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Poll Results: So where is all the HR talent?

Posted: 06.11.09

In The Chapman Consulting Group's October study, we looked at the ways in which HR leaders find out about other talented HR professionals in the market.

By far the majority of voters (51%) said that the best HR professionals that they know of tend to come from personal referrals. These might be from business colleagues or HR colleagues, from current companies or from past employers. The Chapman Consulting Group is not surprised by this result – in our experience, what makes a ‘good’ HR leader can often be highly subjective, and it’s always best to match HR people who come from similar backgrounds in terms of company size, industry, regional set-up and business objective. “When someone gets referred to an HR colleague through a known business connection, that colleague often has the same viewpoint,” said Oscar Fuchs, Associate Director of The Chapman Consulting Group, “and so can be quite accurate with recommendations.”

The other three options on our survey received approximately the same number of votes, which goes some way in showing how there is no singular best way to ‘root out’ talented HR professionals in the market.

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