Scenario Planning: Talent Acquisition

This resource equips Talent Acquisition leaders with practical scenario planning exercises that strengthen readiness for challenges shaping today’s inclusive hiring landscape. Through high impact scenarios, the guide explores disruptions such as shifts in political and legal environments that affect diverse early career pipelines, candidate experience concerns related to belonging, equitable sourcing practices involving identity focused job boards, and risks of AI driven recruiting bias that may screen out underrepresented candidates. The accompanying tabletop exercises help teams analyze implications, identify key stakeholders, and build a structured action plan that reinforces inclusive recruitment strategies and protects organizational reputation during moments of uncertainty. By simulating complex real world challenges before they arise, Recruiting teams can improve agility, uphold DEI commitments, enhance equitable hiring systems, and ensure candidates see themselves reflected throughout the recruiting journey.