Canadian HR Reporter

February 9, 2015

Canadian HR Reporter is the national journal of human resource management. It features the latest workplace news, HR best practices, employment law commentary and tools and tips for employers to get the most out of their workforce.

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Canadian HR RepoRteR February 9, 2015 FeAtures 11 executive HR ManageMent eDucatiOn www.yorku.ca/mhrm Continue working while you gain the competencies and credentials required by Human Resources professionals. The program is designed to fit your busy schedule and can be taken on a part-time or full-time basis. apply now. PhD and Bachelor degrees also available Master of Human Resources Management Executive-style degree is unique in Canada contact us for more information mhrm@yorku.ca | 1-866-780-MHRM Learn with colleagues and top scholars at canada's leader in human resource management education School of HuMan ReSOuRce ManageMent liberal arts & professional studies recruiTmenT Mining for talent Global company IAMGOLD strengthens its talent acquisition capabilities By Charles Doucot h aving most of your work- ers spread around the world can make recruit- ment even more challenging than usual. but one toronto- based mining company simpli- fied its efforts with help from a talent acquisition software provider. IAMGOLD is a mid-tier mining company with four operating gold mines (including current joint ventures) on three continents. It employs a team of more than 5,000 workers globally, primarily at operations in Canada, West Af- rica and South America. Prior to 2013, IAMGOLD managed candidates and recruit- ment processes manually, with local HR staff in various countries doing their best to facilitate the talent acquisition needs of their operation, and head office HR staff working primarily with search firms to fill expatriate positions. But in 2012, the company de- termined it needed to strengthen its talent acquisition capabilities globally and it established four business goals: •Implement a standardized global talent acquisition framework to support talent policies, global mobility and enable real-time reporting. As a publicly held company, this was very impor- tant: Human resources had pre- viously found it difficult to pro- vide management with reporting on its efforts. •Establish a strong global sourcing strategy that leverages multiple sources, including social media and commercial job boards, via a single platform. •Develop a global talent database that enables sharing of talent information across both conti- nents and operations. •Trim talent acquisition costs by reducing the need to engage ex- ternal recruitment firms. IAMGOLD did a review of tal- ent acquisition software suppliers and selected Lumesse's Talent- Link, a SaaS-based on-demand global talent acquisition solution. e product was available in 30 languages — including French, English and Dutch — which the company needed, and Lumesse also understood the challenges and complexities of having a decentralized HR function and having users in several countries. The TalentLink team also offered a rapid deployment with an implementation phase of 12 weeks and its solution was easy to implement, configure and use. The latter was crucial because IAMGOLD doesn't have a large ceNtrAlIzed > pg. 13 Credit: TTstudio/Shutterstock Prior to 2013, the company managed recruitment processes manually.

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