Expertise Acquisition (TA), in its easiest phrases, is the identify given to the function of attracting and hiring new workers. But, it includes much more than being an interview companion.

In our TA crew, we deal with a folks first hiring strategy. This implies we contemplate not solely the talents that somebody has, but in addition them as an individual that has a novel story, traits and wishes. This performs an element into why our crew love their roles – listed here are some insights:

Having the ability to meet folks from all around the world, from completely different walks of life and to take heed to their tales may be very inspiring. I like with the ability to join with folks and to make the method of getting their dream job gratifying, stress free and interesting.

Shona

For me, Expertise Acquisition is lots about establishing relationships. It’s about attending to know candidates as an individual and actually making a match that may in the end profit each their profession and the corporate’s improvement. Certainly one of my favourite components in TA is getting to speak with a wide range of folks each day, and studying about their background and their pursuits. I additionally actually take pleasure in talking with them one-two-three months into the job, and discovering out they’re nonetheless actually having fun with it. It’s actually rewarding to see that they love their new profession path. I feel TA made me extra understanding of individuals and their conditions.

Dora

“It’s nice to get to know folks from all around the world, and I find yourself studying one thing new from each candidate, which is fascinating. TA is not only concerning the firm, but in addition concerning the folks – what strikes them, how they will contribute and develop themselves. It’s very fulfilling to see that somebody you employed is doing effectively at their function and having fun with working at Runtastic, it exhibits that it was the suitable match.

Felipe

Our love for folks and serving to others is what retains us going, even on busy days. We see an individual behind every utility, even once we obtained round 2500 functions and held over 300 interviews final yr! 

We try for nice candidate expertise

The variety of functions could also be excessive, however so is our need to offer an ideal candidate expertise!

It’s outlined as the sensation of the candidate when shifting via the hiring strategy of an organization. It begins for the time being they arrive throughout the job advert and extends to their final step within the course of, be it a rejection message or a proposal to hitch the crew.

Between these two factors there are numerous variables that may affect the candidate expertise: how the interviews are arrange, how the communication is dealt with and the way the touchpoints with the professionals are, simply to call a couple of.

In a method, these are the “enterprise card” of the corporate and so they give a primary impression about how the group runs and what it’s prefer to work there.

At Runtastic, we try to offer an excellent candidate expertise that displays our values and we’re always contemplating new practices on find out how to be even higher.

Permitting time to get to know candidates on a private stage within the interviews, use of inclusive language, well timed communication – we attempt to get again to candidates inside every week – and clear suggestions are a few of the measures we’ve in place to attain that.

We at all times present personalised and particular suggestions when somebody doesn’t make it additional within the course of, whatever the stage they’re in. All of us have regarded for a job in some unspecified time in the future, and we all know how irritating it isn’t to get a solution after investing a lot effort and time within the utility or in an interview.

By reasoning our determination, we give candidates our perspective on which factors they may have performed higher and, subsequently, the possibility to work on these for the subsequent utility – be it at Runtastic or anyplace else!

As talked about, we meet numerous completely different folks, who’ve completely different gender identities, completely different (skilled) experiences, completely different sexual orientations, are completely different ages, the record goes on! Everyone seems to be completely different and it’s these variations that make us distinctive and worthwhile.

That is why DEI (Variety, Fairness and Inclusion) practices are essential in our daily work; we would like everybody to convey their true self to interviews and really feel snug in doing so. On prime of this, we need to guarantee each candidate is handled equally and pretty, with minimized bias in our processes.

At Runtastic, we observe a holistic DEI strategy, which entails that TA is a primary pillar of our DEI technique, so this matter is given numerous significance in our decision-making course of.

An instance of what we’ve applied are structured interview assessments to make sure an goal analysis of every (inner or exterior) candidate, creation of a guidebook for our Hiring Managers so all concerned in interviews are skilled and effectively ready for an inclusive interview in addition to upping our information sport to make sure we’re reaching our TA DEI targets, similar to an elevated variety of our candidate pool. In all of this, we’re additionally carefully collaborating with our Inclusion Brokers, crew members and not using a background in TA that usher in a special perspective and assist us drive the subject ahead.

In hiring, it’s naturally necessary that the candidate is a match for the corporate by way of values alignment and technical abilities. Nevertheless, it’s additionally very important that the corporate is a match for the candidate. If these expectations are mismatched, it’s doubtless that the particular person gained’t be capable to carry out to their full potential and that their stint gained’t be too lengthy.

We try to make sure match for each side through the course of, giving candidates the chance to ask questions at any time through the interviews or asynchronously through e-mail. And, over the last spherical of chats we give candidates the choice to return to Austria to fulfill the crew, or have a digital chat with them. This fashion, the candidate can know who they might be working with, get genuine insights into what it’s prefer to be a Runtastic, and resolve if that matches their expectations.

“The most effective a part of the method was attending to know my new colleagues in an extended name. I loved assembly the entire crew and chatting with them”, stated Jacqueline, who was employed in 2022 as a Social Media Advertising Strategist.

“What I actually appreciated is that you simply get to speak about your private facet, not solely about your skilled facet. It was good, since you get a greater feeling for the opposite particular person”, she added.

“Future steps within the hiring course of have been very effectively communicated, and deadlines have been clear. There was no ready for this one e-mail, it was at all times on time and also you at all times bought a solution and suggestions.”

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