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Talent Acquisition

Talent acquisition is the process of finding and acquiring skilled human labor for organizational needs and to meet any labor requirement. When used in the context of the recruiting and HR profession, talent acquisition usually refers to the talent acquisition department or team within the Human Resources department.

Looking for qualified candidates from the mass pool of recruitment is the most critical part of the recruiting process. It can also be the toughest – especially if you’re waiting around for the right job seekers to apply to join with you. Instead, you can actually find them on your own with the help of different sourcing strategies. A professional talent sourcing strategy suggests that all niches and candidate channels on the web are searched for potential candidates. The leading step in candidate sourcing is to find a number of good candidates for an open position. Nowadays, recruiters are also using social networks and many jobs providing web portals to locate candidates.

Talent sourcing strategies are articulated to fit a certain industry and targeted profiles so that the best candidates can be found. A successful strategy requires some important ingredients like dedicated sourcing resources, sourcing expertise, and the supporting technology. This approach is inadequate because the work is not entirely focused on candidates sourcing.

Hiring forecasts for 2016 have shown a bullish trend, and employers aiming to increase the headcount must differentiate themselves from the competition in order to win talent. Many of the recruiting trends like — Employer Branding, Talent Analytics, repairing the … Continued