An Unusual Process To Recruit New Talents
By: Chiara Castelli
Tags: Recruiting, Talent, Life Lessons, Education, Growth

An Unusual Process To Recruit New Talents

We believe that the world abounds with talent. And in this regard, we aim to solve the most difficult challenge of our time: to bring it out, enhance it and connect it with concrete growth opportunities.

In order to become Aurora Fellows all candidates follow a path — the Aurora Experience.

No matter if they are selected as Fellows at the end of the Experience. This training process is a moment of radical change for each of them, Aurora wants to leave them an indelible memory, a tangible experience of growth.

We want each candidate’s heart and mind to expand.

We want to give them the opportunity to get into the game. We want them to go further, to learn something new everyday. And then we believe in practice, which allows people to express their vocation, interest after interest.

At the end of the Experience, 100 aspirant Fellows a year become ambassadors of their adventures and changes. They become role models for their peers. Generous and exemplary in sharing the cultural richness acquired and the opportunities encountered.

The experience includes three steps. Each one is made of transformative moments, precious fruits to be collected and of which to preserve the seeds.

After the applicants register, we give them a tool: KnackApp, to discover their strengths and soft skills. Some candidates may already be aware of those, others can get new insights. Applicants can start thinking about their strenghts and work on them in order to develop their potential.

This shows how fertile the soil is.

Starting from what they learned in the first step, candidates explain in a letter or in an application video what are the levers that push them to explore, to improve. Why do they want to be part of Aurora? This exercise teaches them to frame their dreams and passions.

That’s the way to design a greenhouse.

The application is published on Aurora channels and candidates need to receive 10 positive comments to it. Every candidate at this stage needs to work hard to convince his community to support him. We want them to become confident on their ability to engage others. We encourage their relational creativity, their flexibility in problem solving. Furthermore, from this step they gain further awareness. They can check the skills revealed by KnackApp and maybe discover new ones among those recognized by others.

To build a greenhouse other arms need to be involved.

The maximum effort we ask for is the conquest of two endorsements by two international professionals. A multiple and difficult test, which leaves candidates a huge treasure:

— The courage to abandon their area of comfort and explore two worlds that are far from their current interests;

— To question themselves, dealing with extraordinary professionals;

— The audacity to present themselves and the ability to manage communication with seasoned professionals;

— The patience and care that building a healthy and lasting relationship requires.

Indeed, it is never easy to convince agronomists that the greenhouse project can actually be implemented.

The last step of the journey is an unusual team challenge (based on Google Maps and Wikipedia), evaluated by our team of experts. Candidates take part in a battle, working in a team composed of strangers. All applicants develop acuity in observing, in making themselves useful. They learn how to become active parts of a group, how to share what they know and what they do, how to be empathetic. They learn to build a role of value for themselves, for the group and for the entire ecosystem around them.

A single person cannot make a beautiful garden alone. Roles and knowledge need to change and transform to make the garden flourish.

Growth, awareness, courage and sharing. This is what we want to leave to each candidate at the end of the experience.

We want to make sure that they are able to prepare the ground for a new world, that they have fertile seeds, that they know how to take care of them, in order to grow blooming plants and healthy fruits.

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You will find all the information here: https://aurorafellows.com/be-a-fellow/

And for any questions contact our Fellowship manager at: c.castelli@aurorafellows.com