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Marty McFly’s preview of 2015 may not have been true to our reality, but the changes the recruiting profession has undergone in the last 30 years resemble something out of Back to the Future.
During a keynote at LinkedIn’s Talent Connect Summit last month, Erin Scruggs, the platform’s VP of talent acquisition, shared how the field has changed since 1995 when she landed her first recruiting job at a Baltimore-based staffing agency that primarily placed contractors in government roles.
“In that era, a recruiter spent most of their time focused on the thrill of the hunt, finding the names and contact information