b'7.Candidates will receive lightning-fast responses to their applications because those hiring will know that the top 10% of candidates disappear from the marketplace in less than 10 days. Although candidates will have the luxury of researching potential employers for months, they will expect responses to their applica-tions within hours and a hiring decision in weeks, if not days. To keep up, organizations will rely heavily on recruiting technol-ogy to search for, identify, and reach out to great talent in less time. 8.As a part of their Employee Value Proposition (EVP),companieswillestablishasolidon-boarding process that begins with pre-board-ing, before the new hire shows up for their first day of work. Top candidates will be at-tracted to the opportunity to join a company that pays strong attention to onboarding and ensuresastrongstart.Morejobcandidates will seek jobs that allow them to work from lo-cations other than their employers pri-mary site.9.Companies will increasingly seek tocreateamultigeneration workforce. To attract tal ent of all ages, theyll carve out new career paths, introduce more flexiblebenefits,andfind new ways for generations toshareintelligence. They will learn that Baby Boomers (age 55 to 73) putthehighestpriority on working for a company with a purposeful mission and Gen Z is most likely to value training.10.than ever, future hires will More comefromwithinthecompany. In an increasingly tight talent mar-ket,organizationswillrediscover the benefits of internal hiring and worktobetterunderstandhow theiremployeeswanttolearn and grow.21'