Recruiting trends shaped by the pandemic

  Recruiting trends shaped by the pandemic The Pandemic has increased the challenges for recruitment and selection. Employee recruitment and selection happens when there is a shortage of human capital (Mwita, 2020). Recruitment in private organizations were largely affected than public organizations which continued to operate during COVID-19 as they were considered essential businesses. Many organizations were forced to curb their recruitment plans. Therefore, they had to retain existing staff and design layoff strategies to minimize cost (Elsafty et. al, 2020).  The concept of virtual workspaces has led to changes in organizational culture (Kingma, 2019). It has become much more difficult to hire talented employees (Ahmed et.al, 2020). In traditional business environment, recruiters meet with prospective employees for assessment. However due to the potential spread of COVID-19, HR professionals are currently focusing on online interviews. Job opportunities are published e...