A lot of confusion persists among most people regarding these terms. Most of the time, people ask if recruiting is the same as staffing? How do headhunters differ from recruiters?  What does talent acquisition mean? So all the confusion will be solved in this blog. We will discuss the basics & differentiate all the terms related to digital talent solutions. Let’s have a look…

 Recruitment

The first term is recruitment, this is a process of filling job vacancies in a particular organization. Recruiters deal with everything from search to onboarding depending on their origin. There are two types of recruiters present in this field:

1. In-house recruiters- In-house recruiters are those who work for the hiring company on a payroll.
2. Agency recruiters- Third-party or agency recruiters are those who work for an agency that does the recruiting on behalf of the client company

Recruiting professionals are the contact people for candidates. Their responsibilities include posting jobs, processing applications, preparing applicants for interviews, and even negotiating contracts. Recruitment professionals are sometimes proactive, which means they approach candidates first and ask them to apply. It doesn’t always mean that recruiters are actively hunting for candidates. In this instance, a recruiter posts job descriptions and manage applications without actively searching for candidates.

Staffing

There are two opposing views on what Staffing is, we will discuss both the views below.

• In Recruiting, we talk about filling a single role in the company. Staffing refers to the process of developing a workforce within an organization. A company’s employment goals take center stage in Staffing. In a particular company, staffing has more to do with strategic planning after considering the workforce’s needs. Recruiting basically consists of matching the right candidate with the right position, while Staffing is more concerned with forming teams within the company. Staffing can be appointed to fill a particular position or to hire talent for an entire department or organization.
• Alternative use of the term is to refer to filling temporary positions or hiring on project bases. This type of staffing is sometimes called alternative staffing (or body shopping). The classic approach to Staffing is recommended for agencies that hire employees on a temporary or project basis. Recruiters should consider both hard and soft skills, as well as culture fit (or culture add) and other factors. Staffing professionals who follow the classical approach focus most heavily on hard skills.

Headhunting

We also called Headhunting Executive Search, although it is very often incorrectly referred to as Recruitment or Sourcing). Headhunting refers to the process of finding highly-skilled, hard-to-find candidates, especially for executive-level roles. Normally, headhunters will approach both workers, who are actively looking for a new job or active candidates and workers who aren’t actively looking for a new job or passive candidates, once a good match is identified. This process can either help with the entire recruitment process or focus on contacting and screening candidates only.

Talent Acquisition

Recruitment is synonymous with Talent Acquisition. In general, Recruitment is mostly about filling positions, while Talent Acquisition focuses on matching employers with prominent talent, building and nurturing relationships with them, and promoting the hiring company as a positive employer.

Recruitment is the process of matching candidates with employers. A talent acquisition professional goes beyond that. A talent acquisition professional represents an organization’s brand to qualified candidates. In the process, they ensure that both the organization and the candidate are satisfied.

All these terms have been distinguished by their basics. Zenotis Technologies is one of the best digital talent solutions. It is one of the leading Talent Acquisition companies in the US & India and you will get end-to-end tailored talent acquisition services. If you want to know more and start a project with them to get the best result then you must visit their websites.