Key insights to help you establish a modern recruitment and hiring function that adapts and thrives in a challenging market.
Now more than ever, U.S. companies face challenging market conditions requiring innovative talent acquisition strategies to make it easier and more cost efficient to attract, recruit, hire, and retain qualified talent. As we look at micro market trends including margin pressures, product innovation goals, service delivery requirements, competitive threats, customer expectations, and more, the talent acquisition process — consisting of both recruiting and hiring practices — is a key piece to ensuring companies are equipped with the right talent, in the right role, at the right time.
An intelligent recruitment and hiring process can alleviate market and business pressures to reduce hiring challenges, improve the candidate and hiring manager experience, bring high-quality hires, and retain top talent. Undoubtedly, this process is methodical — flowing from intake through onboarding. There are opportunities to set up recruiting and hiring for success, and we have charted them here in this new content series.
The Empower Partnerships Talent Acquisition Intelligence Series breaks down each of the five primary pillars of our 10-step recruitment and hiring process and offers tips that companies of all sizes can take advantage of to improve their program, reduce time to hire, increase cost savings, and secure high-quality talent.

Five sequential blogs will follow, each focusing on the five steps of the recruitment and hiring process – and authored by Empower Partnerships’ business leaders.
Please enjoy the series which will unfold very soon.
Blog 1: Why Hiring Manager Intake is a Key Ingredient to Successful Recruitment and Hiring, by MaryAnne Garcia, Founder and Managing Partner
Blog 2: Best Practices for Attracting Top Talent, by Chelsea Johnson, Director of Recruiting and Client Delivery
Blog 3: Top Strategies and Modern Tools for Screening Candidates, by Tyleigh Riopel, Recruiting Project Coordinator
Blog 4: Key Criteria to Selecting the Strongest Candidate for Hire, by Clinten Sylvester, Senior National Recruiting Manager
Blog 5: How to Deliver a Stellar Onboarding Experience for New Hires, by Sarina Ryczek, Managing Partner and CHRO