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title: "Talent Advisor 2.0 - Learning Path"
description: "Get advanced skills to become a next-level talent advisor. Learn how to guide hiring managers, advise on talent strategy, and make impactful decisions."
url: "https://www.socialtalent.com/course-library/learning-path/talent-advisor-2-0"
last_modified: "2025-07-23T05:06:58+00:00"
---

Learning Path

4 missions

# Talent Advisor 2.0

In this learning path, we will cover how to take your role as Talent Advisor to the next level - Talent Business Partner. A talent business partner takes TA to the next level by providing strategic guidance to the organization on attracting, developing, engaging, and hiring the right talent. We will start by diving into skills-first hiring looking at when to use it and how to implement it into your recruitment cycle. We will then look at the core skills and competencies that will aid you in becoming a Talent Business partner.

## Skills covered

[Recruiting](https://www.socialtalent.com/course-library?skill%5B%5D=recruiting)

## What you'll learn:

- Implement skill-first hiring practices to effectively source, interview, assess, and integrate talent into your organization.
- Apply effective interviewing techniques to attract and evaluate top talent, including defining clear criteria, utilizing behavioral questions, and mitigating common biases.
- Develop comprehensive candidate assessment strategies by leveraging various tools and designing effective processes to ensure high-quality hires.
- Elevate your role from Talent Advisor to Talent Business Partner by enhancing your skills, knowledge, and strategic approach to recruitment.

### Presenters include

Irene Villar

SocialTalent Expert

John Vlastelica

SocialTalent Expert

Johnny Campbell

SocialTalent Expert

Nick Johnston

SocialTalent Expert

## This Learning Path Includes 4 Missions

In this course, Johnny Campbell will give you the practical tools, knowledge, and strategies to hire candidates with a skills-first approach. From removing degree requirements to delegating responsibilities internally, this course will prepare you to be competitive in the hiring market with skills-first hiring.

How we hire impacts who we hire – to get the right 'who' we must be great at the 'how'. Your role as a hiring manager or interviewer is essential to achieve this, because top talent demands engaged and effective interviewing teams. In this mission by John Vlastelica from Recruiting Toolbox, you will learn the foundations of great interviewing: how to define the hiring criteria and evaluation process, using behavioral and situational questions, and the main biases to watch out for.

If we are to step up in our role as Talent Advisors, we need to have a broad and deep understanding of candidate assessment, just like other HR professionals. This mission by Nick Johnston, provides an overview of assessment, the tools you can use and advice on how to design and operate effective assessment processes. This will ensure you make great hires for your customers and have a firm seat at the "Talent Table."

This mission is about enhancing your skills, knowledge, and awareness as a Talent Advisor to empower you to become a Talent Business Partner. The Talent Business Partner is a Talent Advisor 2.0 and this mission will give you the edge you need to succeed in the competitive recruitment market.