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15 - Implications of the Changing Nature of Work for Recruitment and Retention

from Part III - Implications for Talent Management and Impact on Employees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

By
Wayne F. Cascio
Edited by
Brian J. Hoffman ,
Mindy K. Shoss  and
Lauren A. Wegman
Brian J. Hoffman
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
Mindy K. Shoss
Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Lauren A. Wegman
Affiliation:
University of Georgia
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Summary

This chapter focuses on six key areas that are affecting recruitment and retention: (1) technology, (2) social media, (3) big data, (4) HR technology and information systems, (5) globalization, and (6) demographics. It begins with a brief review of changes in each of these areas and how they are affecting work. Then we consider how these same changes are affecting recruitment, recognizing that in the age of the Internet and social media, recruitment is, by definition, global. In a concluding section, we offer research-based suggestions regarding what managers can do to maximize the retention of talented employees that they want to keep.

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talent managementrecruitmentretentionHR technologysocial mediabig datademographicsglobalization
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The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work , pp. 318 - 339
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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