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The Rise of the Agile, Skills-Based Workforce

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Organizations are reimaging workforce talent. When one thinks about the traditional boundaries between full-time and extended employees, the rigidity that once existed is beginning to fade. Enterprises now have access to a more dynamic and flexible workforce. Whether it’s independent contractors, gig workers, or project-based professionals, such contributors are now central to workforce strategy and how work gets done. Continuing with his insights from last week’s article, Derek Sanders, chief revenue officer for Opptly, dives into the future of talent and intelligent engagement.

As marketplace demands change, organizations need access to specialized skills and the ability to scale. Concurrently, more professionals are choosing flexibility and engagement with multiple organizations. The result is a more fluid and agile workforce, but with added complexity. Enterprises can resolve this issue using direct sourcing to connect with candidates, aligning their skills with available roles. Access to a pipeline of candidates delivers faster hiring, cost savings, and stronger candidate engagement. However, organizations must avoid relying too much on direct sourcing for cost reduction rather than value. It is about creating meaningful engagement with talent through technology, strategy, and ongoing engagement. Direct sourcing is about talent curation and relationship maintenance, not simply a transactional process.

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AI Hype to Real Outcomes in Workforce Technology

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The hype around artificial intelligence in workforce technology is now shifting to practical applications. The conversation around AI is now about “how” rather than “when.” Those deeper questions focus on the measurable value AI can deliver to the enterprise. Derek Sanders, chief revenue officer for Opptly, provided further insights into the evolution of AI in talent technology and the emergence of skills-based intelligence during a recent Future of Work Exchange Podcast.

In many companies, AI is becoming an operational foundation. We now expect AI to be used in process workflows, such as talent acquisition and talent management, and tied to specific business outcomes. Yet some companies continue to struggle to gain clarity on use cases, whether that’s improving hiring efficiency, reducing cycle times, or enhancing talent quality. Sanders explained that the focus of AI is now on solving real problems rather than showcasing features. It is a critical turning point, he said, particularly in talent and workforce management, where complexity has historically limited scalability.

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Key Providers for 2022: Opptly

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The Background:

Omni-channel talent acquisition has become a powerful way for enterprises to thrive in today’s evolving world of work. Businesses have realized, especially with a Great Resignation-fueled backdrop, that top-tier talent is not always available in a localized fashion or even through the traditional outlets that have carried the organization’s staffing requirements for years (or decades).

Talent communities, talent marketplaces, and talent pools, in addition to direct sourcing, have become critical elements of the new world of work and talent. Not only do businesses require the ability to directly-source talent by transforming their operations into internal recruiting agencies, but they also need to leverage its workplace culture, employer brand, and other organizational attributes to attract the best-fit talent and expertise. And, they require a true convergence of artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, next-level direct sourcing technology, and robust data science to get there.

Enter Opptly.

Why They Were Selected:

Talent decisions in 2022 are more important than they ever were before, as businesses continue to rely on their workforce as a key competitive differentiator in an increasingly-shifting and globalized corporate arena. Thus, it has become critical that enterprise hiring be founded on deep data and true talent intelligence in order to execute talent acquisition strategies that blend speed, quality, and alignment.

Opptly has become one of the industry’s leading direct sourcing and talent solutions due to its proprietary artificial intelligence-led offerings that catalyze next-generation hiring outcomes through its powerful AI-fueled fueled functionality, a frictionless user experience, and a candidate-centric nexus. With its foundation as a digital staffing solution (dating back to its days as Genesys Talent), Opptly’s wide range of differentiated direct sourcing offerings, particularly its unique blend of talent community development tech and its own expansive talent network, has enabled the company to become a Best-in-Class platform in the workforce solutions market.

In Their Own Words:

Opptly has modernized the way hiring companies and job seekers connect. When the workforce industry needed a solution that could accelerate and improve the talent acquisition process, Opptly built one. Our proprietary AI platform leverages best-in-class data science, skills focus, search and match, AI/machine learning, and neural network models to provide a direct sourcing solution that removes friction between talent and work and makes optimal hiring matches.

Opptly helps companies win in an intensely competitive market for talent by offering the broadest reach and seamless user experience along with advanced search capabilities. Going beyond simple semantics, our AI uses skills-based and success profile matching while filtering for workstyles such as contingent, permanent, remote, or in-office work. Together with our curation partners, we deliver optimally-matched talent within an AI platform that enriches the hiring experience.

With Opptly, clients can enhance and grow their private talent communities or engage Opptly’s talent communities for immediate access to millions of candidates. Clients that want to achieve the widest possible reach choose to access both. For today’s job seekers, there’s Opptly.Connect™, an intuitive app that delivers targeted work opportunities, all within a user experience that matches today’s direct-connect technologies.

Opptly was built by some of the sharpest minds in workforce solutions. Seeded by our ever-expanding talent communities, our proprietary AI enables innovative use cases, including career progression and data enrichment, military predictor and other specialty skills models, supply and demand analytics, and targeted sourcing initiatives. Visit Opptly.ai.

The Outlook:

Opptly represents the future of talent acquisition and recruitment technology. The company’s commitment to dynamic candidate data and intelligence is an indicator that Opptly’s next-generation technology will be incredibly crucial to businesses as they continue to traverse a volatile labor market and uncertain economic conditions. With seamless integrations into existing hiring strategies and technology, Opptly has the potential to permeate true total talent management into the spectrum of workforce initiatives.

The Opptly platform has been designed to represent the Future of Work movement; its leading-edge AI and candidate intelligence functionality position the solution to drive dynamic value to a market that requires real-time data, total talent acquisition capabilities, and a harmonious user experience to transform the way talent is engaged and hired.

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