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Nayomi Alexander
Strategic Recruitment Product
Consultant
10 Tips to Transition from Reactive to
Proactive Recruitment
Claire Weekes
Recruitment Product Consultant
Nick Hutchinson
National Resources & Talent Manager,
McConnell Dowell

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Putting this into practice
Nick Hutchinson
National Resources & Talent Manager
McConnell Dowell

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Becoming a Talent Advisor
 What does it mean to be proactive?
 What are the benefits?
 Why does this matter?

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1. Identify your destination
 Why are you making this transition?
 How will you know you’ve arrived?
Talent Advisor who builds
relationships, expertise,
and provides strategic
advice on talent.
Reactive to job
requisitions, supply
talent, facilitator of
hiring process.

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2. Develop a change management approach
Awareness Desire Knowledge Ability Reinforcement
Successful
change
Adkar, 2006
Time
 Moving to a proactive sourcing function is complex and takes time

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3. Review your internal capability
 Structure
 Internal support
 Executive buy-in and understanding

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4. Create a plan of action
 Provide roadmap and clear communication of benefits
 Broader team collaboration
 Can we involve Marketing or Employer Branding?

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5. Establish your credibility
 Develop a ‘brand ambassador mindset’ throughout the organisation
 Enhance team profiles – coach Hiring Managers and Executives
 Put the candidate experience at the forefront

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6. Develop your own network
 Build and maintain relationships
 Develop a wider profile - consider publishing original content, active
group participation and external speaking opportunities

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7. Leverage your assets
 Hiring Managers, employees, company followers, employee referral
programs
Hiring
Manager
s
Talent
Leads
Followers
Employees
17,865

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8. Leverage LinkedIn Recruiter!
 Technology as an enabler for the shift to proactive recruitment
 Carve out time to invest in search
 Use the Talent Pipeline functionality to track essential data

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9. Cultivate your leads and talent pools
 Constantly engage – share new opportunities, company & industry
news
 Establish relationships and keep them warm - InMails and Follower
updates

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10. Review, Reflect, Adapt, Report success stories