Talent Acquisition Professional Course

Course Objectives

By the end of the Talent Acquisition professional course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the impact of current trends on talent acquisition strategies and practices
• Develop an employer branding strategy to boost organizational ability to attract talent
• Design an efficient and effective acquisition process
• Improve and customize talent assessment approach in accordance with position requirements
• Accelerate the integration process of new hires through a holistic and integrated onboarding approach
• Build talent acquisition strategies and measure impact in compliance with organizational strategic directives

Course Outline

• Global trends’ impact on talent acquisition
  • The rise of the social enterprise
  • The workforce ecosystem
  • Individual value proposition versus employee value proposition
  • From careers to experiences and development
  • The end of static jobs as we know them
• Employer branding strategy
  • Brand equity
  • Brand values
  • Employer brand and value proposition
    • Profiling your target audience
    • Know your competitors
    • Know yourself
  • Communication strategy
  • Understanding and applying employer branding metrics
• The candidate’s experience
  • Candidates’ expectations
  • Attractive job briefs
  • Simplification of online application process
  • Hurdles: how much is too much?
  • Hiring manager accountabilities
  • Organizational culture overview

• The assessment stage
  • Defining requirements
    • Role analysis
    • Functional must haves
    • Strategic requirements
  • Assessment methods
    • Validity of assessment methods
    • Assessment simulations
    • Occupational assessment
    • Gamification of assessment tools
  • The assessment framework
  • Become an interview guru
    • Preparing your questions and interview guides
    • Managing the interview
    • Quantification of interview results
• The onboarding phase
  • The administrative process
  • They four layers of onboarding for successful integration
    • Compliance
    • Clarification
    • Culture and connection
  • The psychological contract
    • A linear approach
    • A holistic approach
  • Onboarding effectiveness
• Measuring effectiveness
  • Organizational strategy versus acquisition strategy
  • KPIs that matter
    • Financial
    • Customer KPIs
    • Process KPIs
  • Building dashboards