DESIGN THINKING FOR INNOVATION ASSIGNMENT 

 EASING TALENT ACQUISITION THROUGH DESIGN THINKING 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 I have come across many interesting business problems while doing an internship with a   leading Design Thinking & Business Innovation Consulting Firm . But , this particular solution   born out of design thinking has amazed the clients with the results ! The problem brought by   our client was “ How can we ease the process of recruiting talent which would be beneficial   for both the Hiring Manager and the candidate ? ” 

 After referring a few primary and secondary data , we studied that ‘ 80 % of entrepreneurs   agree talent acquisition is crucial and 61 % of them experienced difficulties fetching talents .   Globalization and privatization created more and more open roles for organizations to fill , yet   finding a well - suited individual was a chore . ’ The problem was very thought - provoking and   our team of designers jumped in with their design thinking hats on . 

 For deriving the solution we had to put ourselves in candidates and hiring managers shoes .   The team chose ‘ storytelling ’ as the design tool and was scheduled to work on building   empathy with the hiring manager , recruiter , and candidate to fulfill their needs . Importantly ,   the emotional experience of each individual was to be prioritized . 

 Application : 

 The first step to design any meaningful solution is to get to know your audience . In this case ,   the audience was the hiring manager , recruiter , and candidates , who have experienced an   interview process . Specifically , we wanted to find out what they were saying , asking , thinking ,   feeling , and doing as the interview progresses . By letting them lead the conversation , we   acquired the insights that we needed to focus on problem - solving . Once we collected a good   number of user stories , we saw patterns in their responses and the next step was to   synthesize the data . 

 We were back to our most favorite part ! Taking the problems and queries from the previous   stage , we started envisioning as many solutions and ideas , as we could . This stage is pure   brainstorming and all you have to do is to generate , generate , generate ideas ! 

 Later , we chose the best solutions among all and prototyped it using a low fidelity one . We   also tested the prototype , wherein we took a few people from our target audience and showed   them our prototype . We listened to their views and thoughts and then the prototype was more   customized and altered according to their needs and requirements . 

 At last , the team derived the perfect solution to the problem and came up with a mobile and   desktop - friendly   application   that   simplified   the   entrepreneur - candidate   journey ! 

 Characteristics of the application include : ( a ) User Friendly ( b ) Inbuilt pre - scheduled video   calling service ( c ) Day to day duties of the open position listed systematically ( d ) Candidates   can rate themselves according to the skillset required for the job role , listed by the Talent   Acquisition Manager ( e ) Chatroom with AI - augmented chatbot which helps the candidate with   their queries ( f ) Open positions list ( g ) Reference box , wherein candidates can refer their   friends and family ( e ) Interview feedback for candidates . 

 Insight & Approach : 

 Through the storytelling tool of radically empathizing with candidates and talent acquisition   manager , the team identified several areas the company wanted to focus on and improve ,   including how to simplify candidate ’s interview , set expectations about the designated job role ,   and celebrate the company ’s culture and branding through communication and the online   experience . It also helped the candidate by solving their queries and has a very human - centered   interface . The inclusion of this user - friendly application , not only brought ‘ best of the minds ’ to   the company but also simplified the whole interview process for the end - user . 

 I believe that listening with empathy is the first step towards explaining these unexplained   transformations . Stories generate questions and questions expand the breadth and depth of   stories , leading to lots of innovative thoughts and ideas . While I highly recommend that one   must acquire the skills to incorporate the storytelling tool into your problem - solving toolkit , I   ca n’t stress enough that they should also invest the time to do it correctly . It takes efforts ,   but the results are surely yielding ! 

 From my experience , the ‘ storytelling tool ’ of design thinking can be easily adapted to   recruitment efforts by both recruiters and talent acquisition managers . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: DESIGN THINKING FOR INNOVATION ASSIGNMENT 

 EASING TALENT ACQUISITION THROUGH DESIGN THINKING 

 Challenge & Selection : 

 I have come across many interesting business problems while doing an internship with a   leading Design Thinking & Business Innovation Consulting Firm . But , this particular solution   born out of design thinking has amazed the clients with the results ! The problem brought by   our client was “ How can we ease the process of recruiting talent which would be beneficial   for both the Hiring Manager and the candidate ? ” 

 After referring a few primary and secondary data , we studied that ‘ 80 % of entrepreneurs   agree talent acquisition is crucial and 61 % of them experienced difficulties fetching talents .   Globalization and privatization created more and more open roles for organizations to fill , yet   finding a well - suited individual was a chore . ’ The problem was very thought - provoking and   our team of designers jumped in with their design thinking hats on . 

 For deriving the solution we had to put ourselves in candidates and hiring managers shoes .   The team chose ‘ storytelling ’ as the design tool and was scheduled to work on building   empathy with the hiring manager , recruiter , and candidate to fulfill their needs . Importantly ,   the emotional experience of each individual was to be prioritized . 

 Application : 

 The first step to design any meaningful solution is to get to know your audience . In this case ,   the audience was the hiring manager , recruiter , and candidates , who have experienced an   interview process . Specifically , we wanted to find out what they were saying , asking , thinking ,   feeling , and doing as the interview progresses . By letting them lead the conversation , we   acquired the insights that we needed to focus on problem - solving . Once we collected a good   number of user stories , we saw patterns in their responses and the next step was to   synthesize the data . 

 We were back to our most favorite part ! Taking the problems and queries from the previous   stage , we started envisioning as many solutions and ideas , as we could . This stage is pure   brainstorming and all you have to do is to generate , generate , generate ideas ! 

 Later , we chose the best solutions among all and prototyped it using a low fidelity one . We   also tested the prototype , wherein we took a few people from our target audience and showed   them our prototype . We listened to their views and thoughts and then the prototype was more   customized and altered according to their needs and requirements . 

 At last , the team derived the perfect solution to the problem and came up with a mobile and   desktop - friendly   application   that   simplified   the   entrepreneur - candidate   journey ! 

 Characteristics of the application include : ( a ) User Friendly ( b ) Inbuilt pre - scheduled video   calling service ( c ) Day to day duties of the open position listed systematically ( d ) Candidates   can rate themselves according to the skillset required for the job role , listed by the Talent   Acquisition Manager ( e ) Chatroom with AI - augmented chatbot which helps the candidate with   their queries ( f ) Open positions list ( g ) Reference box , wherein candidates can refer their   friends and family ( e ) Interview feedback for candidates . 

 Insight & Approach : 

 Through the storytelling tool of radically empathizing with candidates and talent acquisition   manager , the team identified several areas the company wanted to focus on and improve ,   including how to simplify candidate ’s interview , set expectations about the designated job role ,   and celebrate the company ’s culture and branding through communication and the online   experience . It also helped the candidate by solving their queries and has a very human - centered   interface . The inclusion of this user - friendly application , not only brought ‘ best of the minds ’ to   the company but also simplified the whole interview process for the end - user . 

 I believe that listening with empathy is the first step towards explaining these unexplained   transformations . Stories generate questions and questions expand the breadth and depth of   stories , leading to lots of innovative thoughts and ideas . While I highly recommend that one   must acquire the skills to incorporate the storytelling tool into your problem - solving toolkit , I   ca n’t stress enough that they should also invest the time to do it correctly . It takes efforts ,   but the results are surely yielding ! 

 From my experience , the ‘ storytelling tool ’ of design thinking can be easily adapted to   recruitment efforts by both recruiters and talent acquisition managers .
### Output: 