As with any career, progression comes with experience and knowledge. Recruitment knowledge is mainly about knowing people connecting with them and understanding what they want, and the right software can help immensely.
There is no way for you to manage the amount of information to be effective to a large number of people without having a system in place to house all of this information.
If you start with your LinkedIn and social networks, you can get a starting point for understanding candidates. However, you have no information on them other than the information that everyone has, so you are no different to anyone else. Using Talent Map, you can start to get a bigger picture of that candidate ask them details and add them to the database. Gather notes before and after an interview and note down what they truly want from their next job. As you build this database, you will get a better understanding of that candidate, be able to put them forward for the roles best suited and contact them about roles that maybe coming up. Additionally, you'll be able to network to see if they know anyone else who might be looking and start again with them also.
There is also no doubt that the bigger the list of contacts you have – your black book – the more chance you have of growing your career in recruitment.
Your career in recruitment will grow with the more placements you make and that will grow if you get the right candidates to the interview, which again will increase with the better knowledge and data you have available.
Scaling your data will require the implementation of standardised and repeatable processes, which relies on proper self-management. Once you get used to collecting the information for your Talent Map, the process will become second nature and you will start to develop the perfect recruitment data base. This will hold great worth to you and also in the event you ever wish to sell your business to any interested buyers.
Play to your strengths but what you deliver to the customer should always be the best it can be.
Remember to play to your strengths. Whilst it is important to make changes to support new features and capabilities, using a Global Talent Map will help you stay on track with your USP. Whether it is bringing a company new talent, adding new tools and features, or making new partnerships, your business will look more attractive if you keep to your core values and deliver high levels of customer service.