The job hunt is about to change : Are you ready?

By Penelope Trunk

One of the biggest workplace changes that will take place in the next few years is the way people are hired. So how do you get ready for the changes? Be a good candidate for one thing. But also, be conscious of how employers will start shifting to meet the good candidates, because you want to be right there with them. Read the full article here

Here are four ways hiring practices will change:

1. Companies will make recruiting young employees the top priority.

2. Candidates will drive the hiring process rather than employers.

3. Companies will stop writing stupid ads.

JobFox is an employment matching site that presents a model for creating better job descriptions. An extensive set of questions - based on industry-specific research - helps companies write the kind of job descriptions that actually inform people about what is being offered. JobFox knows the pitfalls of the job specifications, and the transparency and honesty of the JobFox-generated description could become an industry standard.

4. The quality match will take center stage.

One form this might take is hiring people via their blogs. Blogging lets candidates show their ideas and their personality, and their work habits, which are all the things that matter to an employer. A blog is like a living, breathing resume and network rolled into one, which makes it a very practical job hunting tool for candidates and employers.

Conclusion : The workplace will get great.

That’s right. The current gulf between what employees want and what employers are offering will have to close, out of financial necessity for both parties. And we’ll see a super-motivated workforce raising productivity levels to record highs while moving from job to job, to gather skills, contacts, and growth opportunities.