III.

TALENT ACQUISITION
STRATEGIES: SOURCING,
SCREENING, AND
SELECTING CANDIDATES
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Talent acquisition
Talent acquisition refers to the strategic
and ongoing process of identifying,
attracting, and acquiring skilled and
qualified individuals to meet an
organization's current and future talent
needs. It encompasses the entire lifecycle
of talent acquisition, from identifying
talents needs of organization, sourcing
candidates to evaluating, selecting, and
ultimately hiring the best-fit individuals for
specific roles within the organization.
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Onboarding
Onboarding refers to the process by which
individuals, typically new employees or
users, are introduced to and integrated into a
particular organization, company, or system.
It is a structured and comprehensive
approach that aims to familiarize individuals
with the essential knowledge, skills, tools,
and resources necessary to effectively
perform their roles, understand the
company's culture, and become productive
members of the organization.
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 TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGIES: SOURCING, SCREENING AND
SELECTING CANDIDATES
In the dynamic world of recruitment, it's crucial to have a clear understanding of each stage of the hiring process. Sourcing,
screening, and selecting candidates are essential steps that play distinct roles in finding the right individuals to join an organization.

Sourcing Candidates Screening Candidates Selecting Candidates

is the initial phase of the recruitment
process, focused on identifying
potential candidates for a job opening.
The primary goal of sourcing is to
generate a pool of potential candidates
to move forward in the hiring process.
involves evaluating the pool of potential involves evaluating the shortlisted
candidates to determine their suitability candidates to make a final decision on
for the position. The objective of who will be offered the position. The
screening is to shortlist the most objective of the selection stage is to
qualified candidates for further identify the candidate who best aligns
evaluation. with the organization's requirements,
culture, and values.

Key activities in sourcing Key activities in screening Key activities in selecting

candidates include: candidates include: candidates include:
• potential candidates. • -cations, skills, and experience. ✓• Verifying background
Conducting in-depthinformation
interviews
• Engaging
✓ Utilizingwith passive
online candidates.
platforms and ✓• - Conducting
Reviewing initial interviewsand
resumes to and conducting reference checks.
with the shortlisted candidates.
databases
• Posting to identify potential
job advertisements on gauge candidate fit.
applications. ✓• Assessing cultural fit and relevant
Administering
relevant platforms.
candidates. •✓ - Narrowing
Assessing down the candidate
qualifications, skills, alignment with the organization's
assessments or tests.
• Building
✓ Engaginga network of contacts
with for
passive pool
andbased on predetermined
experience. values.
✓ Verifying background
future hiring
candidates. needs. ✓ criteria.
Conducting initial interviews • Making the final decision on the
information and conducting
✓ Posting job advertisements on to gauge candidate fit. candidate to be hired.
reference checks.
relevant platforms. ✓ Narrowing down the ✓ Assessing cultural fit and
✓ Building a network of contacts candidate pool based on alignment with the organization's
for future hiring needs. predetermined criteria. values.
✓ Making the final decision on the
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8. Offer competitive 9. Emphasize

1. Define your talent
compensation and diversity and
requirements:
benefits: inclusion:

7. Prioritize 10. Establish a

2. Develop an
candidate robust onboarding
employer brand:
experience: process

6. Conduct 11. Continuously

3. Utilize multiple
comprehensive evaluate and refine
sourcing channels:
interviews: your strategies

5. Embrace
4. Implement a
technology and
structured
data-driven
screening process
approaches

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