Building Candidate Flow That Shortens Time-to-Submit and Improves Fill Rates

Your fill rates are inconsistent. Your sourcing team is constantly stressed. Your time-to-submit is unpredictable. Welcome to the talent pool problem. Most recruitment teams don't have a talent pool. They have a database. Names they've collected. Candidates they've worked with. But these aren't strategic pools. They're not warm. They're not demand-aligned. And they're not reliably available when you need them.

Join James Osborne to explore how to build talent pools that actually work. You'll discover how leading teams structure their pools, what makes a pool "warm" and available, how to maintain quality over time, how to predict what you'll need before briefs come in, and most importantly, how to turn your talent pool from a cost centre into your biggest sourcing advantage. The difference between a team that wins at sourcing and one that constantly firefights often comes down to one thing: whether they have a functioning talent pool or just a database.

What you’ll learn:

• What a "real" talent pool looks like (and how to assess if yours qualifies)
• Pool architecture: segmenting by market, skill, seniority, and demand
• Candidate quality: maintaining strength in your pool over time
• Common pool-building mistakes and how to avoid them
• Scaling your pools: maintaining quality as you grow

If building talent pools that work and turning them into your biggest sourcing and delivery advantage is what you're looking for, this is the session for you.