Talent Advisory

Talent Advisory -  The “War for Talent” has evolved over the past 22 years when Steven Hankin of McKinsey & Company in 1997, and a book by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod, Harvard Business Press coined the term. The war for talent has increasingly become one of the most challenging responsibilities of an organization’s leadership as well as for the company’s Human Resources/Talent Acquisition/Recruiting teams. This challenge has become much more complicated and critical than ever before as the world moves into the 4th Industrial Revolution driven by technological advances. For example: 

• We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. 
• Where putting human skills at the heart of competitiveness and growth in the age of intelligent technology is a must.
• This will require a radically different mindset that will create a more engaged and adaptive workforce, that embraces technology to reinvent the way work gets done in a more agile business environment. 
• The nature of work and the systems and processes used are being reimagined and workers will need to create new forms of adding value and possess new skills.

Talent Advisory Services - Today’s business challenges present a new wave of HR, talent, and organization priorities where traditional tools for attracting, recruiting and retaining top talent continue to evolve. The “War for top Talent” is now the “War for Survival”. Social media, digital marketing and smart devices have also changed the Talent game and demand that companies integrate modern day strategies to keep up. Our consultants leverage research, analytics, and industry insights to help design and execute critical programs from business-driven HR to innovative talent, leadership, and change programs imperative to succeed in the 4th Industrial Revolution. Workers core competencies will radically change and must include behavioral skills such as emotional intelligence to create and increase their abilities to adapt and embrace new and emerging technologies and excel in a new techno-centric world of work. 

Strong Tower Partners can assess and provide solutions to your overall workforce needs. Below are a few of the services our professionals offer.

• Recruiting and Retention Strategy Assessments 
• Recruiting Tools and Technology
• Recruitment Process Review and Recommendations (all levels and positions)
• Talent Acquisition Programs Audit – Branding, Referral Program, Diversity, Military and Campus Recruiting
• Recruiter and Hiring Manager Training
• Work Force Resource Planning 
• Work Force Solutions for Today and the Future

Outplacement Services - When it comes to executives in transition, we provide measurable results and a commitment to provide the highest quality of outplacement services from day one. Every executive is provided a dedicated executive career coach who works one-on-one with them. In today’s highly competitive world of work, we provide a proven coaching methodology and process that works! We offer two executive outplacement programs for our clients to choose from based on each executive’s unique needs. Below is a high-level overview of what is needed (at a minimum) to effectively take oneself to market and win. 

• The Executive Outplacement Gold Collateral Coaching Program—This is the “gold standard” for an executive’s career transition launch plus collateral. Learning how to find “best fit” companies and positions and learning how to modify collateral to effectively apply, compete and win; and how to build executive collateral to “go to market” effectively. This program is composed of the following components and includes:
• How to Find “Fit”—Coaching begins with "HOW" to effectively apply to “best fit” jobs.
• How to Build an Executive Brand—A Brand must be holistic enough to allow an executive to apply to similar types of jobs in their area of expertise as well as unique enough to differentiate from the competition. 
• How to Build Executive Collateral—Executive collateral includes resume, cover letter, brand and social media and a LinkedIn Profile that rises above the competition and with a brand that differentiates well enough to compete successfully.
• Executive Career Coaching—Raises the bar for executives to accelerate and launch their career transition, compete and win. Executive career coaching includes all of the above as well as guiding each executive in transition to learn how to differentiate and promote oneself, take oneself to market and continue to rise above the competition by leveraging LinkedIn and learning how to float one’s profile above the competition in area of strength and specialization. 
• This Executive Outplacement Gold Program also includes coaching on "HOW" to effectively apply to jobs and use LinkedIn to build your network and learn how to differentiate and communicate one’s value effectively, and interview with confidence. Time with Executive Career Coach 2-3 hours of 1-2-1 time via Zoom online. 

The Executive Outplacement Platinum Coaching Program—This program is for companies wanting to provide the highest level of executive career coaching for their executives during outplacement. This program is for executives who want to explore what they should do next in their career and for those that want to take a deep dive into their strengths and past experiences and learn how they can leverage all that into their next career (a career where they can thrive not just survive). 

• This program is an intensive 3-month executive outplacement coaching program where each month scheduled weekly coaching sessions take place via Zoom online sessions with an Executive Career Transition Coach. 
• Coaching begins with assessments for greater self-awareness and self-discovery to accelerate and launch one’s next most meaningful career, leadership opportunity, and life fulfillment. This program also includes everything in the Gold Program, plus:
• Targeting best fit companies where introductions to companies hiring are made and network strategies are built. 
• Executives are coached on strengthening their Emotional Intelligence (EQ), because studies prove the most successful leaders have the highest levels of EQ.
• Platinum members have immediate access to Strong Tower Partners Executive Search Recruiters.