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Client LoginThe recruitment sector is experiencing a fundamental transformation, driven by organisations increasingly embracing people-centric approaches. The Ihon Holistic Hiring™ Methodology represents this shift, offering a comprehensive framework that challenges traditional recruitment practices.
Breaugh's comprehensive review of recruitment practices (2019) demonstrates that organisations function as recruitment entities, with hiring practices directly impacting organisational performance, brand value, cultural alignment, and long-term success trajectories.
Traditional hiring, anchored in the old paradigm, restricts retained search methods to senior positions, perpetuating outdated thinking. With 1-2 dimensional assessment/engagement approaches, conventional methods rely on transactional relationships, it supports quantity not quality, it creates incoherence and disconnection, often resulting in inefficient outcomes.
The new paradigm, embodied by Ihon Holistic Hiring™, introduces a 6 dimensional approach that:
👉Helps remove judgement from decision-making
👉Applies universally across all roles
👉Considers interconnection and interdependence
👉Supports that we are all in this together
In today's matrix structures, every role carries heightened importance. Organisations can prove more resilient to losing a senior executive than an integrated team player. This reality demands a mindset shift: treating each hire as a potential future CEO or top performer, eliminating guesswork through comprehensive assessment and engagement.
Where does your organisation sit on the Hiring Method Spectrum? Although there is no right or wrong here, this question may provoke strong reactions, particularly in organisations not yet embracing people-centric values. However, the paradigm shift is inevitable. The choice lies in whether to evolve with it or remain tethered to outdated methodologies.
This article follows our previous exploration of Ihon Holistic Hiring™: A New Era in Talent Acquisition Through Interconnected Assessment & Engagement.