Editor’s Note

The recent Covid-19 pandemic has spurred many recruitment specialists to quickly adapt their talent acquisition (TA) processes, priorities, and technologies to new realities.

What does the TA function look like now, and what do HR professionals think it will look like in the future? What is currently driving and hindering TA? Which technologies will be critical for future success?
 

Check out the findings from the exclusive research, The Future of Talent Acquisition 2020, we bring you this month, to find the answers.

Featured on the cover is Jim McCoy's Work Is Never Going To Be The Same Again, where he talks about the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic is reshaping hiring practices in companies.

Moving on, there is Seth Earley's Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Recruiting, where the author draws an analogy between hiring and selling. Check out the article to understand how artificial intelligence can enhance and add efficiency to many aspects of sourcing, screening, matching, management, onboarding, and skill development.

We also bring you an exclusive interview with Jamie Coakley, VP of People, Electric AI, in our Straight Talk with HR.com segment.

That is not all! We also bring you several other hand-picked articles in this themed edition of Talent Acquisition Excellence.

As always, happy reading and don't forget to send us your feedback.
 

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