Let’s Take a Closer Look at Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Innovation is a term thrown around a lot in HR and talent acquisition. We talk about game-changing technologies, data-driven insights, and the evolution of recruitment practices. But are we truly innovating, or are we just making surface-level changes that don’t fundamentally improve the experience for candidates? Then vs. Now: How Recruitment Has Evolved When I first started recruiting, job ads were placed in newspapers. The rise of the internet quickly shifted hiring efforts to online job boards, followed by the introduction of company career pages. Today, technology plays an even bigger role—Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) streamline candidate management, social media expands talent reach, and LinkedIn has diminished the exclusive databases once held by recruitment agencies. Video interviewing has been touted as another major advancement, along with improved hiring analytics that provide better insights into candidate behavior and talent acquisition effectiveness.…
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Very early on in my career I learnt the importance of organisational alignment. What is organisational alignment I hear you say? By dictionary definition, an organisation is a group of people with a particular purpose and, alignment is a position of agreement. So in very simplistic terms, organisational alignment is a group of people who have a common purpose and shared beliefs. A beautiful example of organisational alignment in sport is a rowing team. The rowers must stroke a the same pace, ensuring they pull in the same depth of water. The team members all know the game plan for success, follow the lead of the coxswain (who’s role is to execute the race strategy and keep the boat on course), understand their role and rely on the skills, technique and commitment of their team members while the race is on. I want to challenge the current status quo by…
I’ve worked in retail for many years but that has largely been behind the scenes in the store support centres. Now that I’m…