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Go for the Gold!!! Shifting from a Traditional, Reactive Corporate Recruitment Model to a Strategic, Proactive Framework

Carol Bernstein, August 13, 2008

Topics: The Science of Recruiting, Newsletter, Recruiter Training, Recruiting

In the spirit of the Summer Olympic Games, let's go for a gold level of service in recruitment – striving to be winners by providing best-in-class service to your clients.

Recruiting has been in a state of change for several years. As Applicant Tracking Systems have found their place in the hiring process, leaders are shifting their focus to finding ways to improve service levels to both candidates and hiring leaders. While there is no one solution for this next level of problem solving, one area of focus getting attention is the notion of shifting from the traditional, reactive corporate recruitment model to a more strategic, proactive framework. Currently this approach has a few different paths that it is taking – for some, it is a complete organizational redesign of the recruitment team, creating internal sourcing and research groups, alignment by function or job type, and one point of contact for hiring leaders; for others, they are dabbling in the concepts, applying what makes sense for their organization. Either way, it presents change of varying degrees with the potential for exciting results.

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