Here are our 5 Golden Rules in Active Sourcing for your Talent Acquisition

1_Briefing

In the current labour market, it’s all about looking for compromises and finding the maximum intersection between desire and reality. Do your management and line managers insist on a variety of qualifications that, upon closer inspection, are not only exaggerated, but are downright unrealistic in the respective combination?

gloor&lang helps with an outside perspective and experience as to how such positions are filled in other companies. Tasks and responsibilities can be distributed differently, organisational charts can be adjusted and skills can be learned.

2_Agile Sourcing

We speak of Agile Sourcing when we set up several defined searches together with our clients. We set the initial boundary parameters and speed to the first results in a Sprint. These are checked directly with the client. Is it the right level, the right budget, what kind of candidates are responding to the offer? Then we correct the parameters and start a new search. This iterative process is fast and prepared for the fact that the profile you are looking for may change over the course of the search.

We try to broaden your point of view, bring unusual solutions into play and design variants with you that may even lie outside of the drafted solutions.

3_Approach

Switzerland and especially the European region offers many exciting profiles. Their visibility has increased through social media. The crucial question is how to proactively pick up candidates and whether it is possible to arouse curiosity and openness for a specific, new position.

We rely on our selective networks from the last 20 years, targeted Profiling and Active Sourcing as well as select approaches. For complex profiles, a search on job titles and training is not very effective. Our team understands the CVs and terminology and is supported by modern IT tools in the search for combinations. Our paths are short, the information stays in-house. In this way, we can ensure a high level of flexibility in every project. This eye level approach is very much appreciated in the market.

4_Time management

Once the candidates are activated and show interest, the relationship building must be continued with an intensive personal touch. As a service provider, we cannot put off candidates for long and definitely recommend a quick relationship building by the client. This is the only way to keep interest alive. Due to time constraints, many companies only conduct job interviews very selectively. This will come back to haunt you, if you want to revert back to candidates who had been initially put on hold, but they have already changed their minds.

5_Connecting to candidates

When the candidate comes into contact with the client, we slowly let go of the threads. Does the company succeed in inspiring the candidate, picking them up and catering to their needs? Now the Hiring Manager plays the main role. Manager and candidate must be able to develop a relationship, be likeable and want to achieve something together. Candidates decide first and foremost on the boss, then on the company and the products, and finally on the team, which they don't know yet.

And now imagine that

We let go of the threads and then sometimes have to sweep up the pieces. This is unfortunate! It’s often the little things that lead to the withdrawal of sought-after candidates. Fewer questions about individual skills, gaps in their CV, less distrust and more interest in people and their learning and work experiences.

How can gloor&lang help you?

In addition to our well-known Active Sourcing services for Life Science specialists, we also offer training courses on the subject of internal Active Sourcing and Relationship Building on social media, video and most recently on-site. So that your talents don’t slip through your fingers!

Just contact us for a tailor made training offer!

The company “Dr. Irmtraud Lang, Talent Training GmbH” has been around since 2020. We offer training and workshops on the subject of Talent Management: Recruiting and Developing. Stay tuned!