Why? Because that's exactly what most of us are doing.
We accuse talent of not being good enough
We accuse them of not being "culture fit"
We accuse them of lacking loyalty while offering laughable salaries.
We accuse them of being "lazy" or "job-hoppers" in a system designed to burn them out
We got super good pretending we are some enlightened department connecting talent to opportunity, making candidates feel "valued"
In my world, a majority of my kind are treating people like transactions.
Hiding behind fancy buzzwords like candidate experience or employer branding, but when it comes to actually acquiring talent? It’s rinse-and-repeat BS of 5 rounds of interviews (cause oh! we are so strict in our screening) and then automated rejection emails.
"Acquiring" Talent... TOTAL BS.
What we are really doing is running them through hoops, accusing them of not measuring up, and then wondering why we can't attract top talent.
Honestly - top-down, north-south, sideways, diagonally - we don’t even know what we're acquiring half the time. Most don't have a clear picture of what success looks like in the roles they're hiring for.
So yeah... Call it "Talent Accusation" until you actually deserve the title of Talent Acquisition. Until then, quit acting like you have got this sh*t figured out. Because clearly, we don't.
Thoughts?