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Strategic talent acquisition

Build comprehensive hiring strategies for technical teams

Develop strategic approaches to attracting, evaluating, and hiring top technical talent in competitive markets.

95 minutes
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Overview

Develop strategic approaches to attracting, evaluating, and hiring top technical talent in competitive markets.

Learning objectives

  • Define talent needs
  • Build employer brand
  • Design interview process
  • Create retention strategies

Instructions

Build talent strategy:

1. Analyze talent needs 2. Assess current process 3. Design improved pipeline 4. Build employer brand 5. Measure effectiveness

Steps

1

Needs analysis

20 minutes

Define talent requirements

2

Process assessment

20 minutes

Evaluate current hiring

3

Pipeline design

25 minutes

Create hiring funnel

4

Brand building

25 minutes

Develop employer value prop

5

Metrics definition

5 minutes

Set success measures

Pro tips

  • •Focus on candidate experience
  • •Build diverse pipelines
  • •Reduce time to hire
  • •Measure quality of hire

Example outcome

Talent acquisition strategy reducing time-to-hire by 40%, improving diversity by 30%, and achieving 90% one-year retention.

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