talentiNGS discovered...

Many, many moons ago I started my career as an HR Generalist.  I liked being in HR, yet I found over time that I was increasingly frustrated with the lack of tangible results that I produced as an HR Generalist.  Sure, I worked hard to influence decision makers to make what I felt were the "right" decisions, yet I couldn't point to a single decision and say definiteively that it was a result of my work.  I could hope that it was but I couldn't say for sure.  There appeared to be no ROI for all my hard work.  Then I discovered recruiting - not the kind of recruiting that one does on the side as an HR Generalist, but the real business of recruiting.  I've been a die hard convert ever since!

Here's what I love about recruiting, talent acquisition, staffing - the business of finding the right people at the right time...

I love working with businesses to create operational efficiency in their talent organization via predictable, repeatable and logical processes.  Uncovering inherent sytematic inefficiencies and replacing them with a process and tools that the business can embrace and champion rocks my world!

The other, and even more important piece of recruiting that I get excited about is understanding where an organization's talent comes from, and then translating that into a sourcing methodology.  Too often companies rely on a post and mine strategy while ignoring passive talent, brand talent (thanks for that one Jeff!),  referrals,  new grads and other sources that are critical in today's market. 

Finally, I love getting to the ROI.  My experience has shown me that most business leaders are willing to place bets on acquiring talent, if the person making the proposition can intelligently discuss the probable ROI and how the results will be measured.  In my view, this is the best part about being on the "happy side of HR."  We can actually show results for just about everything we do, and that is the biggest kick of all!

Thanks for starting TUSK Jeff, and I look forward to from hearing from TISK (talent i shold know).

Cheers,

Nancy

Comments

[Dave Lefkow]

Best of luck to Nancy in her new venture! I highly recommend that anyone that is looking to build a high performance recruiting or sourcing team connect with her.