Recruitment in Norway - why anti-agile?
“Everything” within Norwegian tech and business in general is well on the way of becoming super-agile. We have agile software development, agile product development, agile organizations, agile projects, agile teams and much more.
But! Recruitment still seems to be stuck in the old ways of doing things, and in many cases being carried out as rigid and anti-agile as it can be. Why?
One of my theories is that there has been put incredible high sums of money and time into developing tools and processes within the field of recruitment and thus companies and recruitment companies have a problem moving away from this.
Since we started in 2019, we have aimed to be the driver for more modern and agile recruitment services. Of our 500+ hires at both management and technical level, more or less 90% of these hires has had an agile approach in relation to how we have worked with our clients.
So, what does agile recruitment mean? Let us take the 12 agile principles and put them into a recruitment perspective.
Client satisfaction through early and continuous delivery of high value talent
Embracing change based on learning and review of candidates
Delivering candidates in short time frames and as soon as possible
Work closely together with our clients in short sprints and step away from the long-list / short-list practises
Building projects for and around highly motivated individuals and include all stakeholders int the process
Frequent face-to-face updates with Client & Candidate
Candidates are primary measure of success
Promoting sustainable processes & development
Constant pace and momentum
Simplicity is essential
The best solutions emerge from our self-organizing teams and where we have teams working on positions, not just one person
Constantly reflect, tune, and adjust
Would you like to know more about how agile recruitment is a must in order to secure the best talent? Let`s grab a coffee. Would love to learn more about your company and your future recruitment plans and of course, happy to share some insight into agile recruitment and the market in general.
Erik Falk Hansen
Co-Founder | 40 43 54 93 | efh@avantgardesearch.no