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The need for businesses to retain their staff is a critical aspect in achieving strategic business goals. In any sector, the loss of an employee to daily business operations can be detrimental, but losing an IT professional who knows an organization’s business processes and projects in such depth will likely delay or even prevent new implementations…
Finland has received lots of attention for its ambitious goals to harness AI and its applications - including its implications for the future of work. The government’s AI strategy (launched in 2017) has been setting the stage for new initiatives committed to making the country a front-runner in artificial intelligence.
As we explained in last week’s blog, candidate experience plays a major role in how successful your recruitment is. Moreover, 95% of recruiters say that it has an real impact on overall employer branding.
Why?
With competition for top technical talent at an all-time high, it can be difficult for employers to attract the candidates they want, and even more difficult to get the best candidates to sign. Exceptional candidates are often poached during the interview process and many will just drop out if they feel like their time is being wasted.
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) continue to change the recruiting industry with software that claims to be able to source and screen candidates, and calendar applications that do all the work of organising interviews. But a recent survey shows that professionals have less trust in AI than in human recruitment consultants. The survey of 431 professionals across a wide range of industries showed that ninety percent of respondents believe technology cannot replace the human interaction required to recruit effectively.
Over the years, we have seen the most sought-after hard skills within the technology industry evolve. Skills such as software development, programming and application-integration have been, and still are, considered the most fundamental requirement of a candidate’s ability to successfully fulfil a role.
The job interview is probably the most important step you will take in your job search journey. It is your chance to show the company and hiring manager that you are the best person for the job. Feedback from thousands of interviewers we have spoken to over the years has told us that the candidates that leave the best impression are not necessarily the most qualified, but instead, those that have prepared the right way.
Changing jobs is often a difficult decision. But switching to the right position can pay dividends both personally and professionally. The traditional perception that you have to stay at one company for a long time is gone. In fact, research shows that most professionals are now switching jobs every 3-5 years.
The cloud computing industry is one of the fastest growing today. In 2015, the share of organizations using cloud technologies in Sweden was 60 percent. Only two years later the figure had jumped to 83 percent, and is now nearing 100 percent. This trend is echoed around the world as cloud computing replaces legacy hardware and software systems.
