Just as you have gotten a handle on recruiting millennials, we’re here to tell you that it’s time to get your head around the newest cohort joining the working ranks. Gen Z is the generation born between 1997 and 2012 and they will make up almost 40% of the working population by 2030, so now is the time to begin implementing ongoing recruitment strategies to ensure Gen Z talent is continuously brought into the organisation.
Cater to their flexibility
Gen Z is known as the independent generation. They grew up googling, reading columns and threads, and self-teaching via DIY videos. As a result, they seek more independence and purpose when looking for employment. They seek employers who offer flexible working arrangements and virtual teams. They are also looking for organisations that can offer job security, upward mobility, and a defined career path.
Speak their techy language
Being candidate-centric with Gen Z recruiting is all about the technology you use to engage them. They are the first to be born into a completely digital world. Their brains are wired to not only absorb countless amounts of information but to take it in instantaneously. For this generation, communication and technology are synonymous. You can create a better Gen Z recruiting candidate experience that’s both high-tech and high-touch with a mobile-friendly video interviewing platform that they can schedule at a time that suits them.
Make it speedy
Gen Z candidates move very quickly and expect to know where they stand within 2 weeks of their first interview. If you haven’t already, you really need to start looking at ways to streamline your recruitment process. It might mean using a modern ATS, psychometric assessments, and video interviews. An interviewing platform enables you to reach many candidates simultaneously, so you can reduce wait times in your process for each. Remember; the longer it takes between an interview and a job offer, or an application and interview, the more likely it is for that candidate to look elswhere.
Undoubtedly Gen Z will make their mark and will select roles that they want and that best suit them. Employers will have to be quick to choose the best and be the best, so as to retain them. If you’d like to speak to our team about how Vieple can assist in modernising your recruitment process for the new generation, please get in touch at hello@vieple.com