TLCon Scotland 2018

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Top Talent
Tips 2018

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Employer Brand
Authenticity is key Driving speculative applications
Who owns it?
Who is communicating it?
Using attrition as a measurement

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Candidate Experince
Tied to brand – business impact
Appalling rejection experience
Be honest about process and role Improve mobile experience
Tell them the £ (or Google will)
Easy to engage, harder to apply

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Supply chain
management
It’s still a £33b spend
Ecosystem is changing rapidly
PSL vs. non PSL agencies
RPO truth vs perception

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Youth and graduate
engagement
Grad programmes often highly
effective
Apprenticeships improving rapidly
Little engagement with schools
Application support is good feedback
isn't
The Millennial paradox
Hiring for attributes not academics
Be realistic, ingenuity rarely obvious in
22 year olds

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Employment
flexibility
Increasing but still a long way to go
Apply across all job levels
Not everything works
Flexibility promotes social mobility

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Diversity and
Inclusion
Now a TA critical issue
Difficult to do it all
Use your employees to help prioritise Let people discuss without fear
Engage with your communities

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Planning and
effectiveness
Direct sourcing working better than
ever
Still need to measure other activities
Time and cost measured well
Link to business not so much

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Onboarding
Great at getting them over the
threshold
No agreement on who ‘owns’
thereafter
Where does TM meet TA?
Increasing capability to manage time
between offer and start

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In summary
TA functions progressing rapidly
Consumer marketing expertise
Assessment and deployment of tech
Increase insight and enjoyment

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See you in 2019!
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