HCI Membership

From Industrial-era Recruiter

Talent is the key to global economy success, and organizations who focus most effectively on acquiring the best people are creating a powerful competitive advantage. Search, recruitment and staffing should be core strategic activities for market leading organizations.

How then, do you explain that most recruiters report into an administrative HR cost center? Or that corporate recruiters and their contract brethren are among the first wave of lay-offs in a downturn? It’s simple - just as HR professionals have built a silo around daily activities that are becoming increasingly automated and commoditized, so have recruiters.

Today’s recruiters have been bred on process and cost control, at the expense of strategic knowledge. Until recently, that meant a recruiter’s career path was a choice between HR, or a continuous loop of recruiting for different specialties. But the paradigm shift from industrial-era HR to global economy talent management changes the game.

To Strategic Business Partner

HCI is important for recruiters because we connect recruitment, strategic HR and line management. We provide our members with sightlines and a network across the silos, and an opportunity to learn and innovate with peers in adjacent disciplines. Our common goal is integrated talent management, at every level across the enterprise.

As an HCI member, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities, and a network of the most progressive executives in the world. Strategic talent management is an exciting new business science that opens up broad avenues of opportunity for recruiters and staffing professionals. Take charge of your future, and join us at HCI.

Community membership is free. Click here to join HCI today.