Recruitment effectiveness | How do you successfully identify high potential candidates?

No-one really knows what the future holds and as the new (virtual) campus season begins what does this mean for an organisation who are looking for tomorrow’s talent?

Is it even possible to identify people who can support your business in the future world of work? We believe it is. When tomorrow looks so different from yesterday, past experience is no longer the only effective predictor future success.

Its, however, possible to assess for potential, and applicants with high potential will, by definition, be able to succeed whatever tomorrow brings – they’re people who can apply their learnings from one situation to another, are resilient, can adapt quickly to changing circumstances, who can be creative in their thinking and get the best out of both systems and people.

Historically the focus has been on past-experience, with potential being a secondary consideration. We would recommend that to hire future-proof talent, organisations should switch the focus and hire for potential first, and experience second.