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Monday, August 13, 2018

Holistic Approach - Ultimate Strategy to Acquire the Best Talent

The biggest challenge in the talent acquisition marketplace today is competition. Unemployment is at an all time low as the economy is heading northward steadily. Hence, acquiring the best talent requires a proactive approach. There’s also a dire need for brands and companies to focus on retaining talent besides acquiring skills and providing internal resources necessary for hiring top talent.

Well, here’s where many companies fumble. Rather than concentrating on the big picture or having a visionary and holistic approach, companies and brands do not mind sacrificing the brand and its effectiveness in their effort to save on time.  Let's look at few mistakes that brands make when they go talent hunting and how a holistic approach can be the ultimate strategy for acquiring the best talent.

Taking Shortcuts – Brands tend to take shortcuts like mass emailing or spamming to be specific.  To acquire around 10 candidates they mass mail 75 and ruin it all. Comparatively, an approach wherein they mail only 10 out of the 75 candidates personally can work wonders and get optimum output. 

No Upgradation – Many companies and brands are still using run of the mill methods of hiring and show a lot of resistance when it comes to upgrading to new technology or incorporating new strategies or new skills acquisition. Upgradation is a must to meet the hiring needs of today’s times amid competition.

Quantity over Quality – This is again a mistake that many brands, organizations or companies keep making. Concentrating on quality can help in a far better way and looking out for employees that are a culture fit through sources like referrals is a good idea.  Having said that, there is no denying that referrals aren’t always the best idea. For a profitability and culture shift you need to have a more proactive recruiter led or outbound approach. 

One Source Only– If you stick to only one source for all your hiring needs for example linked in, then you’ve already lost the battle. So, go all out and widen your source horizon to get optimum results. 

Over Complicating – Using the latest technology like the artificial intelligence or open web sourcing tools is always a great idea but becoming a slave of it entirely ain’t. Rather than over-complicating, try to make things simple. A little bit of automation is necessary to speed up the tedious tasks so that you can be more productive, is great. The fact always remains that technology is only the vehicle that you drive. Ultimately, whether the ride turns out to be bumpy or smooth irrespective of whether you’re driving a Maruti or a Mercedez, depends only on how the roads are and how you drive. 

Well, to get the most out of the sources you have, try increasing your network of people, join forums, communities to learn and upgrade yourself consistently and last but not the least hiring is all about candidate experience, so focus on that and sail through the hiring rapids with ease. 

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