Benefits of Having a Trusted Talent Partner
Whether you're a startup, scaling business, or an enterprise organization, partnering with a dedicated talent expert can enhance your recruitment strategy and provide your company with a competitive advantage in the job market. A talent partnership helps your company attract top talent, boost employee retention, and save time, money, and resources. Here’s how:
Full recruitment support. From sourcing to onboarding, and during candidate employment a dedicated talent professional offers you support and guidance throughout the whole process.
Brand and company representation. Part of a Talent Partner’s role is to represent your organization throughout the recruitment and hiring process. They are prospective talent’s first interaction with your organization and help shape their first impressions.
Access to a larger talent pool. These experts have extensive talent networks that allow them access to a hard to find and untapped candidate pool. This includes passive candidates that otherwise would not engage with a company’s job posting or application process if not directly contacted by a recruitment professional.
Industry and job market insight. Your eyes and ears - Talent Partners collect crucial feedback and information from candidates. As a third party, they often get insights that would otherwise go unsaid to internal HR and Hiring Managers. Their past experience can also give you a better understanding of the job market including current and past trends and compensation benchmarks.
Save time, money, and resources. Recruitment is a full time job, that’s why there are dedicated professionals. If your organization doesn’t have the time or resources to dedicate someone internally to fulfill your hiring needs a Talent Partner is an excellent alternative. Because this individual can focus solely on filling these open positions they are able to do so in a more timely and efficient manner that will ultimately save you money.
Scalability. There is no one size fits all approach to a partnership. A Talent Partner can be utilized no matter how big, small, urgent, or confidential your hiring needs are, from one open role to many.
Strategic advice. It's rare to find a single candidate who meets all the expectations, role requirements, and qualifications outlined in a job description. When you factor in additional variables like market salary expectations and location, the pool of viable candidates becomes even more limited. To fill the role, you may need to rely on a Talent Partner to manage these expectations and offer viable alternatives or recommendations.
Candidate experience and retention. A Talent Partner is responsible for communicating and guiding candidates through the entire process starting from initial reach outs to post-hire check-ins. They are a candidates first point of contact throughout the interview process and play crucial roles in communication throughout offers, negotiations, and onboarding making sure that if there are any red flags, candidate concerns, hesitations, or misalignments they are brought to your attention. This direct communication and support reflects well on the candidates and creates stronger engagement and interest in the opportunity.
If these benefits sound appealing then DNA* Premium+, a high-touch, skills-focused subscription designed to help organizations attract top-tier tech talent may be right for you. Combining the power of our intelligent matching algorithm with personalized recruitment support from a dedicated DNA Talent Partner.
Interested in learning more about DNA* Premium+, contact our Head of Talent and Partnerships Katy Hayduk at katy.hayduk@donotapply.io.
