Enhancing HR's Functional Contribution

Problem

"Management views talent acquisition as an overhead cost center and not a strategic function. We're so tied up with 'busy' work; we don't have time to be strategic, or even cost-effective."

Cause

The hiring process doesn't consistently deliver high performers or validate staffing as THE most important business function there is. Being so labor intensive, it's difficult, if not impossible, to deliver an impressive value proposition or return on investment.

Solution

Professionals that make a difference and enhance functional contribution are sought out and recognized. Consistently selecting top performers is the most direct, effective path to improving overall organizational effectiveness. Acclaim significantly reduces the time necessary to identify and hire the best candidates, giving you the time to be a more valued business advisor to hiring managers, maximizes the contribution that your existing staff makes without having to ask for additional resources, and allows you to spend more time with the people who will be extended offers, to assure their acceptance. Recruiting is too important a function to the organization to be contracted out or outsourced. Once you've outsourced the process, you lose control and recognition.

Automate Before You Outsource

One of the unspoken advantages of automating the selection and hiring process including all decisioning except that related to the finalists, is that the work gets done fast and accurately, but Acclaim never complains, never asks for time off, works 24 hrs a day without asking for overtime, and never asks for a promotion. You have more time to interact with hiring managers to manage their expectations of the labor market, talent availability, sourcing strategy, pay rates and so on. You'll also have more time for the important interaction with finalists, the ones you want to make sure will accept any forthcoming offer by having the time to spend with them finding out what challenges they face in making a move, arranging solutions to those challenges, and conditioning them for the event of a counter offer. The last thing you want to happen in a recruiting campaign is to have to start the process all over again when the chosen prospect turns the offer down. Acclaim also gathers the business intelligence you need to analyze the quality of your labor pool, understand competitive pay structures, evaluate sources of candidates based not just on volume but also on candidate quality, find ways to reduce risk and take additional cost out of the process - in short, the time for the strategic involvement that is worth so much more than just pounding away at busy work and administrivia. Unlike outsourcing, you continue to be recognized as the source of improvement and the go-to person.