TALENT ACQUISITION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A CASE STUDY

OF ANDELA KENYA

ELIZABETH MUGUCHU

ABOUT US

Andela is a network of technology leaders dedicated

to advancing human potential. We help companies

build high-performing engineering teams by investing

in Africa’s most talented software developers.

Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV, and Spark

Capital, Andela is catalyzing the growth of tech

ecosystems across the African continent while solving

the global technical talent shortage

Andela Stats

● 130+ partner companies (spread across 55 cities

and 11 countries)

○ Countries: UK, UAE, South Africa, Nigeria,

Kenya, France, Belgium, Denmark, New

Zealand

○ Multinationals: Viacom, Mastercard Labs

○ High-growth tech companies: CommonBond,

Gusto, GitHub

TIA

Talent Acquisition

- Talent acquisition tends to focus on long-term human resources planning and finding appropriate candidates for positions that require a very specific skill set.

- Managing a successful multi-generation workforce.

- Running a strategic data driven business.- The use a coherent proactive approach to People

Management.

- No more transactional processes - a more emotional intelligent approach.

- Identify prospects - nurtured with briefings, seminars and online content to attract them.

- This type of approach creates an emotional connection with the prospect.

Think of them as team members rather than roles!

From talent pool to talent community

Focus on the Candidate Experience

What kind of candidate are we looking for?

Demographics;

Age, behavioural trends, focus areas for your candidate community

Who is our candidate?

Where can we find him or her?

How and when will they apply?

Why will they apply? What will attract and retain them?

Expert Market Insight

- Use of predictive models (AI) to calculate future performance by creating an algorithm that uses key factors to calculate ideal candidate attributes for the role and strongest future performance for each candidate.

Factors such as:

- Number of jobs held- Years of industry experience- level of education- academic performance

- To create actionable insights

- Develop a strategy for analytics

- Understand what a high performer looks like where they are, and what attracts them.

- Capitalise on internal talent and internal mobility.

Leverage on Talent Analytics

- Sourcing analytics, recruitment marketing, and candidate relationship management, technologies to attract capture and nurture the right talent.

AI & Automation

- to understand skills gap in your talent community- online marketing tools essential for connections,

online presence to create a network

Use Available Labour Market Tools

- Provides a means of sharing the Company’s

mission, purpose & values when forging

connections and generate interests in vacancies.

- Capturing leading professionals that are

actively looking for new positions

- Online marketing tools are essential for

connecting and creating a network.

Online Presence?

Candidate Evaluation: Fellowship

30 Days

14 days

5 days

11 days

SABERR

A data driven community approach toTechnical hiring

Community Building & Engagement We build communities where aspiring developers can work collectively, leverage partnerships to scale and invest in outreach activities for continuous engagement and brand awareness

Candidate Evaluation We create and implement evaluation processes that adds value to both Andela and candidates

People Analytics We build systems that let us know how we are doing, and what we need to do to get better at attracting top talent.

Engaging with the 99%

Andela's projects and programs that extend Andela's resources to those that are

not part of the fellowship.

○ Open Andela Slack Community

○ Teencode

○ Andela Ambassador Program

○ ALC 2.0

Applicants Stats

Average applicants per cycle -1200Interviews - 150Bootcamp - 70Fellowship - 20

- Measure analyse and self correct

- Stay close to the business

- Ruthlessly pursue simplicity and candidate

- EXPERIENCE

Take Aways?

QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION