I’ve found a very interesting fact about HR recruiting in conjunction with Knowledge management that deserves to be shared. First you should read about KM strategies to have a base of ideas.

So, regarding HR, in some firms the recruiting policies are performed in relation with the KM strategy implemented there.

Having this said, it must be stressed out two kinds of recruiting policies depending of the type of KM.

If the KM is centralized, candidates are selected based on “hard” skills. It’s mandatory for a candidate to have a skill portfolio defined in terms of knowledge goals. This is a hard-skills-oriented recruiting policy.

As it’s logically, if the performed KM is de-centralized, the recruiting policy is oriented to “soft” skills candidates, as the knowledge system is implemented through networking of individuals. To conlude, this is a soft-skills-oriented recruiting policy.