MARCH 20208The HR indus-try has undergone seismic shifts over the past few years, thanks to rever-berating technological advance-ments in the space. In addition, there are multiple attributes that have contributed to this shift like- need to foster diverse work environment, establishing a gender-neutral cul-ture, Steering Pay Parity and more.Recruitment is getting more strategic by the day and it's impera-tive that recruitment professionals learn new skills, adapt to new as-sessment systems and be adept at handling digital tools.Demand for recruitment profes-sionals is on the rise, as per LinkedIn data, it has increased by more than 60 per cent in the last five years. Businesses need more recruiters, and recruiters are expected to do more: engaging passive candidates and building a pipeline; use data and recommend hiring strategy to business leaders. The businesses have become ag-ile and these results in varied hir-ing demand go without saying that recruitment teams should become more agile too.Let us look at some of the key trends that will dominate the recruitment landscape in 2020 Leveraging Technologies like Arti-ficial Intelligence, Blockchain and moreThe HR industry has been no stran-ger when it comes to deploying AI tools for talent acquisition purposes. AI has proven to drastically cut down on the time needed to shortlist can-didates, removing the need to man-ually evaluate hundreds of applica-tions. Going forward, we anticipate deeper AI integration to take place across multiple employee-facing ap-plications and software, designed to Recruitment Trends in 2020By Runita Verma, Director-HR, Schneider Electric IndiaRunita is a dedicated, energetic, and creative person who has outstanding values and enthusiastically mentors by giving enough opportunity for budding professionals to growIN MY OPINION
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