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This innovative book makes an intellectual case for recruiters in the United States to abandon the traditional recruitment model and past performance premise in finding and qualifying candidates for employment, due to the anticipated exponential growth in computer and technical jobs from 2030 and beyond. Although the traditional recruitment model and past performance premise have brought a level of success to recruiters in the past, the model and premise are now too linear to keep up with the anticipated technical job growth. Macro-environmental trends such as a shrinking U.S. labor pool, a decline in U.S. birthrates, retiring baby boomers, technological advances and changes to the U.S. immigration process, are forces which impede recruiters in finding and selecting talent to fill computer and technical jobs. As a result of the macro-environmental trends, recruiters must transition to a forward-thinking new hiring model called the Recruiters' Insight, Experience, and Competency (R.I.E.C) Model. The R.I.E.C. model pronounced as 'Rike, ' is a six-component, customer-focused, engagement model integrated with foresight techniques, tools, and competencies, such as the STEEP analysis tool, horizon scanning, and anticipatory management, to help the new age recruiter find and select talent in a global and technical world. The R.I.E.C. model serves as a forward-thinking tool which keeps recruiters relevant by having a continuous link to the external environments without using past performance as an indicator of future performance in qualifying candidates for jobs. The research also fuses global trends data and forecasts using the International Futures (IFs) Model to illustrate how the external shifts will impact the method in which recruiters find and qualify candidates for computer and technical jobs. Overall, the 'how-to' book provides practical approaches for HR and recruitment professionals to utilize right now to anticipate and respond to macrotrends to protect and position their internal and external customers for the future.