Meaning
The strategic process and HR department responsible for identifying, attracting, sourcing, and hiring skilled professionals.
Three examples from work
Recruitment strategy
Head of TAOur talent acquisition team sourced forty candidates for the AI engineering roles.
CTOFocus outreach on engineers with practical experience in LLM fine-tuning.
Candidate experience
RecruiterWe streamlined our talent acquisition pipeline to give candidates feedback within 48 hours.
ApplicantThe transparent communication during the interview process was very impressive.
Employer branding
VP of HRA strong engineering brand makes talent acquisition significantly less costly.
RecruiterPublishing our open-source tools increased inbound senior applications.
Commonly abbreviated as 'TA'. While recruiting fills immediate openings, Talent Acquisition takes a long-term strategic view of company workforce planning.