1. What role does employer branding play in building a talent pipeline?

Employer branding plays a significant role in a talent pipeline. If you build a good employer brand, then you can easily build a talent pipeline, you can tap into it much faster and derive results from it and strengthen the pipeline over time by attracting top talent and with employee referrals.

2. What is the difference between talent pool and talent pipeline?

A talent pool is a large pool of candidates you must choose from and have not vetted yet for a particular role, whereas the talent pipeline consists of candidates that have been qualified for a particular role, narrowing it down. Hence the analogy to a pool in the first instance and to a pipeline or a fixed direction water source in the second.

3. How long does it take to build a good talent pipeline?

It takes a long time to build a good talent pipeline. An internal talent pipeline is easier to build than an external talent pipeline. One cannot really measure it in days or years as it will take years to build a robust talent pipeline, a team of recruiters can keep going back to, recruiting the right candidates consistently.