Talent Pools - re-opening the debate
Hi everyone.
First of all, massive congratulations to Luis and Arturo and the rest of the technical team for the Beta launch today of Kangarooster. Our baby has been in gestation for a while - but this is really the first step in delivering a truly innovative experience for the candidate. As we move forward, I am sure that our technology will power many many career sites, enhancing companies’ capability to engage directly with the IQA (interested, qualified and available) candidates.
This has led me to think about Talent Pools again. Well, actually, I recently helped out some US colleagues who are preparing a paper on the topic. What came to me was how little academic research or industry literature exists on the topic. The CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development) in the UK refers to Talent Pools only for existing employees. Most companies that think of the Talent Pool as a place for external candidate info only really have a static database.
If you want to make it a real Talent Community, then you have to engage with candidates, communicate regularly and treat them with respect. If you look at Keith’s posting over the weekend, you will see yet more evidence how little companies do understand about this aspect.
Over the next few articles, I will return to the themes of Talent Community.
Let the fun begin with Kangarooster as a starting point.
Alan
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