portals to easily submit resumes and background information have helped with the recruitment process in terms of information gathering, it’s not enough.

As per a study, several companies have large talent pools, even 150 times the number of employees needed, sitting around in their repositories that aren’t being used effectively.

Clearly much more sophisticated and customized technology that assesses the potential of a given job candidate and analyzes large amounts of data is required to tap into the complex job situations candidates and employers find themselves in today.

Ashutosh Garg, in his article Why The Resume Is Dead, tells us why the future of recruiting lies in artificial intelligence or AI.

Despite some progress, many elements of gender inequity still remain. The lack of truly equal pay for men and women is one such issue.

“On average, American women make 22% less than men.”

As an HR leader, you’re only responsible for your own company, of course. No one expects you to fix the U.S. wage gap, but provided you have executive-level support, you can develop an equal pay plan that compensates employees of all genders equally and without damaging the company’s bottom line.

Lesley Lyons lists down 4 recommendations on how to achieve this objective in her article 4 Steps Toward Making Equal Pay A Reality At Your Company. Also check out the other articles featured this month.

We hope this edition of Talent Acquisition Excellence will give you practical suggestions, as always, for improving company practices around interviewing, sourcing, on-boarding etc. and help you find best candidates.

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