Do companies actually recognise Talent when they see it?
I wanted to pose you a question, that I find myself regularly asking when speaking to companies. While HR and resourcing teams can happily recruit staff (well some of the time anyway!), do they actually know when a really good candidate - a category 'A' top talent individual - is presented to them?
If you asked an HR or resourcing person this, then of course they will say they would instantly recognise top talent. But from my experience I am not sure many of them do. Either through training resourcing teams or doing recruiting for companies, I have noticed that they are more focused on time saving, 'tick-boxing', actual CV processing and business pressures, rather than actually looking at the potential quality that they have in front of them (whether that be a CV or a candidate interviewing).
The question is whether this is down to a) the wrong people doing the recruiting? b) these people not actually understanding what they are looking for? c) bad (or lack of) training? d) they haven't 'bought into' their company and are focused on helping look to the future? or e) all of these points?!!
Of course there are some very good companies who do identify and recruit these top individuals, but I would put them in a minority (unfortunately!). So, do you have any ideas on my initial question posed?

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