Someone asked me what I thought about social recruiting - and I replied forget "social recruiting", focus on building Talent Communities
When he asked what I meant by that I replied :
Some thoughts about Talent Communities
Earlier posts on Talent communities
When he asked what I meant by that I replied :
Some thoughts about Talent Communities
- Talent communities are where people go to connect with fellow professionals and learn. Hence they are more “communities of practice” than anything else.
- Talent communities are places one goes to find experts and also to build their own personal career brand.
- Companies must engage in talent communities by letting their internal experts connect with and build their own networks.
- The best Talent Community Facilitator would be an expert in the roles – not necessarily a recruiter.
- The Talent community is a place to discuss, solve other's problems, share war stories and visions of the future, to look at where the field is headed and what are the skills needed tomorrow.
- The focus on jobs/recruiting has to be secondary to the above.
- The skills a Talent Community Facilitator would be a combination of facilitation, teaching, guiding, triggering conversations, mapping the skills of community members and of course skills in the domain of the community.
Earlier posts on Talent communities
