Due to the situation caused by Covid-19, millions of unemployed people are at risk of exclusion from the labour market, with the economic and social consequences that this entails. Firstly, because it is difficult for them to find a job, and secondly, because they are unable to access higher quality and more sustainable jobs due to a lack of digital skills. In order to improve the employability of these professionals in a situation of redundancy, the Transformational...
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of recruitment, where talent recruitment looks very different than it did a mere 15 or 16 months ago, before the crisis; forcing many to turn to mostly virtual and digital recruiting processes, with the rise and emergence of more sophisticated hybrid recruiting models. Additionally, organisations are becoming much more intentional about fostering cultures that prioritise diversity, equity and inclusion. So, what’s next? What is the long-term picture for...
“Hiring talent remains the number one concern of CEOs in the most recent Conference Board Annual Survey; it’s also the top concern of the entire executive suite,” according to the Harvard Business Review. The ‘war for talent’ refers to an increasingly competitive landscape for the recruitment and retention of talented employees. In 1997, the phrase was coined by Steven Hankin, of McKinsey & Company. What’s more, according to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends survey, 61% of...
According to the latest “Future of Work 2021 Global Outlook” report by Monster, after analysing their findings from the vast amount of data gathered, they pinpointed the top three recruiting challenges identified by recruiters for 2021: Finding candidates with the right skills, Work/life balance expectation, Virtual recruiting Challenge 1: Finding candidates with the right skills So why is it difficult to find candidates with the right skills? The nature of work is rapidly changing due...
According to the latest report “The Rise of Talent Intelligence” by Talent Tech Labs, the quantity of data about potential hires in the recruitment process is only going to continue to grow as companies expand. AI and data-driven recruitment is essential in processing the sheer quantity of data and information collected. Smart solutions such as the emergence of Talent Intelligence can help to solve this problem. What Is Talent Intelligence? Talent Intelligence is broadly used...
Catenon would like to give a huge warm welcome to our three new recruits: Cristina Merino Fernández, Carolina Rivera Rubio and Leticia Mesonero Marcos! Cristina Merino Fernández as International Digital Recruiter at Catenon. Cristina has a solid experience as a Recruiter in different professional environments. Her last experience was at JobandTalent in end-to-end recruitment, key account management and specialisation in Logistics. TalentHackers, Catenon’s business unit specialising in technological profiles, continues to grow with the incorporation of...
Catenon, the technology-based firm specialising in the global search for professionals and digital talent solutions, recorded last Friday the biggest daily rise of a company listed on the Spanish stock exchange so far in 2021, after the company’s first-quarter earnings preview. Last Friday, its shares rose after the advance of its first quarter accounts, which show an increase of 358% in profitability and 50% in sales. Listed on BME Growth, aimed at growth companies, its share...
On 25th March, the CENTRHO Association of AEDIPE held the gala of the 1st edition of the INNOVARH Awards, where the Talent Hackers project developed by Catenon, the first platform based on nodal technology for the search of STEM professionals, was chosen as the best initiative of an HR Services company for Companies. Catenon has always been committed to #innovation and #technology to create new disruptive models in the search for professionals, and especially in...
No one can deny that there is an underrepresentation of women in executive roles and C-Suite positions. Despite the significant progress that has been made, women’s representation at the executive level of organisations remains troublingly low. According to a report by Cranfield School of Management and EY, the percentage of women holding FTSE 250 executive director roles was just 11.3% in 2020. Why is this? Unfortunately, it is not solely the glass ceiling (the invisible barrier...
It is no secret that the digital and technological acceleration is transforming the labour market. In fact, according to the framework that McKinsey and Company have developed for the pace of automation adoption, 22 percent of current work activities (equivalent to 53 million jobs) could be automated by 2030, assuming a midpoint scenario. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020, easily automated jobs such as Data Entry Clerks, Administrative secretaries and Accountants will decrease...
