Recruitment Strategies to Win Over Top External Talent

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High candidate expectations for streamlined hiring processes and increased competition from out-of-sector employers have made it more challenging than ever for higher ed to attract top talent. Current higher ed hiring practices miss opportunities to diversify their talent pool, overburden applicants with difficult processes, and fail to provide reasons why candidates should choose their institution over another employer. Colleges and universities must change their approach to recruiting and onboarding to meet candidate needs and compete with out-of-sector employers.

This report outlines the urgency drivers for why higher ed must modernize its recruiting and onboarding strategies to attract talent. Then, it provides campus leaders with 10 foundational solutions to common challenges across the major phases of the talent acquisition process that out-of-sector competitors have already implemented.