Spamming your jobs is not a "Talent Community"
Real recruiters know we're aren't the people job seekers really want to hear from...
You’re living large when you build a successful talent community. A group of people chomping at the bit to join you. When a position opens up? Boom, your recruiting is already done.
But if it consists of boilerplate emails from your recruiters listing open positions? That’s not a talent community, that’s just a crappy email list.
Talent communities are not talent acquisition functions at all. They’re thought leadership functions.
It’s your CTO tweeting and engaging with people on tech innovation topics.
It’s your CMO penning a newsletter describing new digital trends. Success and failures. And interacting with replies.
It’s your Head of Sales running an open Slack channel to share sales development insights.
All those people have to do is say “I’m hiring” and they’re flooded.
Domain knowledge communities are the best talent communities.
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