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s a great poet once said, "The times, they are a-changin'."
Stay Sharp
stay on the cutting edge is stronger than ever.
Professional development is the key to keeping your recruitment skills up to date in a fast-paced world.
Today's talent market is characterized by intense flux. From chatbots to automated sourcing solutions, new technologies are changing the way recruitment gets done. Succeeding in this landscape requires a new kind of skill set, one that combines tech savvy with the best human-focused strategies of great recruiting.
The recruiters who will continue to win top talent for their companies and clients amid all this upheaval are those who take professional development seriously. Only by continuously investing in their own skills can recruiters avoid being left in the dust by competitors. Flexible, Affordable Training From the RCP
Experts say the best candidates are off the market in as little as 10 At the same time, what days. Given how fast talent moves — it means to even have a job and how rapidly the recruitment landis transforming before our very eyes. Rescape is changing — it's not like recruitcruiters are not the only ones called on to uti- ers can afford to put their talent searches on hold lize brand new skill sets at work. We are enter- for professional development opportunities. ing the age of what Burning Glass calls "hybrid jobs." Less automatable than traditional roles, What recruiters need is a comprehensive prohybrid jobs demand combinations of historically gram that is also flexible enough to allow them siloed skill sets, like marketing and data science to keep filling reqs while they sharpen their skills. or programming and design. To find candidates who hold these unique skill sets, recruiters will This is precisely the kind of experience delivered have to take new approaches to by the Recruiter.com Certificasourcing and engaging talent. "The talent market doesn't tion Program (RCP), Recruiter. com's online training portal destand still. Recruiters need As if that were not enough, resigned for both newcomers and cruiters must also contend with to keep moving with it." recruiting veterans. Drawing on the gig economy, in which more the expertise of Recruiter.com's than a third of US workers are active. Meanwhile, team of experienced recruiting professionals, the 61 million members of Generation Z are be- as well Recruiter.com's vast library of content ginning to enter the talent market. Like previous authored by industry thought leaders, the RCP generations, these candidates are bringing their offers participants a robust recruiting education own demands, expectations, and preferences. that covers everything from the basics to conRecruiters will need to adapt their tactics to meet temporary best practices that get results. the needs of gig workers and Gen. Z-ers alike. The RCP is even a SHRM-CP© and SHRM-SCP© Recruitment was never a field in which you could Recertification Provider. Participants can earn rest on your laurels and coast your way to vic- 45 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) tory, but for today's recruiters, the imperative to while brushing up on their recruitment skills. 32
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