Employers who want to improve their talent acquisition should take note of these statistics from two recent Aberdeen Group reports:
- 47% of respondents in the “An Employee-Centric Digital Workplace” report said they have trouble sourcing enough qualified candidates.
- According to the “Best Practice: Use Modern Recruiting to Stay Cutting Edge” report, best-in-class organizations are 55% more likely to proactively build and expand their candidate pipelines, regardless of current hiring needs.
Sourcing
Quality sourcing may not win the war for talent for your company but poor sourcing sure can lose it. In the talent acquisition process, if you source the wrong candidates, your efforts are doomed from the start. If you don’t source enough of the right candidates, you’ll struggle to consistently fill your talent needs. Two important elements of quality sourcing are:- Tracking and measuring your talent sources
- Effective recruitment marketing