More technical and powerful – where next for resourcing leaders?
6 March 2013
In-house recruitment is becoming an ever-more technical discipline, and one likely to take an increasingly major role in the HR family in the future.
Thu, 7 Mar 2013
In-house recruitment is becoming an ever-more technical discipline, and one likely to take an increasingly major role in the HR family in the future.
This is the reckoning of Andy Hill (right), vice president of talent and resourcing at advanced technologies firm Invensys, delivering a session entitled ‘Growing a global recruitment team’ at last week’s Smart Resourcing 2013 event, sponsored by Eploy.
Hill, who leads recruitment at a firm employing over 20,000 people in 128 countries, says: “It’s becoming a more and more technical job,”
This is not just in terms of the technology being used, in particular with an in-depth understanding of marketing being needed, but also is due to the fact that resourcing teams are being asked to comprehensively understand business strategy, becoming “more professional, more rounded”.
The development of recruitment as a discipline “is what HR is becoming”, Hill suggested, namely a function dedicated to improving “the effectiveness of an organisation”.
"I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years you see really quality resourcing people sitting as heads of HR," he concluded.
In-house recruitment is becoming an ever-more technical discipline, and one likely to take an increasingly major role in the HR family in the future.
This is the reckoning of Andy Hill (right), vice president of talent and resourcing at advanced technologies firm Invensys, delivering a session entitled ‘Growing a global recruitment team’ at last week’s Smart Resourcing 2013 event, sponsored by Eploy.
Hill, who leads recruitment at a firm employing over 20,000 people in 128 countries, says: “It’s becoming a more and more technical job,”
This is not just in terms of the technology being used, in particular with an in-depth understanding of marketing being needed, but also is due to the fact that resourcing teams are being asked to comprehensively understand business strategy, becoming “more professional, more rounded”.
The development of recruitment as a discipline “is what HR is becoming”, Hill suggested, namely a function dedicated to improving “the effectiveness of an organisation”.
"I wouldn't be surprised if in a few years you see really quality resourcing people sitting as heads of HR," he concluded.
- Click for more online news from Smart Resourcing 2013, the must-attend event for in-house recruitment professionals, and check out next week’s March edition of Recruiter for more from Hill and other speakers. And see also DeeDee Doke's profile interview with of Hill in last July's Recruiter.
