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Talent organizations are becoming more strategic

Reactive:High cost

Labor-intensiveApplicant quantity focus

Req to req process

Developing

Foundational

Strategic

Traditional

Strategic:Low costEfficient

Quality of hire focus Proactive pipeline-based process

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Developing

Foundational

Strategic

Traditional

Talent Acquisition Maturity Model

JobsPost-and-pray

Targeted engagement to attract highly

qualified candidates

Talent segmentation and prioritization

Jobs on niche boards and social platforms

Sourcin

g

Reactive, over-reliant on agencies

Engage with strong pipeline of leads and

‘silver medalists’

Team-wide pipelining with engaged talent

communities

Build internal capabilities to focus on passive talent

Metrics

Established metrics and benchmarks

Data driven decision making

Bran

d

Defined employer brand strategy

Influential talent brand engaging employees

and candidates

Understanding of employee

value proposition 

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