{"id":1338,"date":"2025-01-23T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buyerads.com\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:08:32","slug":"lets-all-take-in-a-deep-breath-and-rethink-2025-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buyerads.com\/blog\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s All Take In a Deep Breath and Rethink 2025 Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1416 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/buyerads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-truth-be-told.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>As we ease into the new year, I am optimistic about the future of our agency and the continued evolution of our industry as a whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the dominant theme was AI and of course every vendor was suddenly an AI expert, and your tech stack had to be supercharged by AI, or you would be left behind.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2024, AI fatigue had finally set in, and luckily human intelligence overtook the artificial hype, and we all sobered up. Don\u2019t get me wrong. I\u2019m certain AI will steal our jobs, take over the world, and if left unchecked, destroy us all; just not today.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s mid-January, what\u2019s the plan besides worrying about your New Year\u2019s Resolutions (you can do it!)? How about we all take a deep breath, hold it till the count of ten and then exhale all the over-hyped 2024 tech nonsense you inhaled last year and let\u2019s get back to the basics of recruiting?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, don\u2019t underestimate the power of revisiting the obvious before jumping onto the next trending bandwagon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>How you ask? Simply do the following.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diversify your recruitment advertising<\/li>\n<li>Use a programmatic media strategy<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget the importance of job SEO<\/li>\n<li>Streamline your applicant process<\/li>\n<li>Incentivize recruiters to succeed<\/li>\n<li>Leverage quality analytics to make decisions (not from your ATS or from recruiter hunches)<\/li>\n<li>Invest in your Employer Brand and prove it with content<\/li>\n<li>Build relationships with candidates<\/li>\n<li>Invest in your staffing team and not an RPO<\/li>\n<li>Use AI to give you a meaningful advantage but ignore the smoke and mirrors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, partner with a reputable recruitment advertising agency to\u00a0help you with all of these tasks and more in 2025. Contact us today to learn how Buyer Advertising has been exceeding industry leaders\u2019 expectations with unmatched expertise, strategy, and technology solutions for close to sixty years.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to a prosperous new year of recruiting!<\/p>\n<p>Joel Glick<br \/>\nManaging Partner<br \/>\nBuyer Advertising<\/p>\n<p><em>Buyer provides custom talent solutions that deliver the right candidates to you. We cultivate unique\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/brands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employer Brands<\/a>, and our industry-leading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/talent-engine\/optimize.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engine optimized<\/a>\u00a0hiring platform, Buyer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/talent-engine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talent Engine<\/a>, empowers recruiters with a smarter way to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/talent-engine\/attract.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attract<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/talent-engine\/engage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engage<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buyerads.com\/talent-engine\/analyze.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyze<\/a>, and track candidates through the entire hiring process \u2013 backed by a team of industry leaders with a passion for customer service.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we ease into the new year, I am optimistic about the future of our agency and the continued evolution of our industry as a whole. 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