{"id":2101,"date":"2016-07-12T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preview.softfactors.com\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2017-03-06T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T12:26:42","slug":"the-secret-sauce-to-talent-acquisition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/2016\/07\/12\/the-secret-sauce-to-talent-acquisition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Sauce to Talent Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<p>The world of talent acquisition is littered with activities to rope in candidates. The diagram above shows the steps commonly found in the recruitment process.<\/p>\n<p>After the green light for a job posting, the evaluation of the candidate pool starts with application processing. Then it is a long road with a lot of yellow lights to the final destination \u2013 the offer.<\/p>\n<p>For Talent Acquisition professionals, it can feel like chasing a unicorn while wearing cement boots. Why? The hiring manager is seeking the elusive, does-not-exist-in-reality candidate. The conflict, data voids and general headaches between the HRIS and ATS are like a self-inflicted traffic delay because of road works. Plus, the recruitment data analytics are for kindergarteners. The TA pros are like drivers of an electric car with a busted charging point.<\/p>\n<p>Then the interview process runs into a relatively useless, \u201cTell me about a time when\u2026?\u201d or \u201cHow many marbles are in the two liter container?\u201d behavioral and situational interview speed bump. On the shoulder of the recruitment road lurks a speed camera, a money meter plus candidates honking their horns wanting to know the status of their application.<\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s the answer for creating a smooth journey with a full fuel tank? Algorithms. Yup, people analytics. They are the secret sauce on your talent acquisition combo burger that creates a robust road trip when data is combined with human judgment. To be at the front of the pack when the checkered flag drops, top off your analytics with a gamification colorant and you\u2019ll have the winner\u2019s trophy of data plus insights.<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to be first across the talent acquisition finish line, shoot the unicorns, delve into the algorithms and apply your professional judgment to make a winning combination of science plus art. You\u2019ll then be well equipped with fact-based data and sound advice to discuss with your hiring manager so s\/he knows what the speedway looks like before the race begins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 source-blog\">\n<p>Mauer, R., Slow-Motion Hiring, <em>HR Magazine<\/em>, June 2016, pp 85-89.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world of talent acquisition is littered with activities to rope in candidates. The diagram above shows the steps commonly found in the recruitment process. After the green light for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,15,16,18,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2103,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions\/2103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softfactors.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}