Recruiting & retaining talented staff

HR Executives are responsible for the architecture of learning organisations, where every member of staff is aware of the role that he or she plays in achieving corporate goals. But hiring and retaining specialists who fit into the company’s DNA is often a major challenge. Typical challenges facing HR Executives in the ‘war for talent’ include:
 

• The company lacks a solid reputation as an employer
• Companies often go looking for copies of their best performing employees
  - 'white crows' - who they think will fit in immediately
• When recruiting, companies tend to focus exclusively on competence
• Remuneration does not meet the expectations of top performers
• Employees demand equal remuneration, regardless of their performance
• Recruiters have to deal with new trends, such as Business Process Engineering (BPE) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), which often creates an additional barrier for attracting new talent

Our customers implemented the following capabilities

Perpetos supports their clients to hire and retain talented staff. Our customers implemented the following capabilities:

• Defining corporate DNA; this is the core of what the organisation stands for
  and how objectives are achieved
• Replacing ‘competence-based hiring’ by ‘DNA-based hiring’
• Helping managers to draw up job sheets, with focus on widely available profiles
• Focusing on scalability; new employees integrate better
  and become productive more quickly
• Creating a corporate culture of knowledge and sharing information
• Providing training opportunities and stimulating development & commitment
• Making efficient use of people and resources
• Working proactively and stressing the importance of cultural diversity

The result

One of our clients, an organisation with 85% of well-educated employees, developed a number of the skills stated above. As a result, they now finds it far easier to attract top talent from the outside. The company is also able to develop top talent much faster from within its own organisation. The genuinely high-potential individuals are identified more easily and, thanks to DNA profiling, loyalty to the company has dramatically increased.