Create a Talent Acquisition Strategy
Optimize foundational elements to elevate the TA function.
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Without an effective talent acquisition (TA) strategy, organizations:
- Are unprepared to combat talent shortages that will be compounded by increasing retirement numbers and shifting skills demand.
- Risk hiring the wrong talent – an expensive, resource-consuming mistake.
- Struggle to track meaningful people analytics or keep up with technology.
By developing an effective TA strategy, HR is better able to:
- Attract and retain the right talent.
- Enhance quality of hire to better achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- Improve TA team competency to create a more effective and strategic TA function.
Module 1: Determine Strategic Objectives
The Purpose
- Determine talent implications.
- Set TA strategic objectives and metrics.
Key Benefits Achieved
TA strategic objectives and metrics defined.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Review information gathered from strategic documents and external labor market scan. |
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| 1.2 | Determine talent implications. |
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| 1.3 | Identify and prioritize talent implications relevant to TA. |
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| 1.4 | Define TA strategic objectives and associated metrics. |
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Module 2: Conduct Gap Analysis of TA Foundational Elements
The Purpose
- Conduct a gap analysis of:
- Candidate awareness & experience strategic practices.
- TA process & accountability strategic practices.
- TA technology strategic practices.
- TA team competencies.
Key Benefits Achieved
- TA foundational gaps assessed.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Identify gaps by assessing the current state for each TA foundational element: candidate awareness & experience, TA process & accountability, TA technology, and TA competency. |
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Module 3: Prioritize Gaps to Address
The Purpose
- Prioritize TA foundational gaps and projects to address them.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Potential strategic projects to address gaps.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Prioritize gaps based on size and importance. |
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| 3.2 | Brainstorm potential strategic projects to address gaps. |
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Module 4: Select Strategic Projects
The Purpose
- Select strategic projects and communicate them to relevant stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Strategic TA projects chosen.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Choose strategic projects for prioritized gaps. |
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| 4.2 | Draft a roadmap. |
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| 4.3 | Outline communications to relevant stakeholders. |
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