Executive Search is having its own Darwin moment

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Executive Search is having its own Darwin moment

By: Jonah Manning

We are closing in on an unprecedented decade of digital progress in the Executive Search industry. With the internet hitting critical mass, its clear the traditional approaches may be a thing of the past. However, be careful not to close the door to Executive Search just yet. Some exciting companies are mixing proven principles with cutting edge technology to really change the game over the next decade.
So what now? Where does Executive Search go from here? I envision the next decade being much like the .com bubble in 2001. Majority of your applicant tracking system companies will start consolidating. Due to the downturn in 2008-2009 companies will be forced to turn to agencies to power sharp up ticks in head count.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing, when dealing with recruitment and sourcing is marginally competitive only due to economies of scale. For large heavily matrix driven organizations, a large scale domestic RPO could be a better solution then having a centralized function. However, do not expect industry leading results.
If you are a decision maker looking to improve your staffing project here are PeopleOps recommendations.
1) No more offshoring. Combine the tactical failure, Public Relations nightmare, and overall lack of results its safe to say that while the idea of Recruitment Process Outsourcing is here to stay the way that its implemented will be changing forever. Its in your organizations best interest to revers offshoring and replace with veteran seasoned recruiters.
2) Embrace Social Media. This is not a one man show or project. This is where you can leverage your companies greatest assets.. its employees. Make sure you use an Applicant Tracking system that is already set up for social media recruiting. I recommend Jobvite.
3) Your candidate development function is your greatest tool for staving off agency fee's and making your existing staffing model flourish. I recommend a high octane plug and play model that can work directly with your hiring managers on a fee only basis or on an hourly basis in the form of a managed sourcing program. Feel free to benchmark our own services for this as we would happy to assist, www.peopleops.com
I know the idea is not rocket science, however, it will save your company a lot of headache to simply just get the job done, make internal clients happy, and build lasting relationships with all parties concerned. Executive Search is here to stay as long as majority of leadership found their gig at your company from them and not you.

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