‘Old school’ recruiters will tell you that ‘back in our day‘ we didn’t even have email and we still made it happen! The modern recruiter will swear by the likes of ‘Linked In’ and ‘Google+’ as tools that massively enhance their ability to engage with candidates and clients that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to reach…
…Our perspective on the advancements of technology in the last 10 years, is that when ‘technology takes over from ‘abstract creative thinking‘ then we have a problem.
We see it all the time… you ask someone a question, and they’ll say: “let me ‘Google’ it”… You ask someone the way to X from Y, and their default reaction can be to “AA route map it” – (even though they’ve actually made the journey themselves before). The ‘need’ to retain and store knowledge is dwindling, which we think is a bad thing – but Albert Einstein said:
“Never Memorise Something That You Can Look Up”
So who is right? Jonothan Bosworth Recruitment Specialists, or Albert Einstein? (Please don’t answer that!)
In reality, we do have to move with the times. Much of what we do on a daily basis is somehow ‘connected to the internet’ and the need to remember everything isn’t as vital as it was 20 or even 10 years ago. However, we do strongly believe that the need to retain the ‘human element’ in what we do – especially as recruiters is vital, because primarily what we are exclusively dealing with is: human beings.
The idea that ‘machines’ can do a recruiters job (in all it’s entirety) is a myth. Clients still want to be able to hear, see and touch their suppliers – especially if something has gone slightly awry, and some candidates do need added reassurance from their recruiter; confident in the knowledge that their recruiter has ‘managed a similar situation before’ or at the very least can ’empathise’ with the particular details of their requirement(s)…
We make no bones about it – Technology has made it possible for us to do things that would’ve been extremely difficult if we were relying purely on a BT phone line! – but like one of our old bosses used to say: “get on the phone as your next client/candidate will not fall out of the sky!”…We have to agree – as much as we love the progress we’ve made; we will never beat traditional [face to face] human interaction with any advancement in technology…as good as it is!
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