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Talent Acquisition Strategy and Recruitment Life Cycle (RLC)

Talent-Acquisition Strategy The life cycle of talent and develop connections with specific individuals at each stage in that cycle. In other words, an effective recruiting strategy is a continuous process that begins before a person is hired and continues even after they leave the organization. In fact, there are five different stages in the talent life cycle: TheProspect The Candidate The New Hire The Retainee (a Retained employee) The Alumnus/Alumnae. Let's take a brief look at each of them. The Prospect Often called a "passive job seeker," this individual is not a job seeker at all. They don't come to employers; employers have to go after them. Equally as important, employers have to convince them to go from the devil they know -- their current organization, boss, and commute -- to the devil they don't know -- a different organization, boss, and commute. Making that case requires a lot of persuasion, and that persuasion, in turn, takes time. The