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Top Trends For Recruiting Executives In 2020 - WalkWater Talent Advisors

 Recruiting executive level candidates is a challenging task, and requires lots of skill and expertise to be able to find the right ones. And, this is why businesses hire professionals for the task. WalkWater Talent Advisors is one such professional agency that tops the list of leadership hiring companies in India . After all, hiring the right leaders is the first step towards creating successful teams. Thus, hiring candidates for high level positions is what determines the success of an organization in a significant way. And, not to mention, the current pandemic that we are living in, has also significantly changed the way we do business, and the way we recruit. People have lost jobs, some people have quit to return to their hometowns, businesses are already running low, and there is so much more. Organizations are now adopting new methods to hire the right leaders effectively. Executive recruitment challenges in 2020 There are a lot many challenges being faced in the segment of ...

Fundamentals Of A Successful Executive Search - WalkWater Talent Advisors

It’s extremely important that you have a process in place for managing your recruiting sessions, especially when you’re looking to hire candidates at top level executive positions. So, what does this executive search process look like? It’s one that enhances the efficiency of the team by hiring the right candidates and bringing them together to form one cohesive unit, working cross-functionally to achieve the main goal of the business. Here, we’ll cover the fundamentals of executive search that every company must follow so as to make a successful search. Fundamental 1 – Understanding your business You may say that you already have an understanding of your business. You sure do as you have been into it for past many years. But, when you want to hire, there is much more understanding that you should be having. You need to identify your company culture, your clients, the purpose of your business, the goals, and every other intricate aspect. After that, you need to identify the job positio...

How Do Retained Executive Search Firms Find Candidates - WalkWater Talent Advisors

 Finding executives to fill up upper level job positions is undoubtedly a challenging job. This is why many companies hire top retained executive search firms in India to execute the task. Why? Do they have some secret to hire the right candidates? Let’s find out! How do executive search firms find candidates? There are a number of efforts that executive search firms put in to find the right candidate for a job position. Some approaches include activating their peer network to learn the thought leaders in the space, identifying those who have been successful in similar companies, and researching social channel and internal databases. Unlike other recruiters, they don’t simply match the job description from a company to the resumes of job seekers. Instead, they pull out candidates from a large pool of both kinds – those who are seeking jobs, as well as those who are already employed and not looking for any job change. Those who are seeking jobs are obviously likely to approach the...

Talent Acquisition To Be Digital-Led Amidst The Pandemic - WalkWater Talent Advisors

Although Generation Y and Generation Z have adopted digitalization in almost every aspect of life such as searching, learning, communicating, reaching out, and shopping, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an even more magnanimous usage of digital technologies. With everything locked down a few months back, and working from home being preferred, there has been a high adoption of digital devices in the last six months. Businesses have also shifted from their brick and mortar stores to work from home models. Initially, businesses struggled to adapt to this new normal, but they’re now slowly and steadily adjusting to this new way of working. Digital technologies have largely led the way to help make the shift. And, this shift is all set to have a huge impact on the hiring and talent acquisition activities as well. In fact, we can say that talent acquisition in the new normal will be digital-led. Enterprises must use this opportunity to reassess their talent acquisition strategy. After ...

How Can Talent Acquisition Technologies Transform Recruiting - WalkWater Talent Advisors

When you’re a large company requiring hundreds or thousands of hires every year, you can't rely on a basic recruiting agency for the job. Rather, you need a specialist. You need experts who use talent acquisition technologies for recruiting people for a role. Talent acquisition is an advanced form of recruiting, offering a lot many benefits to the company by acquiring not candidates, but the right talent for their organization to help execute present tasks, as well as work towards achieving future goals. Every business has its own talent acquisition functions and processes. Earlier, the processes were manual, tactical, and administrative. But, with the infusion of technology, recruiting is now focused on making it fast and adding value, while keeping it structured, as well as assessing candidates better. Talent acquisition uses video interviews to save time and costs Talent acquisition uses video interviews for intern or campus hiring interviews, which saves on both time as well a...

Efforts Put Into Starting An Executive Search Firm - WalkWater Talent Advisors

When you want to hire executives for your company, you may either take up the responsibility for yourself, or employ a third party professional recruiting firm for the job. If you choose the latter, you’ll again want to make a choice between a recruiting agency and an executive search firm. An executive search firm is certainly a little more expensive than the former, which is why many companies don’t want to invest in it. But, when you realize the efforts put into building an executive search firm, you’ll not only understand why they are expensive but also how they can prove to be more beneficial. Identifying the qualities required for the team of recruiters The first step is finding the niche and the industry one wants to specialize in, after which the target audience needs to be identified. Then, a secure executive recruiting talent group is hired. This talent group is hired based on various factors – The attitudes required in the particular target market The qualifications and exp...