Individual recruiters concentrate on specific job Ind roles and business functions, and partner with line managers to understand the requirements of the mana open position. Recruiters also have responsibility for candidate sourcing and screening, as well as a high level candi accountability to line managers, with the recruiters of acc filling in time-sheets and charging line managers only the time they are used. O’Donnell claims the impact for th “faster, cheaper and more quality [talent] pipelines”, is “fas the function has amassed a stack of service and th delivery awards from the business to prove it. delive
Gran Weinberg Grant Director of Europe, Asia & Middle East Dire (EAME) talent acquisition, Gilead Sciences (EAM Gilead Sciences may not be the most visible brand outside the life sciences sector, but the research-based outsid biopharmaceutical company has a vital global mission: bioph address unmet medical needs for those with to add life-threatening diseases, which includes treatments life-th liver disease and cancer. It means for HIV-AIDS, H Weinberg and his team are constantly seeking that W candidates with highly specialised skills. candi The company employs more than 5,000 people worldwide and to meet its challenges, Weinberg’s world multi-lingual recruitment team has emphasised multi areas such as recruitment effectiveness, candidate experience, workforce planning, multi-channel exper resourcing and global mobility. resou Weinberg, who joined Gilead from Accenture where We was European recruitment stream lead, is part of he wa EAME HR leadership team and a trusted business the E partner to the EAME organisation. partn
Lee Yeap Head of resourcing, BSkyB Hea Lee Yeap
“YEAP POSSESSES TWO OF THE KEY STRENGTHS SHOWN BY THE MODERN RESOURCING HEAD: AN ABILITY TO EXPLOIT EMPLOYER BRAND AND A MASTERY OF SOCIAL MEDIA”
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If the dynamic Yeap succeeds in his mission to design build a best-in-class talent acquisition function to and b help tthe broadcasting company deliver on its business goals, it will be another big-brand feather in his cap and make him resourcing hot property. He was headhunted a year ago from BT, where in his final role as group head recruitment he was responsible for talent acquisition of rec across all seven business units. In a previous role as head of recruitment for BT Design, he implemented a direct-hire model and shifted the function from being direct transactional to strategic and responsive. transa Yeap Yea possesses two of the key strengths of the modern resourcing head: an ability to exploit employer mode brand and a mastery of social media. One of his focuses BSkyB is to put in place a culture that will attract at BSk passive talent communities via multiple channels.
Scott Beagrie is a regular contributor to Recruiter. He launched Personnel Today’s Top 40 Power Players in HR in 1999 and continued to compile the annual list for several years after he left the magazine in 2003.
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