Talent Pool
A talent pool is an online platform or database with all the profiles of employees, applicants, freelancers and other external contacts of a company.
It can either be a purely internal solution or can also be accessed via the company’s careers page, for example.
Talent pool for personnel development
This is a kind of talent reserve for efficient employee recruitment and targeted personnel development.
The talent pool includes the following:
- Applicants
- Own employees
- Interested parties
- Employee recommendations
- Former qualified employees
The advantages
With the help of software, you can quickly access all the relevant information from the talent pool that you need to fill a vacancy. It can also be used to implement training measures.
A talent pool has a number of advantages:
- Simplified recruiting process
- Optimized selection through existing information
- Second-best applicant
- Personnel department is relieved
- Reduction of recruitment costs
How to create your own talent pool
But how do you build one? With the help of the following options, you can quickly create a pool of talent that makes sense for you:
- Career fairs
- Trade fairs
- Universities & Universities of Applied Sciences
- Interns, working students, trainees
- Second-best applicant
- Employees recommend candidates
- Social Media
- Former employees
Employee profiles: The competencies at a glance
It is particularly useful to record all important information about your employees in meaningful profiles. This can result in different areas of expertise and you can see directly which talents fit.
There are 3 competencies that can be recorded here:
- Professional competence: specialist knowledge & skills based on professional experience
- Social & communication skills: soft skills such as networking skills & presentation confidence as well as empathy skills
- Personal skills: self-management & self-reflection and learning skills
Such employee profiles are useful when it comes to adapting to new market requirements. This is also very helpful when filling a key position.
Talent pool in recruiting
Recruiters benefit enormously from an internal pool of talent. For example, you can quickly and easily understand the requirements profile for a specific position. It should also not be forgotten that the pool serves as a recruitment tool. Recruiters can use it to search for and find suitable candidates in a targeted manner.
