We are delighted to present the outcomes of our first regional business breakfast held in partnership with eSift. The conversations centred around agility within resourcing and the outputs of the session can be found here

1. Hartley Wintney
Hook
Hampshire
RG27 8AS
www.elvethamhotel.co.uk
How to deliver an agile recruitment service when
hiring demand is unpredictable
Thursday 28th January 2016, 8.30-11am
The Elvetham Hotel, Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire

2. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
Thursday 28th January 2016
Exclusive and engaging was the feedback from HR and Talent Acquisition
professionals who attended the business breakfast recently held at the
beautiful location of Elvetham Hall Hotel in Hampshire. eSift sponsored
the event and worked in partnership with the FIRM and guest speaker
Stephanie Bishop from Capgemini who openly shared how a flexible
resourcing solution has enhanced their recruitment process.
The topic was “Agile Recruiting” and a raft of challenging, debates
and discussions reinforced the need for a flexible resource. For some
clients that was a seasonal demand, for others it was a specific part of
the process. The list was endless but clearly there were some common
themes that remained a constant focus for these clients, these included:
- In house teams being “time poor and unable to source passive talent”
- Engaging hiring managers
- Candidate experience
- Poor technology
- Workforce planning
- Scalability
One of the reasons for sponsoring events of this type is to understand
the on-going needs of businesses so our resourcing and talent
acquisition service remains current and meets the expectations of clients
in 2016 and beyond. Our strategy as a business is not to sell but to listen!
By keeping the event to a maximum of 15 clients we promoted open and
honest discussions. Clients use eSift as a flexible resource to source
passive talent, fill that critical role without incurring the cost of an agency
or assist with any part of the process to alleviate the pressure from “time
poor” in-house teams.
Our next business breakfast is in May and places are limited so should you
like to know more please contact shibani.radway@thefirm-network.com

3. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
Thursday 28th January 2016
We are delighted to present the outcomes of our first regional
members breakfast held in partnership with eSift. The format of the
round table sessions used the Breakthrough Model
• What’s Working
• What’s Not Working
• What’s Missing
• What’s Possible
in order to explore agility within their current resourcing structure.
Members brainstormed around each of the four areas and the key
themes identified are listed as follows.
Roundtable
Discussions Output

4. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
What’s Working
Thursday 28th January 2016
Share best practice
Flexible resource
Scaleability
Candidate engagement
EVP
Team culture/structure
Business partnering
Agency partnerships
Target setting
Candidate engagment and experience via
resourcing team
Internal surveys/feedback
Stakeholder management
Creative ideas of continuous process of IMP
REC team culture
Employer brand
COE Model
Roundtable Discussions Output

5. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
What’s Not Working
Thursday 28th January 2016
Implementing change
Strength of brand for grads
Not enough supply/females (*we agree)
Inconsistent process (if there is one!)
No budget
Out of date system
No solid/strategic workforce plan
No retention strategy
Engage hiring managers into process
Induction
Talent management
Candidate experience
Onboarding/keep warm strategy
Accountability for onboarding/induction success
Use of interns
Candidate engagement/passive talent
Time management
HR/TA model
Roundtable Discussions Output

6. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
What’s Missing
Thursday 28th January 2016
Team alignment
Capability (geographic/cultural knowledge)
Scalability
Exec hiring (internal)
Technology
Training programme to close the gap - in order to hire
from a wider pool
Process
Budget
Effective reporting
Candidates
Strategic workforce plan
Accurate candidate source tracking
Diverse hiring
Time!
Roundtable Discussions Output

7. How to deliver an agile recruitment service
when hiring demand is unpredictable
What’s Possible
Thursday 28th January 2016
80/20 workforce planning
Right margin of error
Assessor training/capability
Managing expectation of lead times REC/HM’s
Increase diversity
Recruitment invited to the table of business strategy
decisions
Hiring candidates who may not be 100% fit and train to
close gaps
Some value of agency resourcing
Realistic budgets
Simplification!
Good candidate experience
Talent pipelines that work!
TA capability excellence
Educated HM’s - understanding value of hiring process
Standard global process (Starbucks experience)
Roundtable Discussions Output