21st Century Hiring

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Introduction

The 21st century has resulted in a variety of changes to the hiring practices that many Canadian companies are using throughout the recruitment and selection process. This paper will explore how hiring practices have been affected by factors such as: technology, globalization, legislation, and link to the implications on human resource departments.
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With major increases in technology the process of posting available positions, receiving applications, and communicating with prospective candidates has resulted in decreased time spent on each aspect of the recruitment and selection process. While at the same time this has led to a greater pool of available candidates which leaves the human resource department …show more content…

The ease at which employers can access potential employees has its benefits and consequences. The benefits being an increased presences and reach to acquire valuable human resources. The consequence being the benefit itself; with this reach human resource departments may be spending money needlessly on online postings where their ideal hire is not looking. This is especially true in industry specific sectors like mining or executive positions at large corporations where potential candidates may not be looking for a job on Monster or Indeed. Also a flood of potential candidates is not helpful either because the time spent to sort through these candidates may prove to be …show more content…

Adapting is not an easy task, but it is a necessary to be competitive in the global market. Human resource management departments must learn to utilize technology for their benefit in the recruitment and selection part of their jobs. With utilizing technology they must have an understanding of how to use it with respect to their specific industry so that they are not flooded with applicant who do not poscess the skills they require.
Understanding the diverse Canadian mosaic is crucial to success as well because human resource departments must understand that they have employees with different needs and work ethics. Included with understanding the Canadian mosaic is knowing human resource legislation and knowing how to apply it so that they are following basic human rights laws. (revise)
Not following the previously discussed points will lead human resource managers to a multitude of problems. The problems they will encounter include not being competitive in the global market because they refuse to engage technology to further their development and reach. Refuting developments in employment law and basic human rights legislation will lead the organization to becoming defunct because of refusal to follow basic standards. Ignoring the Canadian cultural mosaic will also lead to an organizations downfall because they refuse to change with modern

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