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LinkedIn Recruiting Trends - India Snapshot

“LinkedIn Recruiting Trends” survey with over 3000 professionals/recruiters from the HR/Talent Acquisition department, of which 255 were from India indicates that the Indian market and recruiting mindset are very different from that of other markets around the world. There are 6 significant recruiting trends in India:

“LinkedIn Recruiting Trends” survey with over 3000 professionals/recruiters from the HR/Talent Acquisition department, of which 255 were from India indicates that the Indian market and recruiting mindset are very different from that of other markets around the world. There are 6 significant recruiting trends in India:

i. Hiring remains healthy: Despite global macroeconomic trends, hiring in India is relatively strong. Over 50 percent say hiring volume is up from 2011; another 22 percent are hiring at same rate. Budgets appear to be trending in line with hiring volume growth.


ii. The competitive heat is on: Competition and compensation are cited as the biggest obstacles to hiring top talent; respondents are most worried their competitors will invest in employer branding, improve referral programs, and invest in new recruiting tools.


iii. Passive talent and pipelining remain popular: Most recruiters believe in the importance of passive and in the practice pipeline talent. About 65 percent of recruiters focus on passive talent and about 87 percent of the recruiters are engaged in pipeline talent.


iv. Quality of hire the name of the game: 45 percent cite quality of hire as most critical metric; internet job boards and social platforms including online professional networks are rising as quality sources.


v. Employer branding the hot topic: 81 percent agree employer brand has a significant impact on ability to hire great talent; 77 percent say it’s an organizational priority. And 90 percent are either increasing or maintaining employer brand investment. India is ahead of the curve when it comes to regularly measuring employer brand. 50 percent of all India-based corporate recruiting leaders measure their employer brand as compared to a global average of just 33 percent.

vi. Room to improve data-driven decision making: While India appears ahead of most other countries, there is still room to improve data-driven decision-making. Half claim to regularly measure employer brand, and 45 percent survey candidates. Almost 40 percent say they are average or poor at using data to make hiring decisions.

Source: LinkedIn

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