Talent Acquisition
We partner with HR leaders to drive continuous improvement in all aspects of their global recruiting efforts.
We are passionately committed to maximizing the performance of Corporate Recruiting functions. We assess and improve recruitment strategies, organization design, processes and technology platforms. We coach and consult with the recruiting leaders on team performance.
We have been there. Our consultants are former heads of Talent Acquisition for Fortune 500 companies like KPMG, Home Depot, Coca Cola and Prudential. We leverage our combined years of expertise to customize our solutions around the culture and strengths of the organizations we service.
Organizational Design
As former Talent Acquisition and Talent Management leaders, we have designed and implemented organization structures both domestically and globally.
Our approach is to review the current organizational structure/state and create a strategy to build or realign the Talent Acquisition structure to most effectively support the business, by focusing on the work streams and types of roles needed to become a first class organization. We work in partnership with you to craft the strategy and plan the resource requirements.
We have experience with companies of all sizes, from “start up” organizations to Fortune 500.
Process Improvement
Committed to improving quality of hire, and streamlining process efficiency, our consultants create and implement tools necessary to build or improve every aspect of the recruiting function.
Our methodology is flexible and can provide a comprehensive diagnostic of all staffing processes, or can be specifically targeted to one segment of your company’s recruiting efforts.
Areas for assessment and improvement include:
- Workforce strategies and processes
- Job description development
- Recruiting processes and workflows
- Selection tools and assessments
- Hiring and onboarding processes
- Metrics, budgeting, and ROI efforts
Once the assessment is complete, we are practical and implementation focused in our recommendations.
Knowing there is always a tradeoff between quality, speed and cost, we work with your leaders to prioritize and determine the most effective approach to closing the gaps.
Internal Executive Search
Whether you bring executive search in-house completely, or create a blended model, our consultants team with you on a design that works for your organization.
We have helped numerous organizations by analyzing, designing and developing cost models to determine the benefits of launching an in-house executive search capability.
In many organizations, executive search fees consume a significant portion of the recruiting budget. Our assessment will identify the most cost effective way of deploying these funds.
Areas of assessment and improvement include:
- Past years recruiting expenditures
- Critical roles requiring executive search support
- Past and current customer needs and satisfaction levels
- Executive recruiting process and technology
- Executive onboarding programs
Sourcing Strategies
The increased demand to attract specialized talent, combined with the changing demographics in the workforce, has made finding the right talent increasingly difficult. The challenge for companies continues to be developing talent pipelines and effective sourcing strategies to attract the right candidates.
We work with you to review the current sourcing methodology and venues, review critical jobs and determine the best strategy to approach the talent landscape.
We also create tactical sourcing plans designed for specific roles or positions that are critical to your business.
Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO)
Given organization’s increasing desire to reduce costs and augment their recruitment staff, outsourcing all of or specific portions of the recruiting process continues to be popular with companies of all sizes.
An RPO helps companies flex their staffing requirements. Our consultants have significant experience in outsourcing, including designing the outsourcing model, the assessment and evaluation of vendors, implementation, and partnering for success.
Consulting support includes:
- Developing and leading an RFI and RFP with TA and Procurement
- Assist with developing requirement and screening strategies for evaluating vendors
- Assessing RPO processes, technologies, and reporting requirements
- Determining service level agreements and measurements for success
University Relations and Campus Programs
Based on an understanding of the business objectives and talent needs, our consultants develop the appropriate strategy and supporting tools to create successful programs.
From employment branding to executing a university relations recruitment effort, we can build the strategy or execute the plan for your organization.
Having worked with numerous clients to design effective university relations programs by engaging leaders, stakeholders and staff in the design process. campus can become a significant pipeline of talent as one piece of the staffing strategy.
Components may include:
- Internships and coop programs
- Recruitment collateral and communications
- Hiring manager key contact program
- Alumni engagement and company branding
- Training on the interviewing and closing candidates
- Campus employee referral programs
- Social media strategies for outreach
Recruiter Assessment Tools
A focus on developing your recruiting team can provide significant business dividends in improved team effectiveness, increased candidate quality and improve professionalism and responsiveness. There are many skills required of an exceptional recruiter. Through our recruiter assessment tools, we identify skills and competency gaps, and then create a strategy to develop your team.
Through significant research, we have developed and validated a proprietary recruiter competency model that serves as the foundation of our assessment and development tools.
Recruiter Assessment and Development Center
Through a variety of simulated job activities, our expert assessors observe your team in real life scenarios to determine their individual and collective core recruiting competencies. ,
At the end of the development center, each recruiter receives a personalized feedback report, a development plan and a one-on- one coaching session.
The Talent Acquisition leader receives a summary of key themes as to the team’s strengths and needs, as well as an analysis of skills and gaps by competency.
Customized to your organization, you can select from a number of Assessment Modules, including:
- Candidate Research and Sourcing
- Client Engagement and Consulting
- Creating a Staffing Strategy
- Cold Calling
- Interviewing Candidates
- Debriefing the Hiring Manager
- Negotiating the Offer
- Closing the Candidate
Recruiter 360 Feedback:
inTalent's proprietary recruiter 360 Survey tool is an effective way for recruiters and recruiting managers to receive feedback on how they are perceived on the job and key recruiting competencies.
This validated survey measures 14 recruiting competencies. By collecting feedback from clients, peers, direct reports and boss’, each participant is able to receive specific feedback on his/her strengths and weaknesses in the talent acquisition role.
The process starts with:
- Each individual going through the 360 gathers a full set of raters.
- The electronic surveys are to the raters for each participant (recruiting manager, peers, and hiring managers).
- The feedback is then rolled up and summarized into a comprehensive report highlighting strengths and perceived gaps by each rater group, as well as opportunities for development.
- Each participant receives a custom 360 Feedback report.
- Coaching and development planning begins.
This “360 view” on their performance helps provide Recruiters with feedback and a well-rounded view of their performance.
Recruiter Selection Tools:
We believe in selecting the best talent. We know recruiting. Yet, when we were in your shoes, we found it challenging to predict recruiter performance.
As a result, we have developed proprietary tools to help you identify and select the best recruiter candidates for your talent acquisition team. We assess skills and capabilities required for success in the recruiting function.
Recruiter Training and Staffing Leader Development
As companies work to improve their talent acquisition leadership and core recruiter capabilities, we offer a series to tools to accelerate talent acquisition capability. Staffing expert to expert, we partner with leaders, teams, and individuals to improve recruitment leadership and recruitment capability at all levels of an organization.
- Recruiting Vice Presidents and Directors
- Recruiting Teams
- Human Resource Managers
- Hiring Managers
Executive Coaching for Talent Acquisition Leaders:
Our executive coaching for Talent Acquisition leaders accelerates performance, provides a sounding board on strategic decisions, as well as situational planning for day-to-day execution.
Leading talent acquisition is an art and science. It requires executive influence, strategic thinking, prioritization, and exceptional leadership not to mention great recruiting. We know what it is like to be thrown into this chaotic setting, setting strategic direction, managing a team, and trying to learn the job itself.
Elements of the coaching engagement include:
- your strategy
- your organization’s structure
- driving effective change inside and across your organization
- key stakeholder management
- leading and managing the recruitment function.
Staffing Leader Bootcamp:
A two-day intensive workshop for new and existing staffing leaders focused on leading corporate recruiting more effectively. Led by former recruiting leaders, the focus includes building strategies, leading and managing teams, influencing and managing stakeholders, prioritization and more. This program includes hands-on, practical experience with best practice sharing, case-studies and scenario planning- an interactive workshop intended to sharpen your recruiting leadership.
Recruiter Training:
We help organizations improve their recruitment capabilities through a practical custom training agenda that results in measurable change. We assess your team and design learning solutions targeted to their specific needs. Recruiters and human resource managers alike have become jugglers. Spread thin, it is easy to lose one's edge in certains specifics of the role.
In our learning workshops, we focus on strategies for improving core recruiter capabilities. Are your recruiters behaving as strategic talent advisors to hiring managers to help raise the bar on talent for the organization? Are your recruiters effectively identifying accurate success profiles and core capabilities needed for the roles they are trying to fill? Are your recruiters effectively leveraging technology to best research and source for candidates?
At inTalent Consulting, we believe in sharpening the saw. Accurate diagnostics. Highly customized learning solutions. Training designed to meet your team's specific learning needs.
We offer a series of training workshops designed to improve:
- Candidate Research and Sourcing
- Client Engagement and Consulting
- Creating Staffing Strategies
- Cold Calling
- Interviewing Candidates
- Debriefing Hiring Managers
- Negotiating Candidate Offers
- Closing Candidates