Talent Acquisition Red Flag!
And it wastes a company’s time & money
This red flag stopped me talking!
This is my 20th year in the recruitment/TA industry so to be left speechless by a dumb practice is now pretty rare but this one had me agape.
Like wide-mouthed, wide-eyed, stunned into silence, agape. 😮
Of course it didn’t last. 😆 You know me, I am Aussie first, Brit second. So what came next was a stream of disbelieving expletives because, seriously, WTAF!
It went like this. I am chatting to a Head of TA who answers into a Global Head of TA, and there are lots of cultural issues going on. Global Head is in Europe where the company is known; Head Of is outside of Europe where the company is unknown. The Global Head doesn’t get it. And we talk about all the ways that this (quite fabulous & you know I have high standards) Head Of is ruffling feathers as they improve things and all that has been achieved, especially in DEI, during 2022.
Then the Head Of says, ‘The Global Head won’t let us discuss salaries with the hiring managers’
Whaaaaaaat? 🚩
‘The recruiters are not allowed to discuss salaries with hiring managers.’ they repeated.
