The HCI Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference centered on showcasing how strategic talent acquisition drives real business impact, and how to leverage strategies, tactics and tools to deliver excellence at every stage of the recruiting lifecycle – from the moment a vacancy opens to new hire onboarding.
Besides networking with industry peers and learning the latest and greatest in talent acquisition, our team was named one of seven finalists for the Talent Acquisition Innovation Award, and were invited to deliver a presentation at the conference. Their participation focused on last fall’s launch of the newly redesigned hiring process (iReKREWT) with the end-goal to review and reimagine the hiring process in support of our vision to attract and retain you – innovative, well-qualified and diverse employees.
iReKREWT Presentation
The presentation delivered by Jennifer Coursey and Ryan Navarre addressed four pivotal questions in designing (or redesigning) a process: The What, The Why, The How, and The Proof.
The What
- Streamline and shortened approval workflow.
- Modify system to support a recruiter model.
- Minimize data entry and manual updates.
The Why (we listened to stakeholders’ feedback)
- Too many steps in the process.
- Have to re-enter duplicate information.
- Realized there were over 37 steps in the process.
- Time to hire could be up to 5-6 weeks.
The How
- Conducted focus groups.
- Cross functional project-team.
- Software application needed to be optimized.
The Proof
- Removed redundant steps that created “pain points”.
- Removed non-essential steps to have a more efficient workflow.
- Optimized the software to offer a more user-friendly hiring manager experience.
Below we share a link to view the presentation.
Conference Takeaways
So, what’s new in Talent Acquisition? We share a few of the items that caught the attention of our conference attendees.
- New trend to leverage talent and technology that includes use of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) “Alexa, where are my candidates?”.
- Focus on the importance of employer brand and candidate experience.
- Building relationship and trust with hiring managers and candidates.
- Emphasis on streamlining recruiting processes and the road ahead.
- Concept of translatable skills, experience and knowledge.
The HCI Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference takes place annually and includes industry groups from technology, manufacturing, finance, retail, transportation, entertainment and higher education.
Congratulations again to the Talent Acquisition and HRIS teams for not only attending but also sharing with industry colleagues Tulane’s newly redesigned hiring process.
