An additional change will be around the scrutiny that target candidates will place around the “security” of a career move. A company will need to demonstrate that they are a “safe” move in terms of a future career. This may involve the sharing of more financial information, funding and trading history and projections. Alternatively, positions will need to have pay and reward scales high enough that they trade off any risk. Good senior management candidates with today’s 2020 skillset will not consider a move without this scrutiny, and that will impact talent attraction strategies and success rates. We recommend including a statement of intent in the Candidate Pack. This does not need to include confidential or sensitive information but it should outline what will be shared and when with the successful candidate. This will allay any early concerns and prevent any obstacles early on. Just before offer stage this information can be shared, if appropriate with a suitable NDA (we will advise, prepare and co-ordinate) to smooth the final stage of the process. We recommend sharing this information before the offer is given, so at the end of the process, everyone’s full attention is on the offer. Candidate engagement will play a key part in any successful campaigns. Simply having a dialogue with candidates will prove trickier in this uncertain climate. Placing an advert will become even more hit and miss and assignments will fail because they do not successfully overcome the new hurdles that have been introduced.
At MRG we work closely with our clients to showcase opportunities to candidate pools, promoting them across wide ranging social media channels. Our in-house design team have created over 500 market leading Candidate Packs since 2017 using Flipping Books technology. We can give a cross market perspective and expert advice on Value and Security Propositions and how to showcase individual assignments to target audiences. Our online candidate packs have been invaluable from a candidate engagement perspective especially when trying to attract prospective candidates from both within and outside a given sector. They target passive and active candidates within a specific candidate pool. This means your vacancy is being seen and considered by the exact audience you are targeting.
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