Stop Being Tactical; Aim To Be Strategic (Part 3 of a 5-part Series on Upping the Ante on Talent Acquisition)

This is the third article in a series (part 1, part 2) on how to redefine recruitment. The author, a veteran recruiting leader within several global consulting firms, contends that the recruitment function at many professional services has become so specialized that recruiters have lost their all-important close connection to the business, which hurts their ability to create relationships both with internal customers (including hiring managers and the C-suite) as well as with external candidates they seek to hire. Below, he elaborates on ways to redefine recruitment by becoming more strategic.