Rajeeb Dey from Enternships on Rethinking Recruitment

Rethinking Recruitment:taking a learning based approach to attracting,

selecting & hiring talent

Rajeeb DeyFounder & CEO

Enternships @rajdey

Enternships

We have a problem…

• 74% of educationalists believe graduates to be prepared for the world of work

• 38% of graduates feel the same

• Only 35% of employers agree

Head of Recruitment vs Head of Rejection?

• Current customers?

• Future customers?

• Future experienced hires?

Big Data Scientist? Social Media Manager?

“The top ten in-demand jobs in 2010 . . . did not exist in 2004. [. . .] The U.S. Department of Labor estimates

that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . . by the age of 38.”

Generation YTHEIR CHARACTERISTICS

Values-driven

Strong personal brand

Highly connected

On-demand learners

THEIR WORLD

Open source

Sharing economy

‘Pay it forward’

Collaborative consumption

Motivation

Autonomy, mastery and purpose.

DAN PINK

Boom in online learning

..talent from unconventional sources

What’s needed?AUTONOMY

Give candidates the opportunity to discover their ideal path by themselves.

MASTERY

Give candidates the opportunity to learn and master new skills.

PURPOSE

Give candidates an outcome (job) towards which they can focus their skills development.

Online:Offline:Experiential

Why teach your future workforce?

ATTRACTION

• Diversity

• Re-position employer brand

SELECTION

• Add value to those unsuccessful -> advocates

• Corporate Citizenship / CSR

RETENTION

• Hit the ground running

• Insight into role

“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . in order

to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”- Karl Fisch

Shift Happens…

Get in touch

Rajeeb Dey [email protected]

@rajdey

Get in touch

Rajeeb Dey [email protected]

@rajdey