KATRINA COLLIER works with companies globally to improve recruitment and candidate experience. With over 20 years of experience, she facilitates design thinking workshops that swiftly uncover and provide solutions for the technology, people, and process issues that prevent successful talent acquisition. Based in London, UK, she is also the author of The Robot-Proof Recruiter: A Survival Guide for Recruitment and Sourcing Professionals and The Damage of Words: A Memoir of Healing Self-Hate and Gaining Self-Mastery, and a sought-after keynote speaker to management or recruitment audiences worldwide. Website: katrinacollier.com

• Foreword by Hilke Schellmann xiIntroduction xiii1 Recruitment Alignment Meeting 1But Should You Be Hiring? 3Renaming “the” Meeting 7It’s Not on the Job Description 8Preparation Is Vital 13Interview Balance 17Offered, Silver Medallists, and Rejected Candidates 22Partnering to Success 25Chapter Summary 272 Decoding Talent Acquisition 29Talent What? 31Common Misconceptions 34Recruiter Speak 49Reboot Your Relationship with Talent Acquisition 51Chapter Summary 553 Let Talent Acquisition Thrive 57Horror Stories Must End 61The Elephants in the Room 63Talent Acquisition Roles 76Flexible Alternatives 84Chapter Summary 874 Articulating the Need 89The Profile 92The Sell 97Call in Talent Acquisition 100Compensation 102Jobs of the Future 103When, Where, and How 105Reboot Views 113Chapter Summary 1165 The Cost of - Isms and Phobias on Hiring 117Sexism 120Transphobia and Cissexism 130Heterosexism 134Racism 135Ageism 138Ableism and Stigma 141Final Few 145Chapter Summary 1466 Interview Catalysts 147Shortlisting 149Types of Interviews 151Interview Prep 160During the Interview 162After the Interviews 168Pre- and Onboarding 174Chapter Summary 1757 The Hiring Benefits of Getting Social 177It Goes Both Ways 179Bang on Basics 181Other Sites 191Easy Post Ideas 193Blogging 202Chapter Summary 204Conclusion 207Notes 219Acknowledgements 237About the Author 239Index 241

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