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Talent Acquisition Service Definitions
Pre-Sourcing
Employer Brand & Careers Sites
Companies that create and advise on style, content, and branding of Careers websites and employer value proposition messaging
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Job Descriptions
Companies that help ensure job descriptions are clear, concise, unbiased, and interesting
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Job Distribution
Companies that manage the process of getting your job postings listed on relevant job boards
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Talent Insights & Analytics
Companies that provide data and insights on internal employee and candidate data in your systems
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Talent Market Intelligence
Companies that provide data and insights on external workforce, employment trends, compensation, and skills demand by industry, level and location
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Sourcing
Campus & Early Career
Companies that provide recruitment and engagement platforms to transition from traditional campus and early career hiring (on-campus events and career fairs) to a more virtual, off-campus approach
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Diversity Focus
Companies providing services to source or engage with candidates by gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ, disability, military
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Employee Referrals
Companies that provide software to support referrals of external candidates from current and former employees
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Job Search Sites
Companies that run websites with job postings, employer reviews, or other content targeting people looking for jobs
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Social Search
Companies that provide software which searches publicly available information and websites to match candidates to your search criteria
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Virtual Events
Companies that provide a platform to host virtual events such as candidate information sessions
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Assessments
Behavioral Assessments
Companies that provide software to screen candidates for cognitive ability and personality
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Skills Assessments
Companies that provide software to screen candidates for job-specific skills and scenarios
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Technology Skills Assessments
Companies that provide software to screen candidates for specific technology skills, most commonly coding
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Video Interviewing
Companies that provide software to conduct and manage video interviews including storing and sharing videos and assessor ratings and comments
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Offer
Background Checks
Companies that manage the process of obtaining and storing background checks for your candidates
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Reference Checks
Companies that manage the process of obtaining and storing reference checks for your candidates
Candidate Management
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
Companies that provide software to manage application process and status, often positioning themselves as an "all-in-one" solution
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Candidate Communication & Bots
Companies that provide software to manage candidate communication via website chatbots, Facebook Messenger, text, WhatsApp, etc.
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Candidate Relationship Management (CRM)
Companies that provide software to store candidate leads and manage communication campaigns to different categories of candidates, sometimes called Talent Relationship Management (TRM)
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Interview Scheduling & Management
Companies that provide software to support the interview process, including the ability to automate scheduling and conduct structured interviews
Agencies
Below Executive Search
Companies that manage the entire recruitment process for individual below executive roles, typically not requiring a retainer and charging 15-25% of first year compensation
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Executive Search
Companies that manage the entire recruitment process for individual senior executive roles, typically requiring a retainer at 30% or higher of first year compensation plus admin fees
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Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Companies that manage the recruitment process for all or a portion of your temporary workers / contingent talent
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
Companies that manage the entire recruitment process for all or a portion of your full-time professionals