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How to Master STAR Interview Technique
The STAR Interview Technique is used by many employers during the hiring process. STAR stands for Situation/Task, Action and Result. This job interview technique is based on the fact that the best predictor of future performance is someone’s past performance. During interviews, the hiring managers will not ask questions based on hypothetical scenarios. The interviewers…
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Amazon Operations Managers: Talent Profile Insights Sample
Amazon hires 1000s of Operations Managers. This is a recurring role within the Amazon Stores organisation. Whilst at Amazon, I led a cross-functional recruitment team to create a talent profile insights document for the top 20 recurring roles our team hired. The document also includes LinkedIn Talent Insight with relevant data showing the talent profile…
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How to Refresh Your Talent Acquisition Operations Process
Talent Acquisition Operations is an important component of the hiring experience to ensure people, processes, tools and times are aligned for better productivity. After joining a large, global organisation, I observed that the TA Operations team weren’t working with clear SLAs. Accountability was lacking. The reason was due to a significant number of changes in…
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How to Assess Talent Acquisition Team Capabilities
As a new TA leader in a role, how do you assess talent acquisition team capabilities? During the interview process, you would likely have asked about the talent acquisition team you will be leading. But it is probable that you received unclear insights into their actual capabilities. Your Talent Acquisition Team Once you start your…
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30-60-90 Plan for TA Leadership Role
Several years ago, I was approached for a EMEA Recruitment Leadership role for a global data analytics software company. As a part of the interview process, I was asked to present a 30-60-90 plan for TA. The plan was to take into consideration the peculiarity of the TA function. Some of the challenges with the…
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How Leadership Values Shapes your Career
Leadership values defines you. How you behave and engage with people reflects how much you embed and live your values. Having worked for organisations where values or leadership principles are integral to success, I have been privileged to experience the impact of great leadership values. As a talent leader and career coach, I am always…
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How to Build Talent Pipelines to Meet Hiring Expectations
High performing recruiters build talent pipelines to meet business hiring expectations. Successful recruitment teams regularly create a pool of highly qualified candidates in order to address talent capability gaps in specific hiring organisations. With a view to help drive business outcomes, it is important to ensure that the TA and business leaders are building suitable…
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How to Create Talent Profile Insights for Recruiters & Sourcers
Recruitment teams create talent profile insights for recurring roles or roles that are deemed challenging and hard to fill. In most large or global organisations, TA functions are structured into centres of expertise. That way, recruiters work as specialist for corporate, technical, GTM, product, operations, or other domains of expertise. With this model, recruiter’s are…
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Building Talent Capability to Drive Business Profitability
Building talent capability is a critical aspect of talent management. Talent capability analysis helps leaders to understands the abilities, competencies, expertise, skills and developmental needs of a functional organisation. From my recruitment experience, this discussion comes up when a team are looking to build a certain level of expertise into their function to drive financial…
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Hiring Manager’s Guide to Interview Software Sales Executives
Software companies need to sell. So it is crucial to attract and interview software sales executives who will deliver against sales revenue and business objectives. Having worked for global software companies like Dassault Systemes, GE Digital and PTC, I have coached hiring leaders on how to interview software sales talent. Some companies get it right.…
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How to Plan for Diversity Sourcing for Recruiters
Many recruiters and talent acquisition teams have diversity sourcing and hiring goals in order to improve their pipeline for underrepresented talent communities. This guide provide insights and resources to help TA teams build diverse talent pipelines. You will learn how to attract diverse candidates by using Boolean search strings, diversity sourcing jams and messaging techniques…
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