Kee Meng Yeo has years of experience in talent development and human resources with multiple companies across the world, including serving as Amway's vice president of global talent development. Kee Meng Yeo and other human resources professionals use a variety of strategies to acquire and maintain talent, including proactive recruiting.
Proactive recruiting starts the recruitment process long before positions open up. A proactive recruiter's focus lies in building relationships, so when positions do become open, the talent to fill them can be found more rapidly. Proactive recruiting has several benefits over an open requisitions model.
Both time and effort can be reduced by using proactive recruitment strategies. Those who have already cultivated a relationship with someone with the appropriate skills can have a position filled and a person at work within a week, and have to interview fewer prospective employees. While proactive recruiting doesn't eliminate the need for interviews and a getting-to-know process, it does make these steps go much faster.
Likewise, proactive recruiting pipelines tend to lead to more durable relationships between employee and employer. Employees who have known the recruiter for years and built a relationship with the company before even entering its service will be more motivated. The transactional nature of interviewing also fades somewhat, and feelings of loyalty come into play.
Proactive recruiting starts the recruitment process long before positions open up. A proactive recruiter's focus lies in building relationships, so when positions do become open, the talent to fill them can be found more rapidly. Proactive recruiting has several benefits over an open requisitions model.
Both time and effort can be reduced by using proactive recruitment strategies. Those who have already cultivated a relationship with someone with the appropriate skills can have a position filled and a person at work within a week, and have to interview fewer prospective employees. While proactive recruiting doesn't eliminate the need for interviews and a getting-to-know process, it does make these steps go much faster.
Likewise, proactive recruiting pipelines tend to lead to more durable relationships between employee and employer. Employees who have known the recruiter for years and built a relationship with the company before even entering its service will be more motivated. The transactional nature of interviewing also fades somewhat, and feelings of loyalty come into play.
