Steve Jacobs on: Creating a winning talent strategy & why obsessing over hard skills is costing you talent

One of the biggest mistakes TA teams make is neglecting the data when hiring people and over-focusing on hard skills when assessing talent. What can talent acquisition do to enable business and keep talent long-term?

On this episode of How We Hire, Talent Acquisition expert, Steve Jacobs, shares his best tactics for creating a flexible and agile talent acquisition strategy.

Key takeaways

• How to make risk assessments to ensure you're hiring the right people
• Common mistakes talent acquisition make—and how to avoid them
• How skills-based hiring helps with talent retention and business growth
• Why the candidate experience holds all the answers