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Recruit Through Professional Associations
Talent management is a hot topic in HR today. With the government projecting total jobs to increase 10 percent between 2008 and 2018 while the workforce grows by only 8.2 percent, it is increasingly urgent for companies to develop strategies for continuous recruitment of talented workers.
The shortage is expected to be particularly severe in service industries, which are already experiencing staff shortfalls, according to industry organizations such as the American Hospital Association. While it's important to be able to fill immediate needs, it's also essential to take a strategic, long-term view of hiring so you can maintain the health and growth of your organization. Building a talent pipeline has never been so important. Professional associations can be a doorway into the specific professions you most need to recruit from. Study your talent needs, and then identify the associations with the most potential. Professional Association Recruiting Best Practices Roni Henderson used this approach to build a new recruiting practice from the ground up. Transitioning from a 13-year career in logistics operations and management, she recently signed on with Baldwin Gilman, the largest executive search firm in Cincinnati. The company is on an aggressive growth path and added Henderson to develop a dedicated recruiting practice in her career specialty of transportation, logistics and supply-chain management. Henderson immediately began investigating trade associations affiliated with her target industry. She researched the organizations and their publications and chapters in the Cincinnati area to find ones that promised the greatest return on her investment of time, energy and membership dues. Then she zeroed in on two associations whose membership of logistics and supply-chain management executives fit her needs exactly. Here's how she's putting this strategy to work:
Professional Association Recruiting Tips Before jumping on the association bandwagon, remember to:
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