Aligning the hiring community and resourcing
 We welcome Ben Gledhill to the show. If you know Ben, youâll know he actively contributes to the wider conversation about recruitment and talent acquisition on Twitter. On this weekâs show, he joins us to talk about the resourcing give and get. A principle he has developed when creating a resourcing playbook for his current employer. Weâre intrigued to learn moreâŚ
Ben opens, and immediately reiterates the responsibility of all resourcing teams.
He tells us, âwe really are the gatekeepers to peopleâs careersâ and âhow do I want my parents or my friends and loved oneâs dealt withâ.
Equally important, we focus on the fact that he has recently decided to accept the Head of Resourcing role on a permanent basis with his current company. Why was the challenge so appealing?.Â
He says, âthey want to look at resourcing and the capability, whatâs the service we deliverâ. âI donât like using the word fix, because itâs almost as if you fix it, itâs job done. Itâs more, weâll move things, weâll change things, weâll turn the volume up and downâ.
The Resourcing Playbook: the Give and Get model
We asked Ben what the catalyst was for his âgive and getâ playbook. With this in mind, he says âit was very very clear we needed to build some bridges between hiring (Hiring Managers) and the people responsible for maintaining the hiring engine, which is resourcingâ. As a result, the Resourcing Playbook was then designed and it became the unofficial contract between the Hiring Managers and Resourcing.
Ben then goes on to define the unofficial contract. He says, âit was a document and a mantra of âthis is how resourcing will workâ. âWeâre removing a lot of the barriers in terms of how we find candidatesâ and weâve really dug deep into D&I.â He goes on to say, for the Hiring Managers, âfor us to hire world-class leading talent for you, we need this from you and this will be a live and organic document that people can take to briefing meetingsâ.
If that wasnât enough, youâll hear Ben talk about:
- What we need from our Hiring Partners
- EVP vs PVP – Employee or People Value Proposition
- D&I – itâs not a âtick boxâ exerciseÂ
- What is a Candidate Attraction Ecosystem?
- Setting your Service Delivery levels
- Securing Hiring Manager community buy-in Â
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