A Note from the Editor

I can’t believe this is the last newsletter of the year already!

We hope you have a wonderful break and exactly the Christmas you’re hoping for! See you in the new year! 🎄🎅🎁🎉

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Naturally, with it being the end of the year, people are looking back on what a year it’s been. Wave asked the industry’s top voices what they thought and, of course, Louise was among them!

“Recruitment in 2023 saw a number of changes driven by technological advances, evolving demands of the workforce and economic challenges. The integration of artificial intelligence and automation was at the forefront of everything, streamlining the recruitment process and even the application process for candidates.

For 2024 we expect to see further AI and technological integration, with much talk of true personalisation in candidate experience and predictive matching and hiring. No doubt the nature of remote and hybrid work models will be under the microscope, as will a focus on diversity and the elimination of bias in the recruitment process.

We continue to see exciting technology enter the market and the challenge is determining the relevance and longevity to the recruitment business.”

Check out the article to find out what everyone else thought.

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We’d also like to say a huge congratulations to our partners, CV Library, who won Best Generalist Job Board at the Noras!

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