ComparisonWorkplace
Recruitment vs Talent Discovery
Recruitment generally begins with a defined organisational need:
"We need someone for this role."
Talent discovery can begin with a different question:
"What capabilities and potential exist within or beyond the obvious candidate pool?"
Recruitment Often Focuses On
- vacancies
- job descriptions
- candidates
- selection
- hiring
Talent Discovery Can Explore
- hidden strengths
- transferable skills
- potential
- emerging capabilities
- internal talent
- unconventional career paths
The two should not be treated as competitors.
Effective recruitment needs discovery.
Discovery becomes useful when it eventually connects people with meaningful opportunities.
For a skills-oriented organisation, this distinction can be especially important.
A person's current job title may tell only part of their capability story.
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