Recruiting talent with a commercial edge, with Fiona Wilson's Talent Report

Anthony Haynes writes: Our experience of working with organisations for professionals (membership organisations, learning providers, and awarding bodies) shows that there is a long-term and still growing trend of wishing to recruit people who can help the employer develop a sharper commercial edge.

In this episode, Fiona Wilson (MD of FJ Wilson Talent Services) provides detailed guidance on where the challenges lie and how they can be avoided or overcome. She focuses on the issues of

• candidate attraction
• selection processes
• induction

This is the first episode in our Talent Report series in which Fiona provides insights gleaned from developments in the talent industry and the market place.

Further listening

We hope you found this episode rewarding. If so, other episodes likely to be of interest include 

• How to improve recruitment practices: Afrah Qassim of Savera UK
• Establishing a culture of coaching, with Vanessa Harwood-Whitcher
• Good practice in onboarding and induction, with Dawn Pike

Credits

• Editing: Simon Haynes
• music: Harry Chalmers

Finally, what we do

FJ Wilson Talent Services provides recruitment and talent development services and also coaching for individuals.

We specialise in professional roles at mid or senior level, Our core market comprises organisations for professionals - typically membership bodies, learning providers, and awarding bodies.

To find out more about our services and to contact us, visit our website fjwilson.com.