Why Do This Workshop?
Most Talent Acquisition teams react to vacancies as they arise. Without a structured hiring plan, recruiters struggle to prioritize work, sourcing becomes reactive, agency spend increases, and hiring delays become inevitable.
This workshop introduces the Recruiting Excellence approach to hiring predictability. You’ll learn how to translate workforce planning into a practical hiring plan, forecast recruitment demand, balance recruiter capacity, and proactively prepare talent pipelines before hiring starts.
The result is a Talent Acquisition function that can confidently predict demand, plan capacity, and consistently deliver the right talent exactly when the business needs it.

What you get
Hiring Plan Framework
- Structured hiring plan methodology
- Translate workforce planning into hiring plan
- Template to build hiring plan in absence of workforce planning
Capacity Plan Toolkit
- Recruiter capacity plan model
- Hiring demand forecasting templates
- Workload balancing approach
Predictable Talent Delivery
- Proactive sourcing strategy alignment
- Agency planning and supplier management
- Quarterly hiring plan with measurable targets
Goal & Target Audience
This workshop is designed for Talent Acquisition leaders who want to move from reactive recruitment to predictable talent delivery.
Ideal participants include:
- Heads of Talent Acquisition
- CHRO / HR Directors
- Workforce planning team
The Outcome
By the end of the workshop your team understands how to forecast hiring demand, plan recruitment capacity, and proactively prepare for future hiring needs.
You leave with:
- A structured hiring plan aligned with business demand and workforce planning.
- A recruiter capacity planning model that balances workload and improves delivery predictability.
- A proactive recruitment approach that aligns sourcing strategies, agency management, and hiring priorities.
This positions you as a strategic Talent Acquisition leader and helps you move TA from a reactive to strategic function.
The Consultants

Tony de Graaf
With decades of experience across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, I’ve built and transformed high-performing Talent Acquisition teams for some of the world’s biggest companies.
I don’t just talk about Talent Acquisition – I build and implement the strategies that make hiring a competitive advantage.

Marcel Rütten
With over 15 years in HR, I have established myself as a Global TA Lead, HR blogger, podcaster, and author, contributing significantly to the evolution of recruiting, personal marketing, and employer branding in Germany.
I am passionate about transforming HR practices to create people-centric organizations supported by technology and data.
Agenda
Learn why hiring predictability is fundamental to Recruiting Excellence and understand the role of workforce planning.
09.00
Translate workforce planning into a structured hiring plan and learn how to forecast demand when no workforce plan exists.
10.30
Balance recruiter capacity, align sourcing strategies, and plan agency usage before demand arises.
13.00
Build quarterly hiring plans, establish review rhythms, and measure Recruiting Velocity against the plan.
15.00
Pricing
One day workshop from € 3.500,-
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