What is talent profiling?

Talent portraits are based on job requirements to define and describe talent prototypes that are qualified for a certain position, including skills, knowledge, values, self-image, personal traits, motivation and other aspects.

The essence of talent portraits is to solve the mismatch between talents and positions, so that talents can quickly and easily find suitable jobs for them. Enterprises can also find talents with corresponding skills based on talent portraits.

Based on job requirements, suitable talent characteristics are depicted in the form of portraits, so that companies can clearly know what kind of people they need, so as to help companies carry out recruitment, training, and recruitment in a more targeted manner. development work.

Methods to build talent portraits

1. Focus on the key information behind the personnel, which can be extracted from the roster or employee information system.

For example, doing a talent portrait for the 4S store manager of a certain American brand car. From more than 200 4S stores, we selected the top 30% of store managers, including the historical data of the past two or three years, extracted key information from them, and summarized 9 key rules, one of which was in his career During this period, he has managed the car sales of at least three brands.

2. Competency profiling

To profile high-performing employees through their competency models and talent assessment results, it is first necessary to establish an effective competency model, then carry out effective assessments, and combine 2-3 years of data results summarize the competency items or competency rankings of high-performing employees.

3. Portraits of key behavioral events

Use the past behavioral data or behavioral information of high-performing employees to create talent portraits. Specific methods include interviews, surveys, information tracing, etc. It is necessary to extract typical behaviors and define the appearance of these key talents through induction and summary.