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How far will you go to find the right talent for your organisation?

posted on 16 Dec 10
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by Andy Headworth
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[Please note: this graphic is represents a journey through the stages, not a heirachical structure with the top being the pinnacle.]

Just how far will you go to find the right talent for your organisation?

Some client conversations over the last few weeks produces a consistent answer - not far enough.
It seems that many resourcing teams and recruitment agencies are still very reticent to do much for themselves when it comes to recruiting. They may search their own database, they may (possibly) even search their own database (sadly not that often though!) But, many companies simply fall at the 2nd or 3rd hurdle give up and throw their money at recruitment agencies to solve their problem.
While that can definitely be the viable option for certain skill sets, many companies should be doing more.
It may well seem like a large mountain to climb ( dodgy analogy warning - had to tie it in to the graphic I created!!), but success and cost savings depend on how far up the mountain you are prepared to go.

Alright the mountain image is only a representation, but the sad thing is most companies don't get past the nursery slopes! What is encouraging is that there are now companies that are prepared to get climbing, and are into the social recruiting snow cap!!

Some are even reaching the summit and engaging top quality researchers like Heather Travis and super sourcers - like Katharine Robinson - the current Grand Master Sourcer to help identify and build targeted talent pools.

So how far are you going to find the right talent for your organisation? Should you not be climbing higher?

Go on…………………………… get your crampons out!!

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Andy Headworth
I work with companies to help them improve their recruitment strategies, recruitment processes, candidate attraction, employer branding and recruitment content marketing strategy. I am also an international speaker, with a growing schedule for 2015. My second book, Social Media Recruitment - How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy, is published on 3rd May 2015. To get a 25% discount for pre-ordering my book use code SMRAD25 when ordering via publishers site here https://www.koganpage.com/SMR | | Follow Andy on Twitter | Connect with Andy on LinkedIn  | Connect with Andy on Google+  | Send Andy an email
  • https://www.ayeright.com Stephen O’Donnell

    Sometimes cliche’s are right on the money. The best one I heard recently (from Sarah Knight), was that “When you go the extra mile, the road is far less congested.”

  • Sussexmatt

    Hi Andy, can’t say I agree with your mountain there. Social recruiting is undoubtedly important but placing referral, correct databasing and searching of your candidate pool and effectively using internal advertising at the bottom of the mountain is, I would suggest, wrong thinking. These elements of the recruitment cycle are extremely important and need to be managed effectively before running off and setting up social properties. Far too many companies are going off and delving into social without actually having anything compelling for a candidate to come back to or thinking about the candidate experience.

    If you don’t have that right then you will not succeed and are in all likelihood missing out on talent you have either identified previously or already have in the business.

    I’m also not sure why you are suggesting that using recruitment agencies and exec search are more important than using and searching your own talent pool?

    Much as I like and appreciate the work of expert sourcers such as Katherine I think it’s wrong to suggest that it is a silver bullet to bring them in. Surely any business serious about building capability should be looking to build recruiting and resourcing talent and not buying it in?

    Having been through the process of looking at all these elements over the past 5/6 months I can say I agree that there is an element who will knee jerk and just go to agencies but if we are talking about the mountain then those are the people on the nursery slopes. It is up to the business to re-educate them and move them into becoming better at their jobs and providing an exceptional experience for every candidate. They should also be learning how to become effective recruiters using both internal and external tools.

  • /sironaconsult Andy Headworth

    Matt,

    Can I just explain - I am simply saying that on the ‘recruitment road’ - companies should have done all the things first before they get up to social recruiting. That is why I have put it at the top!
    there is no way I would ever advocate looking at social recruiting until you have tried all the other methods. I agree many companies haven’t even got their career sites sorted out or a decent recruitment process, and they still want to go social…. which is madness!

    My point of including the likes of Katharine at the top is with regards to the concept of talent pooling. The vast majority of companies are simply not doing anything about it, and for me it is what they should be striving to achive - engaged pools of relevant talent to use for developing and sourcing future talent. If a company is really serious about future talent, and are not sure how to start, then the likes of Katharine and Heather are a serious commitment, and are not to be taken lightly. So if a company is prepared to go that far then, for me, it is a big step forward.

    Think of the mountain as a journey that needs to be completed on the way rather than the ‘top is best’ thought process.

    Great new site by the way - I hope it is working well for you?

    Andy

  • /colinminto Colinminto

    I think it’s also worth noting that it’s not a case of trying things and moving to the next level. Corporate employers should indeed try all methodologies and channels available to them and measure the success across the range of levels and disciplines they recruit within.

    Trying however is only possible when understanding and sensitivity challenges have been overcome, usually by building a solid strategic business case and progressing in bite sized steps.

    If things work, they should remain part of an integrated Direct Resourcing Strategy and brought into play at the appropriate time and hiring situation.

    Us corporate’s understand that ‘social’ is the current buzz, which is why every conference is majoring on it, but for me, social is just a component part of our Global Direct Resourcing Strategy and therefore just one of the weapons in our armoury. It’s a very important one, but just one!

    Finally, I cannot stress enough how important it is to ensure the corporate career environment provides an equal, if not more advanced, candidate experience to those on created on social channels to avoid taking candidates from ‘elation’ to ‘deflation’. The corporate career centre is the front door to the business and where the real first impression is made!

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