Talent acquisition (TA) professionals understand the importance of an effective employee advocacy program (EAP). An effective EAP completes the employment branding and recruitment marketing strategy. TA leaders also understand the importance of employee value proposition (EVP). The EVP says who the organization is as an employer through their employees; while, the employer brand sends out that message to their external talent market.

As a global organization with over 270,000 employees across the world, it should be no surprise that Wells Fargo has an extensive recruiting team. In fact, as Wells Fargo continues to grow, they hire for roughly 90,000 positions each year. But what does it take to hire nearly 90,000 positions each year - half of those internal promotions, and the other half new hires?

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As talent acquisition professionals, we’d like to think that organizations that work directly in the recruiting field have everything figured out – that hiring for them is a complete non-issue and recruiting practically runs itself. However, even an ubiquitous recruiting company like Indeed needs a talent acquisition leader to navigate some unique hiring challenges.