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How to win the War for Talent

 

To win the War for Talent, you must abandon traditional recruitment strategies for more modern techniques designed to engage today's top-tier personnel.
To win the War for Talent, you must abandon traditional recruitment strategies for more modern techniques designed to engage today’s top-tier personnel.

Currently, many businesses are locked in what recruitment experts call the “War for Talent.” This phenomenon, a symptom of decreasing unemployment levels and globalization, forces internal human resources personnel to fight tooth and nail to compete for a limited number of qualified candidates. Often, this means abandoning traditional recruitment strategies for more modern techniques designed to engage today’s top-tier personnel. If your organization has yet to adopt such hiring strategies, you must move quickly to make changes, as the War for Talent may never subside, according to Fast Company. The indications are that this war for qualified folks will intensify in in 2017!

Focus on benefits
Last year, the Society for Human Resource Management asked almost 800 recruitment professionals in the U.S. how they had changed their approach to account for increased competition. Approximately 95 percent of respondents said they started by bolstering their benefits packages with new health care incentives. Additionally, more than half introduced flexible work options to entice candidates looking for better work-life balance. It would be in your best interest to consider similar changes, as benefits have reached peak importance among potential hires.

“Streamline the search and screening phases to get the RIGHT people in the door.”

Speed up the process
We’ve touched on this idea before but it bears repeating: To compete in the modern job market, you must facilitate an effective yet swift hiring process. First, streamline the search and screening phases to get the RIGHT people in the door. How? Work with a retained executive search firm that can help you pinpoint the most qualified candidates. When it comes time to make an offer, do so with urgency, recruiter Robin Reshwan advised in an article for U.S. News & World Report. You don’t want transformative leaders with real executive experience moving on because you took too long to respond.

Beyond this, keep in mind that there is more to it than waiting and hoping for the RIGHT candidates or simply approaching talent on social networks. Global executive search firms, by nature, have deep industry connections and work with prospective hires who not only understand the hiring process but also specify ahead of time the kinds of organizations they want to work for.

Ready to achieve victory in the War for Talent? Contact YES Partners today. Our executive search consultants can connect you with truly talented business leaders.

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Finding people is easy, but finding the RIGHT people is not. YES Partners helps companies FIND the right people for all company functions, across many industries.

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