The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Attracting early career talent

Attracting early career talent
Attracting early career talent
This chapter focuses on attracting early career talent, which is essential for organizational and career ecosystem sustainability. The chapter begins with an overview of Generation Z and Industry 4.0, including consideration of graduate migration patterns and holistic identity formation. Next, the authors explore the challenges of attracting early career talent, including (i) war for talent and skills shortages, (ii) attracting diverse applicants, (iii) mental health, wellbeing, and flexible working, and (iv) corporate citizenship via social and environmental impacts. Then, opportunities for attracting early career talent are presented, comprising (i) early and ongoing engagement, (ii) authentic branding, values, and culture, and (iii) compensation, benefits, and development opportunities. The chapter concludes with four lived experience insights highlighting challenges to attracting early career talent and pragmatic strategies to address them.
114-141
IGI Global
Donald, William E.
0b3cb4ca-8ed9-4a5f-9c10-359923469eec
Donald, William E.
Donald, William E.
0b3cb4ca-8ed9-4a5f-9c10-359923469eec
Donald, William E.

Donald, William E. (2024) Attracting early career talent. In, Donald, William E. (ed.) Strategic Opportunities for Bridging the University-Employer Divide. Hershey, Pennsylvania. IGI Global, pp. 114-141. (doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-9827-9.ch005).

Record type: Book Section

Abstract

This chapter focuses on attracting early career talent, which is essential for organizational and career ecosystem sustainability. The chapter begins with an overview of Generation Z and Industry 4.0, including consideration of graduate migration patterns and holistic identity formation. Next, the authors explore the challenges of attracting early career talent, including (i) war for talent and skills shortages, (ii) attracting diverse applicants, (iii) mental health, wellbeing, and flexible working, and (iv) corporate citizenship via social and environmental impacts. Then, opportunities for attracting early career talent are presented, comprising (i) early and ongoing engagement, (ii) authentic branding, values, and culture, and (iii) compensation, benefits, and development opportunities. The chapter concludes with four lived experience insights highlighting challenges to attracting early career talent and pragmatic strategies to address them.

Text
Ch5 Attracting Early Career Talent - Accepted Manuscript
Restricted to Repository staff only
Request a copy

More information

Published date: 17 January 2024

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 487067
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487067
PURE UUID: 45c4a034-e6ee-4357-8187-cdf152c59406
ORCID for William E. Donald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-5374

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 13 Feb 2024 17:30
Last modified: 25 Jul 2024 02:08

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: William E. Donald ORCID iD
Editor: William E. Donald

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×