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Are You Ready for the Great Talent Title Wave
By VICKY BROWN
I know we’ve all been focused on the Great Resignation – and rightly so. It’s had an impact on all of us. You may have found yourself short staffed for much longer than you anticipated. Or maybe the people you’ve recently brought on to fill the gaps, aren’t quite up to the quality you expected. Or if they are, they’re much more expensive than you expected.
But, keep in mind that the only thing that is constant – is change. And as company leaders, we have to always focus on what’s coming down the road. So, before we all know it, we’re going to be faced with what I’m calling the Great Talent Title Wave.
It’s inevitable.
There’s a whole, very large, group of workers that were put out of work because of downsizing or companies temporarily halting business. And many of them decided to take the time, and the benefit of a good sized unemployment check, to up level their skills.
They went back to school, started working on advanced degrees, or got senior certifications in their field, or took the opportunity to go for it in a completely different field they always wanted.
No matter – the fact is, they got better. Better skills, better education, better experience. And soon, much sooner than you think, all that up leveled talent is going to flood the employment scene.
That’s the Great Talent Title Wave.
“… most of those people, who report to you now, should report to someone else.“
So, how can you make sure you take advantage of this onslaught of talent?
Well, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – you have to position yourself as an employer of choice. Remember, you aren’t the only company that will want these high skill level workers. And besides, this is an opportunity for you to enhance your whole organization.
But first, you have to know what you’re looking for.
Take a good hard look at where you are now, and where you want to go in 1 year, 3 years, 5 years out. What is your vision for the future of your company. Who are your target customers, what type of services or products are you offering, have you expanded services, or maybe you’ve expanded geographically.
What organization chart supports that vision. For instance, maybe everyone reports to you directly now, but that may not work for the future version of your company.
Maybe you’ll need to free your time up to work on developing products, or enhancing how you market – and that means most of those people, who report to you now, should report to someone else.
Well, what skills will that future manager or director need. Will you need to hire someone for that role, or is there someone on your team that you can grow into the job. And if you do have someone you can grow, what about the replacement for their current job.
You see, when you really stop and think about it, and flesh out your vision – it gives you an opportunity to start figuring out what you’ll need from a team perspective to make that vision a reality.
And once you have a handle on that – well then you’re ready to start building your future team. You’ll have a handle on what talent you need, and what talent you can grow. And by the way, it will also help inform your budget, because you’ll need to allow for the talent cost.
Now that you know who you are going after, well now you have to attract them.
Forget posting for jobs, you’re marketing for talent – approach it that way. In just the same way you market to your target customer, you’re marketing to your target candidate.
Create a frictionless candidate experience. Tout the advantages of working at your company – things like opportunity for development, a solid benefits package, career pathing and/or mentorship, and don’t forget to talk about what the company stands for. Who are you in the world, what are the values, what type of corporate citizen are you.
All this goes in the soup of information that helps a candidate decide to apply to your company, and eventually accept your job offer.
I know, positioning yourself as an employer of choice has a lot of pieces to it. In fact, check out our 3 part series on How To Prevent the Great Resignation for tips and ideas you should consider.
Figure out what works for you, maybe even develop some new ideas, and implement , implement, implement.
Because sure, being an Employer of Choice will certainly help you retain the talent you have. But, and maybe even more importantly, it’ll help you attract the talent you need for tomorrow.
Because – the Great Talent Title Wave is coming. Are you ready?
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