hiring top talents

HIRING TOP

TALENTS

Hiring Top Talents

How to source the organization with top talents … and attract them to join your company!

Content 1.   Who is the top talent 2.   Exploring job market 3.   How to build external talent pools 4.   How to attract top talents 5.   How to hire top talents

WHO IS A TOP TALENT?

Top Talent Definition 1.   Top Talent is the person with the right set skills and

competencies who contributes to the organization most

2.   Top Talent accepts challenges and discover new opportunities

3.   Top Talent changes the career path pretty often and does not focus just on the vertical promotions

4.   Top Talent drives innovation and changes in the company

5.   Top Talent is always a person mentioned in the succession plan

Why is a top talent important?

1.   Top Talents absorb new skills and and becomes a key know how holder

2.   Top Talents make a difference. They drive key projects and initiatives in the organization

3.   Top Talents bring new ideas and shape them into new products and services

The top talent represents the future of the company. The talent drives changes and innovations. Takes leadership roles when ready.

EXPLORING JOB MARKET

Talents on the job market 1.   Top Talents enjoy the freedom to choice

the employer. They do not have to accept any job offer.

2.   Top Talents are proactive and visible in communities. This makes them easy targets.

3.   They are attracted by challenges, opportunities and the talent friendly corporate culture.

Where to find talents? 1.   Universities keep a track of their students. They

are willing to collaborate with organizations to offer interesting opportunities.

2.   Top Talents are active on social media, they participate in groups and follow topics of their interest.

3.   Top Talents publish articles and share ideas. They can be found using a simple Google query.

�Best Research Tools 1.   Social media tool like Topsy 2.   Google Search 3.   RSS syndication 4.   Special Programs and Projects 5.   Referrals

Top Talents are always visible on the job market. They do not apply for a job, but they are active in communities. They can be researched.

HOW TO BUILD AN EXTERNAL TALENT POOL?

Social Media Research

1.   Set priorities and research keywords to be found

2.   Set the right social media to research. LinkedIn provides quick results, but there is a real war for talents

3.   Set rules in Topsy to find users mentioning the keyword

4.   Research users and follow them

Collaboration with Colleges 1.   Universities prefer long term programs over

short term initiatives with no long term benefits for the university to offer to students

2.   Identify internal opportunities and ask the university to recommend students as project members

3.   Give freedom to students, ask them for referrals

4.   Reward and recognize best projects

Referrals

1.   Reward employees for referrals

2.   Inform employees about opportunities

3.   Ask employees to refer the job opportunity to their friends

4.   Top Talents usually know other top talents and they can influence them

5.   Loyal employees are willing to help the company to hire other top talents

Promoting internal Talents 1.   Ask internal experts for a cooperation 2.   Start being present on social media

and publish interesting internal facts, which are attractive to a target group

3.   Ask the internal expert to bring referrals and ask him to lead small projects for external talents

4.   Be open to a community

Be attractive for top talents. Promote your achievements and how inspiring your company is. Make top talents remember the name of the company.

HOW TO ATTRACT TOP TALENTS?

Challenging Projects

1.   Establish the internal incubator to design new products and services

2.   Offer to project member the opportunity to change the industry or your company

3.   Offer special agile project work to university students and employees

4.   Do not invest huge amounts but allow to team members to organize their work

Talent Friendly Corporate Culture

1.   Promote opportunities and freedom to innovation

2.   Reward successes and celebrate failures

3.   Allow to employees to participate in projects

4.   Design internal Facebook so employees can organize themselves around topics of their interest

5.   Promote project work to be attractive to generation Y

6.   Do not ask to deliver immediate results, promote long term benefits

Internal Incubator

1.   Establish the internal incubator

2.   Small projects do deliver better results than huge projects

3.   Allow to employees to find the topic of the interest

4.   Agile innovations. Not a management decisions.

Give the freedom to your talents. They will talk about it to their friends. Your culture will become recognized and valued.

HOW TO HIRE TOP TALENTS?

Talent friendly Package

1.   Pay for achievements

2.   Share profits from innovations

3.   Give flexibility and do not ask for many reports

4.   Promote right to make a mistake

5.   Promote team work and reward for spreading know how across the organization

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