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Marketing people will not necessarily be pleased with such a statement, but let’s think about it for a moment; if you can convince your customers to promote your products, why not try to convince them to promote you as an employer?

2014 will be E! 2014 is coming soon. And, as we are now entering the final phase of the certification process with our participants, I’ve had the chance to talk to some of the best HR Directors worldwide to see what their future challenges are. Here are some of the results. So get ready for 2014, because the HR departments are not standing still!

Looking for a job has never been so easy. In less than 10 years, we have moved away from paper-based job offers; firstly, to internet job boards and then to the actual omnipresence of the company’s own websites. The “war for talent” has obliged even the best companies to find ways of differentiating themselves when it comes to recruiting, in order to make themselves more visible, more attractive and more convincing. In fact, most of the Fortune 500 companies are self-proclaimed “ Employers of Choice ”. But is this enough in the current climate to reach the previous goals?

This morning, the first thing I did was to make myself a coffee. The second was to check my emails. That way working from home starts straight away. It appears I have a few projects going on in Asia and, due to the time difference, we overlap for very few working hours a day. Also, there was an urgent message from an HR Director asking for some details. If I’d waited to be in the office to answer, without checking my emails with my coffee, this HRD would have had to wait until the next day, and surely would have had a negative experience as a result. Instead, he actually came back to me a bit later, thanking me for my efforts.

Keep track of your former employees (corporate alumni networks); they can be the future of your business.alumni corporate networks Reading the news today gives a clear status: there are many unemployed people. This means that recruitment is becoming easier. Nevertheless, most HR and Recruitment managers admit it becomes more challenging everyday to recruit the right person for the right function. As a matter of fact, the challenge is not to recruit anymore; it’s to get the Top Talent for your company.