How to recruit world-class talent

Getting the next leg up on the career ladder is driving a global shift in employee behaviour. The days of endurance, when employees considered long-term employment with a single organisation to be the securest way to achieve career advancement and success, are long gone.

These days, ambitious and talented employees tend to jump jobs after as little as two years as they look for new challenges, new opportunities and the fastest route to the top. What's more, the pandemic-induced shift to remote work has created an environment in which organisations no longer only compete for talent against competitors in their local area. They now compete against their entire industry on a global scale.

To recruit and retain world-class talent in such a tumultuous landscape demands meticulously planned and executed recruitment strategies. But what does a contemporary recruitment strategy even look like? How do you ensure your organisation has a surplus of top-tier candidates to choose from? Birn+Partners has identified three strategic moves that will keep your company competitive:

Target up-and-coming talent

Providing entry-level applicants with the opportunity to get a proverbial foot in the door has numerous benefits. Adding fresh young minds with different points of view, creative new ways of thinking and cutting-edge academic knowledge will not only produce an innovation advantage but cultivate loyalty too.

Prioritise diversity and inclusion

Expanding your organisational diversity through equitable hiring practices is a moral obligation many undertake for that reason alone. However, there is a lot more to be gained from diversification. A diverse team has access to a broader range of problem-solving approaches and research points to a correlation between fiscal performance and workforce diversity.

Go global

As we pointed out, there is a global shift towards remote work. The downside of this new reality is that organisations now compete against their entire industry for talent. The upside, of course, is that by embracing remote work, organisations now have access to a vast global talent pool. Including international candidates in your recruitment strategy also makes adding diversity to your workforce easier and with digital collaboration platforms as developed as they are, integrating remote team members has become a straightforward process.

When it comes to human resources, success demands prioritising the selection of people who will power your business now and long into the future. With that in mind, the recruitment strategies we have outlined in this article all have one thing in common: they expand your pool of candidates. But they are just a few among many options available to you.

If you're looking for ways to expand your recruitment efforts, Birn+Partners can help. With consultants in 10 countries and exclusive international recruitment networks, we work across cultures, markets and industries to help you find the right talent.