Some of the Fairmont The Palm pre-opening team members Some of the Fairmont The Palm pre-opening team members

Not just HR

Human resources provides support to the recruitment process, but shouldn’t be running it from A – Z.

The benefits of this is two-fold – the department that is hiring can effectively search and qualify candidates based on skills sets, knowledge and passion, of which the first two the HR department may not be able to qualify outright; and secondly, the department leader(s) can build their own team for the opening, as opposed to feeling that a new recruit is placed on their team without their input.

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In favour of this approach, Fairmont developed the Talent Acquisition System (TAS) to support everyone involved in the recruitment process.

This application maximises the ability of a company to successfully attract, select and hire great talent globally from posting a job/position, screening applications and moving candidates through the recruitment process (completed talent-based interviews, background checks, offer letters, etc.), as well as reporting and analytics.

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