The future of Graduate Recruitment and HR

I was recently interviewed by the good people at Careerhub about my role at CSIRO and what I thought the future of graduate recruitment was all about.

Of course I mentioned Social Media because I’m a big fan- but primarily its because social media has the ability to personalize or humanize the whole experience for a candidate.

Rather than simply trawling a job board for things like location and job function, it would be much more beneficial for candidates to be able to interact with an organisation- find out how it works and what the culture is like. They should be able to ask questions that will influence their decision to join us. After all, we want people to come work with us and enjoy the experience.

On the flip side I also mentioned GradConnection. I was a fan of GradConnection before I met the boys there but I just think its an awesome concept.

The GradMaker is an online tool for graduates to rank graduate employers based on what they value in an employer. So it does rank your traditional fields like industry and location- but it allowed us to further promote the benefits of working here like heaps of free parking, surrounded by green grass & trees, the freedom to access social networking sites on the internet and flexible working hours.

I think sites like this will be hugely popular for Gen Y graduates, and it means that employers will employ graduates who have really thought about what they value in a workplace before they join.

If you want to take a look at the article, jump online to the Careerhub blog.