Is empathy a trend for Talent Acquisition in 2024? 🤔🤔
Well, according to Korn Ferry´s Talent Acquisition Trends report for 2024 it is… interesting, right?
The pandemic seems like ages ago, but the report points out that while 99% of professionals acknowledged leaders' empathy during the pandemic peak, it 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 16-𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 2023, and that based on research empathy makes leaders more effective (dah 🤣) and 92% of leaders with strong emotional self-awarness had teams with high energy and high performance.
The question then becomes, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, right?
A few thoughts on this:
🚀 Every person leading a TA function needs to make sure they´re aware of this to be succesful leaders.
🗝 We´re the gatekeepers for our companies and as such we´re responsible for making sure that when we recruit for leaders in the company we look for this traits.
❤️ This is a core trait for every person doing recruiting, not only leaders, since empathy and emotional self-awarness fosters understanding, communication, and rapport between recruiters and candidates.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐓𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 2024?
There´s a lot more interesting insights in the full report, so sharing the link in the comments.
Director of Marketing at Englin's Fine Footwear
1moAustin Steele I’m going to reach out to you directly. I have the perfect candidate for you!