The Emergence of Hiring Startups: How Blue Collar Job Platforms are Shaping the Future of Recruitment
“Gotta Get Where It’s Going, Not Go Where It’s At”
According to a survey conducted in January 2022, 116 CEOs cited a shortage of qualified labor as their companies’ biggest challenge. This scarcity of quality labor has given rise to hundreds of hiring startups.
This article provides an overview of the hiring startup landscape, specifically focusing on skilled blue collar hiring platforms.
We will also discuss the history of hiring companies, current hiring trends, and future prospects for these platforms.
Overview of the Hiring Startup Market
The hiring startup market comprises companies that assist candidates in securing employment. These startups come in different shapes and sizes, leading to overlapping categories.
The market includes general job platforms like LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, and Indeed, as well as enterprise recruiting software, point solutions such as SeekOut and Uncommon Co. that focus on sourcing, broad solutions like Talent Rover and HiringThing with sourcing capabilities, and specialized hiring companies that concentrate on particular groups, such as developers, nurses, and unskilled blue-collar workers.
Other adjacent spaces include job-related education programs, professional/social networks, enterprise training programs, and other enterprise HR software.
History of Hiring Companies
Before 1995, companies primarily relied on their personal networks, placed ads in newspapers, or utilized staffing agencies to fill roles. Some noteworthy staffing agencies, such as Randstad, Allegis, and Robert Half, remain in operation today.
In the internet era, companies could post job openings on platforms like Craigslist, Monster, and HotJobs. LinkedIn, founded in 2002, revolutionized the industry, and its rapid scaling in 2007 resulted in the growth of horizontal job boards.
Today, modern job platforms are unbundled and verticalized.
Skilled Blue Collar Hiring Platforms
The scarcity of skilled blue collar workers has resulted in the emergence of specialized hiring platforms like Workrise, Nana Academy, and BlueRecruit.
These startups use technology to streamline the recruitment process, automate repetitive tasks, and match candidates with employers quickly. Workrise, formerly known as RigUp, focuses on matching skilled labor with industries like oil and gas, renewable energy, and infrastructure.
Nana Academy offers training programs and helps candidates obtain certifications in construction and other skilled trades.
BlueRecruit concentrates on matching skilled tradespeople with the construction industry.
What’s Next for Hiring Startups?
Hiring startups are becoming more sophisticated, using technology to differentiate themselves from competitors.
Many firms are implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning to more effectively match candidates with roles.
Additionally, hiring companies are partnering with educational institutions to bridge the skills gap and provide training programs that lead to job placements.
In the future, the hiring space is likely to be unbundled even further, leading to the creation of more specialized hiring companies.
Conclusion
The shortage of qualified labor is a significant challenge facing companies today.
Hiring startups are using technology to streamline the recruitment process and more effectively match candidates with employers.
Skilled blue-collar hiring platforms represent a growing segment of the hiring startup market, and more specialized platforms are likely to emerge in the future.
As the job market continues to evolve, so too will the hiring industry, with hiring startups playing an increasingly vital role in matching candidates with employers.
Join our Discord Server in order to grow your network of creators, technicians, and founders. Together we’re building our future, changing our lives together.
See you at the Society of Imagination
Thank You,
Mansa
