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Role of Strategic Recruitment Processes

The recruitment and staffing is extremely complex HR area. The recruitment process has to be closely managed on the daily operational basis, but the strategic recruitment processes determine the strategic recruitment goals.

The recruitment specialists should focus their attention to both groups of recruitment processes. The strategic processes set the limits for the operational part of the recruitment, and they identify the target groups, the layout of the recruitment advertisement.

The successful recruitment process is not just about the excellent process map. It is about the well-defined recruitment goals and objectives. It is about the identified recruitment sources and channels to find the best talents on the job market at reasonable costs.

Strategic Recruitment Processes

The strategic recruitment processes should (and have) set:

  • Decision line about the hire on the strategic job positions
  • The recruitment sources to be used in the company
  • Recruitment Software
  • The recruitment layout and the recruitment brand on the job market
  • Terms and Conditions applied in the cooperation with the recruitment agencies, headhunters and the executive search companies
  • Strategic KPIs and strategic recruitment measures
  • Recruitment Budget to be spent during the year
  • Special recruitment initiatives during the year (seasonal recruitment campaigns, etc)
  • Rules for the Young University Graduates Recruitment

The strategic recruitment processes act as guidelines for the HR Recruiters in the operational part of the staffing procedure. As they have to handle many job vacancies and many job candidates, they have no time to find out all the necessary details to make a final decision.

The strategic part of the recruitment is not about the occasional meetings of HR Managers with the HR Recruiters. They have to be run regularly. They have to be owned by the fully dedicated process owner. The strategic part of the recruitment sets the costs of the recruitment, and it drives the satisfaction of managers with Human Resources.

The recruitment process needs a quick reaction of HR in case of any change in the job market. The recruitment process is the first process in the organization, which can recognize significant movement on the job market. The strategic recruitment processes set the limits, and they recognize changes. It is their role.