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title: How to Succeed in Recruiting in the New Year
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# How to Succeed in Recruiting in the New Year

by [Carrie Kolar](https://blog.rpoassociation.org/blog/author/carrie-kolar) Tue, Jan 19, 2016 ** Share [**](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.rpoassociation.org/blog/how-to-succeed-in-recruiting-in-the-new-year) [**](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.rpoassociation.org/blog/how-to-succeed-in-recruiting-in-the-new-year&text=) [**](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.rpoassociation.org/blog/how-to-succeed-in-recruiting-in-the-new-year&title=&summary=&source=)

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[Your Plan for Success in 2016 Needs These Ingredients – Fordyce Letter - @FordyceLetter](http://www.eremedia.com/fordyce/plan-to-succeed-with-these-4-guides/)

Success doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of hard work and planning, particularly in the competitive field of staffing and recruitment. This article recommends four essential components for any successful plan, including budgeting and buy-in, hiring based on milestone growth, examining new market opportunities, and incentive and recognition programs. The article examines the importance of each of these components and how you can implement them in your company.

[6 Trends that Will Change How You Recruit in 2016 – Fordyce Letter - @FordyceLetter](http://www.eremedia.com/fordyce/6-trends-that-will-change-how-you-recruit-in-2016/)

Recruiting is a difficult game, and it will only get harder in 2016 as candidates become scarcer and hiring time increases. This article suggests six recruiting trends that we’ll see in 2016 as the recruiting industry adjusts to the increasingly rough playing field. These trends include data driven hiring, engaging with passive candidates, expanding social recruiting, the increasing value of qualified tech candidates, globalization of screening, and the importance of mobile recruiting.

[2016 Forecasts and Predictions: More Hiring, Higher Wages, Longer Fill Times – ERE - @ERE_net](http://www.eremedia.com/ere/forecasts-and-predictions-more-hiring-higher-wages-longer-fill-times/)

If you want reliable predictions for the new year, industry experts are a good place to start. This article presents eight predictions for the coming year from different industry experts covering subjects like wages, employment rates, and hiring in IT. Some of the predictions include that IT hiring will be more aggressive than the year before, that wages for key positions will be going up several percentage points, and that the minimum wage will continue to rise all over the country.

[What Will Be Your Theme for 2016? – SHRM - @WeKnowNext](http://blog.shrm.org/blog/what-will-be-your-theme-for-2016)

Setting goals is always a part of the new year. What if instead of creating a handful of individual goals, you could set an overarching theme that defines your ambitions and plans for success in the coming year? This article shares the story of an executive search professional who seeks to motivate and inspire herself, her candidates, and her workshop participants by identifying a single theme for the year and setting goals that they can use to guide their progress as the year goes on. She includes a specific motivational tool, letter writing to yourself, that can be leveraged to inspire and energize the whole year through.

[2016 List of Recruiting and Human Resource Conferences – RPOA - @RPOAssociation](http://www.rpoassociation.org/blog/2016-list-of-recruiting-and-human-resources-conferences)

Whether you’re looking to increase your contacts, network with potential partners, or learn about new trends and technologies, this year’s recruiting and human resources conference are the places to go to learn and grow professionally both as an individual and in your business. This article presents a list of top recruiting and human resource conferences for the year, with information on each event’s date, location, and host, as well as a blurb about the conference’s topic and rates.

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