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The Evolution of Talent
Acquisition in Etihad
Hamburg| March 2017

Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh
Etihad Airways
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
Welcome to Etihad Airways,
                    the national carrier of the
                      United Arab Emirates

EY The Residence
https://youtu.be/u-OUUDzjFuQ
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
ETIHAD INTRODUCTION & HISTORY
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
2011 – 2017 OUR TALENT ACQUISITION JOURNEY

2011                                          2017 and Beyond:
▪   Reliance on careers website               ▪   Partnership with marketing
▪   Agency use                                ▪   In-house search
▪   Long-winded application process           ▪   EVP and talent brand
▪   Assessment via interview only             ▪   Multiple assessments
▪   No EVP, no talent brand, no one knew us   ▪   In-house psychologists
▪   Transactional process                     ▪   Shortened application process
                                              ▪   BI
                                              ▪   Talent pools, ongoing engagement
                                              ▪   Active – Open – Passive Talent
                                              ▪   “Candimens and Custidates”
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
WHERE IS THE TALENT IN TODAY’S MARKET PLACE?

Today:
▪ 8B Facebook videos watched                                                 2.3B
                                                                             Log into a social network daily
▪ 13m new connections on LinkedIn
▪ 500m Tweets
▪ 80m photos uploaded on Instagram                                    7.3B      3.1B
                                                                                Internet Users
              Etihad’s LinkedIn Performance in the last
                            12 months (%)
 Montly job applications

              Followers

    Company page views

 1st degreee connections

     Employee members

                           0     50         100           150   200

                                  Talent Lives & Transacts online
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
Hands up if you got your job applying
directly through your current company’s
              careers site?
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
CAREERS SITE BLUES
Careers site performance:
 Careers site   Applicants   Applications   Avg. Apps    Hires      Efficiency of
 source                                        per       made         sourcing
                                            applicant

 Internal         3,902        19,155          4.9        356           9%

 External        204,391       448,251         2.2       2598          1.3%

 Total           208,293       467,406         2.2       2,954         1.4%

▪ Careers site does not drive efficient talent sourcing
▪ As new approach for major sourcing projects
▪ Data is the key to identifying proactive engagement with talent
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
STRATEGIC SOURCING
LINKEDIN:
In just 13 years Etihad Airways has become the 3rd most followed airline on
LinkedIn
                                              360,411 followers                Emirati Women:

                                              349,997 followers

▪ Over the past three years Etihad has undertaken a strategic drive
  to become an employer of choice among Cranfield graduates
▪ 2013 9 Cranfield Graduates, 2016 45 Cranfield Graduates (2nd
  highest in airline industry)

In-house Search
   2016 joiners from headhunting                        Agency Savings                  Agency Spend Trend (AED)
                                                                              3000000
                 52                                    AED 4,280,000
                                                                              2000000
▪ Use analytics to identify market place
                                                                              1000000                          Agency Spend (AED)
▪ Build talent pools based candidates engaged
▪ Low volume, high quality – clear savings!!                                       0
                                                                                        2014   2015   2016
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“Branding is a promise to your customer, employment
   branding is a promise to your future and current
                     employees”

                     Kathryn Minshaw

                 Founder & CEO @ The Muse
The Evolution of Talent Acquisition in Etihad - Fatima Mohammad & Matthew Hesketh - cut-e
ETIHAD AIRWAYS EMPLOYMENT BRANDING
▪ 5 star award-winning airline
▪ Career opportunities and growth in Etihad Airways and equity
  partners
▪ World-class facilities, including accommodation, medical centre, staff
  nursery, and gyms
▪ Multi-cultural environment with over 140 different nationalities
▪ Travel and flight benefits
▪ Cosmopolitan city with good weather and lifestyle
▪ Diverse sports and cultural events
“The important question is not how assessment
is defined but whether assessment information
                   is used”

                    Palomba & Banta

             Authors of Assessment Essentials:
            Planning, Implementing, Improving.
INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS TO ETIHAD AIRWAYS
▪ Introduced to Etihad Airways in 2014 in collaboration with Cut-e

▪ Personality questionnaires and ability tests

▪ Managerial and junior levels

▪ Mapped the psychometric personality tool with Etihad’s Winning
  Behaviours and created bespoke computed generated reports that
  highlight both strengths and under-developed areas to take into
  consideration prior to selection

▪ Bespoke interview guide mapped to Etihad's Winning Behaviours created
  in collaboration with Cut-e
CHALLENGES OF INTRODUCING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS

▪ Scepticism from the business due to low levels of awareness
  and understanding

▪ Lack of clarity from the business on the value assessments
  add

▪ Introduction of a useful measurement to assess against

▪ Business tendencies to take the outcome of psychological
  assessments at face value to drive their decisions
BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGISTS
▪ Introduced a sophisticated and thorough assessment process for selection into
  senior management roles using a variety of tools such as a personality              Selecting the Right Leaders
                                                                                      ▪   Increasing the robustness of selection processes with
  questionnaire, an ability test, and behavioural exercises.                              appropriate expertise, training and tools

▪ Provide hour-long candidate feedback session to validate the psychometric
  results and to give the candidate the opportunity to express themselves and
  gain insight into their behaviours; this results in increasing positive candidate
  experience.
                                                                                                   71%                       29%
▪ The hiring manager and recruiter gain insights into the candidate behaviour,
  state of mind, motivation and potential for the role whilst keeping the critical
  winning behaviour as a base of assessment.
                                                                                                Internals                  Externals
▪ Designed and delivered variety of workshops across the business:
    1. CV and Interview Skills Workshop
      2. Mindfulness Workshop                                                                        Grade Level            Overall Total

▪ Designed a comprehensive assessment process for Right Shape and Size (RSS)                          Executive                  58
  across the business at all levels.                                                                 Managerial                  112

▪ Act as points of contact for coaching for employees who are undergoing RSS                            Total                    170
  assessments.
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL - INTERNATIONAL CADET PILOTS
Phase 1 Assessment Complete
▪   Recruitment and PR Campaign Producing 4,090
    applications

▪   Candidates set up a Facebook group of over 2,000

▪   Over 1,000 candidates invited in 45 locations worldwide
    for supervised online assessments
Phase 2 Assessment Plan                                                   UK & Eire: 109
                                                                          Central Europe: 217                          SE Asia:115
                                                                                                   N. America: 62      Central Asia: 46
▪   Venue : Etihad Training Academy, Abu Dhabi

▪   Top 165 candidates assessed on three-day assessment

▪   90 overseas candidates from 43 nationalities

▪   Hala provided support (Abu Dhabi city tour, desert
    safari, Ferrari world)                                                                                          Sub Continent: 234

▪   30 candidates hired
                                                                                                Abu Dhabi: 221
                                                         S. America: 17                         MENA: 56              Australasia: 38
                                                                                                Africa: 25
What is the average cost of a wrong hire
            at an Executive level?

Approx. AED 1,130,000 = €285,657
ETIHAD’S WINNING BEHAVIOURS MAPPED WITH SHAPES
“Great talent isn't attracted to
    mediocre recruiters”

              Wade Burgess

      VP Talent Solutions @ LinkedIn
WHAT WE’VE LEARNT
Evolve recruiter skills
▪    Recruitment is marketing

Talent Acquisition focuses on its non-linear skills
▪ In house headhunting
▪ Professional networking

Employee advocacy
▪   90% trust recommendations from people they know
▪   33% trust brand messages

Partnership with marketing, our EVP
▪    36% TA teams partner with their marketing function
▪    30% of TA is solely responsible for EB

Training
▪    Training employees on social and employment branding platforms

Mobile based application process
▪  90% of people are searching for their next job on their mobile device

Data % technology
▪   UTM codes
▪   Embrace new technologies
ً‫شكـــــــــــــــرا‬

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