Leadership
Business Strategy for Recruiters
Step into the mindset of a strategic partner. This mission equips recruiters with tools to understand how businesses compete, grow, and make decisions. You'll explore strategy frameworks, competitive positioning, and decision-making structures - then learn how to interpret OKRs, analyze data, and use business logic to confidently position recruitment as a driver of performance and impact.
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Presenters Presented By
Holly Fawcett
SocialTalent Expert
Holly’s extensive experience working with global TA leaders has shaped how the world’s leading enterprises achieve hiring maturity. Her experience in this space is unparalleled, making her one of the most sought-after advisors on talent maturity and transformation in the world.
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the Mission you will be able to:
Define business strategy and explain how understanding a company's strategic goals can help align recruitment efforts with long-term objectives.
Identify and differentiate between common competitive strategies (e.g. cost leadership, differentiation, focus) to better understand a company’s talent needs and positioning.
Apply Porter’s Five Forces framework to analyze a company’s competitive environment and how it influences hiring priorities.
Use the Business Model Canvas to break down how a company creates, delivers, and captures value - and identify where recruitment plays a critical role.
Courses in this Mission
Define business strategy and explain how understanding a company's strategic goals can help align recruitment efforts with long-term objectives.
Identify and differentiate between common competitive strategies (e.g. cost leadership, differentiation, focus) to better understand a company’s talent needs and positioning.
Apply Porter’s Five Forces framework to analyze a company’s competitive environment and how it influences hiring priorities.
Use the Business Model Canvas to break down how a company creates, delivers, and captures value - and identify where recruitment plays a critical role.
Interpret SWOT and PESTEL analyses to uncover internal and external factors that impact business strategy and workforce planning.
Recognize the financial and non-financial metrics companies use to track success, and explain how these KPIs influence recruitment needs.
Interpret a company’s OKRs to understand business priorities and translate them into actionable recruitment goals.
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