Apart from the use of non-traditional ways of recruiting and the sleepless nights for Monster and CareerBuilders, the shift in economics will call for a change in the methods and ways of hiring. Diversity always topped the list while hiring, at least for the top companies. It seems that diversity in hiring will see a new chapter this year. Previously, we saw companies hiring people from diverse backgrounds mostly in one department, but the management and other positions still remained “close”. A need for shift in thought process will see more and more people from different backgrounds and skills being hired for important “decision-making” positions of a company. We might even see “unusual-hiring”, where people without any experience in a domain will be hired to improve the approach and the process of another domain services. Clearly, top companies have been able to attract diverse talent and diverse clients, and it augurs well for the world and staffing companies across the world.

More and more well skilled professionals would opt for temporary form of employment. The shift will be based on their understanding of the scenario and their want for making most of what is available, rather than driven by the employers and their need for contingent labor. But direct hire should be stronger by the end of 2010. Moreover, many of the projects that were put on hold because of the economic meltdown will be again started in 2010, and hence more need for contingent labor.

More and more staffing companies will come into the forefront as many companies realize that the extensive HR operations are of little use and they want to outsource all the HR functions to RPO agencies. As the demand for labor will shoot up, so will be the need for staffing firms of various kinds. Though, it is believed that HR operations may now start playing roles in making a strategy for hiring and long term hiring strategies of a company.

Many staffing companies by now would be confused about the state of affairs. Previously, these companies might have done a good job, but due to lack of sufficient expertise to deal with increased and diverse demands, these companies might consider merging into bigger staffing companies. Clients are fussier about consolidated spending, and want to come up with pricing bids, something that we staffing companies would not be too happy with.

I would like to end by saying something similar to what I started with, staffing companies will start moving the operations online, more and more candidates searching, filtering, and submitting will take place online. Most of the people in staffing are looking forward to a better year, hope the analysis of trends will be of some help as we all work towards a better strategy for our staffing companies.

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