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With the publication of a special report on headhunters, Les Affaires is focussing on human resource issues.
One of these issues is the retention of new employees. The vast majority of headhunting firms offer a guarantee ranging from six months to one year to both client and candidates. “If it doesn’t work out during this period, we take the file back,” explains Louise Martel, Partner, Consulting Services. It is therefore essential to find the right candidate for the right challenges.
With this in mind, human resources professionals are finding that technical skills are becoming less important today. “Less and less time is spent evaluating them, to the benefit of behavioural and relational skills,” says Martel.
This report also includes an article on the integration of artificial intelligence into hiring processes. Our recruiting experts, partners Louise Martel and Jean-François Boudreault, also contributed to this article.
Even if artificial intelligence can be used, e.g. to perform an automated CV pre-analysis, Jean-François Boudreault says that “our profession is a craft; the emotional aspect remains very important. There are things that are experienced in interviews that cannot be described on paper. This is what our role is all about.”