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The Effects of Workforce Trends and Changes on Organizational Recruiting: A Practical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2015

Jennifer Lee Gibson
Jennifer Lee Gibson*
Affiliation:
Fors Marsh Group, LLC, Arlington, Virginia
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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jennifer Lee Gibson, Fors Marsh Group, LLC, 1010 North Glebe Road, Suite 510, Arlington, VA 22201. E-mail: [email protected]
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As a workforce evolves, it is important for employers to consider how trends and changes in the workforce have implications for organizational processes such as recruiting, selecting, training, and rewarding a cohort of workers (Costanza & Finkelstein, 2015). This article examines the practical aspects of workforce changes on organizations’ recruitment efforts. Particularly in the face of recruiting shortages, it is important to understand how to best to develop a large and qualified pool of applicants.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 383 - 387
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2015 

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