b'T O P10 Recruitment Trendsfor 20201.Companies will focus more than ever on creating a strong candidate experience, which will improve the quality of their hires by 70%. To do this, they will establish an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) that clearly differentiates their company from others and demonstrates what a future employee will get in return for bringing their skills to the company.2.Remote work previously considered a perk, will soon become mainstream. The number of re-mote jobs has already grown by 173% since 2005 and will now be considered a priority for many top candidates. Even the largest companies will follow the lead of Amazon, CVS Health, and Amer-ican Express which boast a significant number of remote work opportunities.3.Businesses will pay a great deal of attention to their reputation as an employer and work hard to improve their brand.Already, three-quarters of job seekers consider the reputation of a company before applying for a job and refuse to take the next step if that reputation isnt strong. In this ef-fort, companies will find ways to show potential candidates what its like to work there, featuring profiles of top employees on social sites to put a face on the company, and using video to share an inside look.4.Within five years, almost three-quarters of internet users will access the web exclusively by smart-phone. That means that creating a mobile job site and a simple, streamlined, mobile application process will become top priorities. The best companies will demonstrate their respect for their top candidates time and intelligence by creating an application that can be completed online in under 10 minutes.5.Companies will find that even the most amazing employee-centric culture wont provide a recruit-ing advantage if its invisible to candidates. Employees spend nearly two months on average re-searching companies to better understand their culture and how they treat their employees.In order to attract the best candidates, company leaders will establish a clear mission and strong core values and then take the critical step of broadcasting those things far and wide.6.Companies will double-down on employee development and highlight their development oppor-tunities and learning resources to attract the highest performing candidates. LinkedIn research shows that employees from all generations value career development and growth opportunities and they discovered that 59% of employees specifically changed jobs last year to further increase their development opportunities.20'