#RedBranchWeekly: 3 Tips for Perfecting Modern Talent Acquisition

By Alison Wurth:

The times, they are a changin’. And you especially know that’s true if you are in the HR world. New technology is constantly rolling out, leadership and succession techniques are being perfected and recruiting trends are popping up left and right. However, some things will never change. Take a look below and see how you can expand your efforts to perfect your talent acquisition practices through artificial intelligence, succession planning, recruiting style and more from our partners!

XOR.ai: 3 Innovative Ways Companies Are Using AI

AI in recruiting revolves around automation. We’ve heard it all before, right? The real question is, are we using it to its full potential? Many recruiters are jumping on the exciting AI bandwagon. Of course, recruiters know the basics of AI technology: starting conversations and pre-vetting candidates. But, most recruiters don’t realize the full potential these bots really have. If you really want to get the most out of artificial intelligence, you’re going to want to read this one.

ClearCompany: Talent Success Toolkit Lesson 6: Succession Planning

Can you believe about ⅓ of companies don’t have a succession plan in place? ClearCompany has done it again. They cut to the chase and let you know if you don’t have a succession plan in place, you have zero strategies to ensure professional growth. Thankfully, they have wrapped it up nicely in a reasonably short video that will ensure you will hit the ground running. They cover identifying key internal leaders, creating living profiles for leadership positions, identifying and fostering potential successors and getting that executive buy-in that everyone yearns for. If you don’t already have a solid plan for all of the aforementioned – you must watch this video.

IQTalent Partners: What is Your Recruiting Superpower?

We talk about recruiting, and we talk about it a lot. And although there are ‘dos’ and ‘do nots’ we can all agree on, recruiting experts all have their own techniques for engaging with top talent. Not sure what edge you have against your competition? Find out with this quiz. No outcome is better than the others and we can all use a little bit of each of the results. But finding out which talent acquisition superpower you have is the first step to embracing it and knocking it out of the park. Plus, the experts at IQTalent Partners will help you along the way. A little tip: after you find out your superpower, play around with the quiz to see the other results and find out where you can improve!

Do you have the secret ingredient to perfecting modern talent acquisition? Was there something we missed? Tell us on Twitter @RedBranch!

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