7. Where are you?
Strategic
Foundational
Data driven decision making
Understanding
of employee
value proposition
Defined employer
brand strategy
Influential talent brand
engaging employees and
candidates
Brand
Post-and-pray
Jobs on niche boards and
social platforms
Targeted engagement
to attract highly
qualified candidates
Talent segmentation and
prioritization
Jobs
Reactive, over-reliant on
agencies
Build internal capabilities
to focus on passive talent
Engage with strong pipeline of
leads and
‘silver medalists’
Team-wide pipelining
with engaged talent
communities
Sourcing
Talent Acquisition siloed
from HR
Engage HR counterparts and
Hiring Managers
Strong collaboration
with Marketing, PR,
Communications
Strategic business advisor to
C-Suite
Partnership
Metrics
Established metrics
and benchmarks
Developing
Traditional
Talent Acquisition Team Skills and Capabilities
8. Talent organizations are becoming more strategic
Strategic
Foundational
Strategic:
Low cost
Efficient
Quality of hire focus
Proactive pipeline-based process
Developing
Traditional
Reactive:
High cost
Labor-intensive
Applicant quantity focus
Req to req process
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