A ‘grow your own talent’ strategy must include a robust way to source & assess candidates with the best attitude.
Sourcing is one of 3 core pillars required for a successful ‘grow your own talent’ strategy, & can be undertaken independently via job boards, or through a specialist recruitment firm that’s focused on finding candidates with a certain skill set that is aligned to business need & culture.
Considering the ‘Hire for attitude, & train for skill’ recommendations of the Harvard Business School, an effective competency based assessment process ensures individual candidates possess the desired behaviours & competencies needed to succeed within an individual organisation.
But it doesn’t stop there! Once you have recruited, you then need to onboard effectively. A successful onboarding process forms another pillar within the ‘grow your own talent’ strategy & should be viewed as an onboarding experience rather than a process.
The onboarding experience for a recruit is critical in creating the right first impression. It’s also arguably the part that requires the most effort, creating a great on-boarding experience requires buy-in from across the organisation & is made-up of many elements:
– Physical environment
– People (at all levels)
– Processes
– Technology
– Training
– Goals
– Feedback
By thinking of onboarding as an experience it opens a wider & much more comprehensive discussion, which ultimately leads to a much better & engaging programme that will result in happier employees & improved results.
Following the recruitment & onboarding of new employees’, further consideration must then be given to training, as this is one area that tends to be poorly executed with *56% of new employees not receiving full training, or having a sufficient induction. To discover & understand these challenges & more, request a copy of Raw Talent’s latest Whitepaper:
Why growing your own talent is a sustainable recruitment model
by completing this enquiry form
For an initial discussion about partnering with us please call 01753 910 383 or email: info@rawtalentacademy.com
Raw Talent Academy – showcasing ability, nurturing success
Raw Talent Academy structures recruitment around abilities, behaviours and competencies, and we are truly passionate about getting recruitment right for organisations to get their future champions. To get the right people that match our partners’ profiles a rigorous assessment of the widest possible talent pool is undertaken whereby candidates’ motivations, desires and levels of commitment are established.
Passionate about challenging the norms of recruitment with the strong held belief that hiring off a CV is wrong, our recruitment is based around abilities, behaviours and competencies to get the best fit and investment for our partners.
RECENT ARTICLES
Rip up the CV and talk!
We’re interesting in ripping up the CV and talking to Individuals. It’s all about knowing and finding the right attitude, the right behaviour and ultimately the right competencies to...
Finally My Data Rant
We now live in a world that is completely data lead. Everything we do is led by data, on your phone, on your email, CRM’s, ATS’s databases whatever it...
We’re going going, back back, to Cali Cali
Earlier this year we partnered again with Redgate Software in Cambridge to help them grow their sales teams, but with their global expansion plans we were asked to explore...
CV’s are broken, and there is a new model for assessing talent.
CV’s are broken, and there is a new model for assessing talent. According to Inc, 85% of applicants lie on their resume. With facts like that floating around, it’s...
*Video* : Raw Knowledge
Over the last 7 and a half years, we have screened, face pitched and interviewed over 140,000 candidates. To put that into contact, that’s 2 x Wembley Stadiums full,...
Inside Sales versus Outside Sales: Understanding the Difference
There are two major subsets of sales personnel: inside sales reps, and outside sales reps. But what’s the difference? To put it briefly: outside sales reps do most of...
Allow the candidate the opportunity to showcase their ability
Allow candidates to showcase their abilities In recent years the recruitment process has transformed as a result of technological advances. As a result, the CV is no longer the...
The downsides of the CV
What are the downsides of the CV? The traditional CV approach hasn’t moved in line with the current needs of recruitment. Is it still a valid approach? Here we...
How to overcome CV shortfalls
Recruiting new talent – hire for attitude, train for skill As the Harvard Business School so succinctly put it, when it comes to recruiting new talent best practice is...
Do you know the CV is more than 500 years old?
Is the CV still the best way to assess talent? It’s thought Leonardo da Vinci penned the first known professional resume back in 1482. He listed his skills, experience...
The 3 core pillars of a talent strategy
Organisations that invest time & resources in the development of a ‘grow your own talent’ strategy achieve success through complete management buy-in & by underpinning the strategy using 3...
Training & development to grow your own talent for long-term business success
Following a successful onboarding experience the talent of new recruits must be effectively supported & developed throughout their career which requires training. Training plays a massive part within a...
Recruiting & onboarding is a long-term investment
A ‘grow your own talent’ strategy must include a robust way to source & assess candidates with the best attitude. Sourcing is one of 3 core pillars required for...
Industries promote the ‘Grow your own talent’ approach
Growing your own talent is becoming a necessity for long-term business growth in various industries, especially IT, Media & Finance. Arkadi Kuhlmann, founder & CEO of ING Direct USA, has...
Growing your own early careers talent is the long-term solution for business growth
Many businesses tend to look to their competitors’ employees to poach those with experience – this tends to come at a cost with no guarantee of a successful return...
The best media companies to work for in UK
So you want to get into media. Find out who the best media companies are to work for and why. Raw Talent Academy, specialists in sales recruitment and training,...
Apprentice winner, Lee McQueen 9 years on
While the 13th series gets underway, where is the winner of series 4? In 2008 there were 16 candidates but only one winner for the £100,000 job on offer...
Why continual sales training is essential to be a top performing company
Great sales organisations are not hung up about what’s on a CV, they train raw talent says Lee McQueen, Lord Sugar’s Apprentice winner 2008.Walk into any book shop and...
Is it sales technology or sales talent that drives superior sales performance?
Lee McQueen, Lord Sugar’s Apprentice winner 2008, talks about the importance of raw sales talent as the building block for superior sales in context of findings from Aberdeen’s latest...
Raw Talent Move Office to Gerrards Cross
We are delighted to confirm we have relocated to Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Effective from 3rd July 2017. Our new address is: Building One, Chalfont Park, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, SL9...
Raw Talent & Sales Gym 360 Partnership
The partnership will see Raw Talent focus on sales recruitment, via their academy process, while Sales Gym 360 will deliver sales training. Both organisations have worked closely together over...
Raw Talent Launch New Website
After announcing the appointment of a Board of Directors last week and the relocation of the office, Raw Talent has now unveiled a new website. According to Raw Talent...
Hire Those Who Have Travelled
When looking to hire your next sales or recruitment champion you would do well to take a look at individuals who have taken the chance to travel and live...
A ‘grow your own talent’ strategy must include a robust way to source & assess candidates with the best attitude.
Sourcing is one of 3 core pillars required for a successful ‘grow your own talent’ strategy, & can be undertaken independently via job boards, or through a specialist recruitment firm that’s focused on finding candidates with a certain skill set that is aligned to business need & culture.