Case study exercise #1: Talent Strategy

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The should be presented as a written memo of no more than 3 pages. You may create supporting slides if you wish, but the memo should be a standalone document.

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For this exercise, we’d like you to prepare a summary document looking at the strategy and approach you’d take across the following key activities.

Section 1: Talent Demand Generation

We’re developing a tool box of the key approaches we could systematically use to generate the right level of top quality applicants for open positions across Founders in Residence and Co-Founders in Residence.

What are the techniques and strategies we should create robust playbooks for and which do you assume we should rely on for the most near term impact?

Some points to consider:

• Inbound vs outbound sourcing
• Identifying relevant communities and networks
• JD posting into curated job boards & communities
• Approach for sourcing “passive” candidates
• Marketing and event approach
• 1 creative or wild idea that we could test to attract talent

Section 2: Candidate Management