Infallibly, the IT sector is evolving at a rapid pace with the advent of cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet-of-things and Blockchain. Such technologies have automated countless business operations. IT companies are now realising the need for educated, dynamic, and young IT talents who can get the firm hold of every nut and bolt of industry requirements and catering to them accordingly.
For businesses, acquisition of new clients epitomise the need for ingenious recruitment. As the client base expands with one step, the urge for talent recruitment doubles up to pacify the business growth. However, IT staffing trends are also changing making it important for both companies and jobseekers to stay aligned with. Companies no longer intend to entertain long-term employees who are unable to upgrade their skill sets in the volatile environment. What skills and expertise an employee possesses might become outdated with ultramodern developments. This has given rise to increasing demand for contract-based jobs.
Social networking for staffing: Over the years, it has been observed that a majority of the businesses rely on their existing clients and employees for revenue generation. As tapping on potential job seekers and expanding the client base is a tough job, businesses prioritise it less in their business growth strategy. Instead, they choose to train the existing employees for advanced roles regardless of the investments it would call for. As previously discussed, the proficiency or expertise of existing workforce necessary for handling novice and innovative IT projects may become obsolete.
The SMBs & MSMEs must focus on recruiting the skilled candidates capable of managing the innovative projects, expanding the client base and eventually boosting the business growth. For this, they must work hard on brand-building and promotion to ensure greater visibility for both clients and job seekers in the niche market. Social media and professional platforms are proven effective tools for brand management and market vacancies. Extensive networking online is the new trend in IT staffing industry. Not only does it obtain the leads but also lures the young and talented professionals for taking up the new jobs.
Flexible-staffing to meet changing labor needs: We see many business firms juggling with recruiting and terminating the full-time employees either because they are unable to contribute significantly to generating revenue or the freelance staff is more efficient in delivering the work under the limited budget. Recruiting full-time employees is, no doubt, expensive for every organisation. But, the expenses are truly paid off when the new talent leads the business innovation and uplifts the growth of the company. The world is uncertain so ideating in advance which employee would be a misfit is impractical, the staffing companies are embracing flexible-staffing model. It enables the organisations to hire the candidates on the basis of workloads and specific projects which can be done by experts. It saves the company both time and costs of initiating the recruitment process.
Recruiting passive candidates: While there are innumerable employed people who are satisfied with their jobs, a majority would not miss profitable opportunities. Such candidates are called passive candidates. Hiring them with exciting compensation packages encourages them to work more dedicatedly for the companies and reap the benefits. Unluckily, the thriving IT firms lack sufficient time to skim through the pool of talent and spot the passive candidates. However, passive staffing is steadily becoming the first choice for many businesses as the experienced job seekers need lesser time and efforts to get trained while working with a new firm.
The writer is Abhishek Agarwal, Senior Vice President (Global Delivery), Judge Group