Hiring trends, economics, legal issues, benefits, healthcare and current events are just a few elements that influence the business each year. Add to this mercurial composite, lightning speed advances in technology, and a day in the life of a recruiter, a consultant, a hiring manager just got more complicated.
At the end of each year I reflect on our firm’s past challenges and successes and try to forecast what the coming year will hold. As I prepared for my 2016 leadership meeting, the following concepts emerged as potential obstacles and opportunities;
• Employees and job seekers are becoming much more selective about taking a position and more demanding in regard to salary requirements as unemployment remains