Building a strong talent pipeline is an essential element of any successful long term recruitment strategy. It should be an ongoing process that allows you to identify, engage and develop relationships with potential hires who meet your talent needs right now or who may align with your future business goals.
Even if your recruitment has eased back, creating a strong talent pipeline should remain a focus. Not only can it speed up your time to hire and reduce your hiring costs, but it allows you to hit the ground running when you are ready to hire again.
Here are three ways IrishJobs.ie can help you build a strong talent pipeline.
Attracting the best talent
A strong employer brand is essential to attracting the right talent to your business. Successfully executed it can build a talent pipeline for your business before you even advertise an opportunity. It sets your organisation apart from your competitors and makes you an employer of choice for candidates. Not only should it reflect your company’s values, ethos and culture it should align with your business objectives to ensure you are engaging the talent who can deliver those goals. From training to audits, our employer branding advisor can work with you to find the right employer branding solution for your business.
A continuous flow of talent
Job applications on IrishJobs.ie are at an all-time high, up 24% in September compared to the same month last year. These applications represent a continuous flow of talent to recruiters. Just because a candidate isn’t right for the opportunity you have right now doesn’t mean they won’t be perfect for a role with your organisation at some time in the future. Even when under pressure to fill a role quickly you should still take the time to talent spot and build relationships with candidates who can add value to your organisation.
A source of talent
IrishJobs.ie’s all-island CV platform TalentBank is a reservoir of talent available for you to tap into straightaway. Your job is matched with the best available candidates in TalentBank the moment you promote it on our platform and even when you are not actively recruiting you can still search TalentBank to identify potential future hires and prepare a strong talent pipeline that will ensure you fill your upcoming key roles quickly and smoothly.