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October 26, 2022 11:29 am
Published by Shanan Marshall
Our previous blog highlighted the important role that career management advice can play in the attraction and conversion of top quality candidates. The same advice rings true when trying to retain and engage the top talent that you already have. This blog will discuss how to properly implement an internal Career Management strategy, aimed at supporting and developing the company’s current top talent. In the current talent landscape, with everyone seemingly struggling to attract external candidates, existing top talent might be your most valuable resource. Consequently, it is imperative to invest and nurture this talent, so that they too don’t fall victim to the trends of “Quiet Quitting” and “The Great Resignation”. One such strategy is to employ an objective Career Management initiative, whereby employees complete an objective psychometric assessment like the CareerManagementPOP™. The information gathered through this initiative can be strategically leveraged in a number of important ways. First, the......
October 20, 2022 7:57 am
Published by Shanan Marshall
Many companies are currently struggling with the same issue, an inability to source enough QUALITY TALENT. The talent landscape has shifted dramatically and online sourcing channels (e.g., Indeed, GlassDoor) are not generating enough high-quality candidates. As is illustrated below, roughly 85% of candidates have an “Average” or Below probability for success in the position that they are applying to, yet companies are hiring 92.5% of their workforce from this low probability talent pool. Self Management Group’s data suggests that there needs to be a change not only in the sourcing strategies themselves (a shift towards more warm source/relationship recruitment), but also in the content of the recruitment conversation. As can be seen in the table below, doing so has the capacity to significantly change the composition of one’s talent pool, and thus the ability to be more selective of top talent. The table below shows the results a Canadian Financial......
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