aTM Project: First online working meeting: recruitment and selection in academia

Due to the COVID-19, the second training week about talent management in academia was canceled in March 2020. We had prepared everything in detail, and Prof. David Collings would have carried out a brief workshop about macro talent management with Asian participants. Finally, and due to the current situation, the consortium decided to hold the workshop online. During four days, the academic and non-academic staff of several Asian Universities have participated in an online workshop focused on Recruitment and Selection in Academia. Tools, such as Zoom and Miro, have help to carry out the workshop.

In the first two days, the participants were working on recruitment processes. The discussed topics were: (1) Barriers and enablers related to recruitment in their universities; (2) Techniques and strategies to capture candidates' attention; and (3) The development of an Employee Value Proposition.

In the last two days, the participants were working on selection processes. The discussed topics were: (1) Frameworks and Models; (2) The selection board; and (3) Techniques and tools for the selection.

KTH (Stockholm) will hold the next training and meeting in April-May of 2021. Let's hope that the COVID-19 will allow it. However, we are working to organize a short distance workshop between January and February 2021.