Ep 808: The Starting Point For TA Innovation
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The episode discusses the importance of benchmarking in talent acquisition innovation and features insights from Toni de Graaf on the current state of TA teams worldwide.
Innovation in recruiting is hard. TA leaders are experts at running their operations, but improving them in a structured way is a different discipline, and the AI revolution has made it one that no one can avoid. Before any function can innovate, though, it has to know where it is starting from, and that is where benchmarking becomes critical. Recent research from the Recruiting Excellence Foundation, which has assessed the maturity of hundreds of TA teams worldwide, reveals that TA teams are struggling to move from operational to strategic. So how should TA leaders get started? My guest this week is Toni de Graaf, Co-Founder of the Recruiting Excellence Foundation. In our conversation, Tony shares what the global benchmark reveals, why so many teams are stuck in operational mode, and how to prioritize the improvements that matter most. In the interview, we discuss: Benchmarking TA maturity across the globe The most surprising insight from the results The two areas where TA teams struggle most The difference between an operational and a strategic function The impact of AI AI and broken processes Resource, capacity and value Knowing your starting point What does the future look…
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