I’ve been talking a lot about Strategic Foresight recently. That’s because I believe it is an essential element of effective TA Transformation and a vital tool for building talent strategies that give employers a competitive edge. What Is Strategic Foresight? Strategic foresight isn’t about predicting the future—it’s about creating multiple scenarios for possible futures, developing...

Talent Acquisition transformation is no longer just a concept—it’s a reality that’s unfolding right before our eyes. Last week, I conducted a LinkedIn poll to gauge what industry professionals believe is the main driver of change. While LinkedIn polls aren’t the most scientifically rigorous tools for analyzing business trends, with over 200 TA Leaders from...

It’s been 18 months since the public launch of ChatGPT changed the narrative around the future of talent acquisition. Currently, the impact is mostly being felt by early-adopting enthusiasts, TA tech vendors desperately re-aligning their strategies, and a wave of new start-ups seeking the traction and funding needed to reinvent recruiting. However, the impact will...

I recently ran a poll on LinkedIn asking people how far ahead they felt they could accurately predict the future of talent acquisition. Only 22% of respondents felt confident about predicting more than a year out, while 48% said they believed we couldn’t see beyond the next six months! Considering everything that has happened in...

A dramatic transformation is poised to reshape talent acquisition, and some significant forces of change are driving the inevitability of this shift. Slow economic growth is making companies focus on productivity just as billions of dollars are being invested in AI to provide them with tools to revolutionize how their businesses work. At the same...

Recruiting has always been slow to change. While the blame for this is often directed at talent acquisition teams, HR teams, and recruiters, the reality is far more nuanced. It is difficult to drive change in an environment of short-term hiring pressures, a corporate perception that talent acquisition is a tactical rather than a strategic...

There is a growing consensus that 2024 will be a year that sees the start of fundamental change in Talent Acquisition. The Generative AI innovation cycle and the acceleration in adopting skills-based hiring are important change catalysts. To understand what is actually happening, we need to take a step back and understand the forces driving...

I recently ran a poll on LinkedIn to gauge how important skills-based hiring is in the future of talent acquisition. These were the results: Although only 130 people voted a large proportion of them were Head of Talent Acquisition making the results feel especially relevant. Having extensively covered skills-based hiring on The Recruiting Future Podcast...

Predicting the course of talent acquisition in our current landscape is a complex task. Nevertheless, three primary drivers – AI, demographic shifts, and economic conditions – are compelling employers to reassess their talent strategies AI’s rapid development is a paradigm shift for recruitment, offering automation, personalization, and real-time data-based optimization, while simultaneously disrupting traditional job...

Finding people with digital skills has always been an issue for many companies. The acceleration in pace and scale of digital transformation that the pandemic has driven has made this critical. In a disrupted and technology-enabled world of work, the ability to attract, recruit and retain people with digital skills can be the difference between...