2 Strategic Hiring OKR examples with initiatives

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What are Strategic Hiring OKRs?

The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.

Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.

We have a collection of OKRs examples for Strategic Hiring to give you some inspiration. You can use any of the templates below as a starting point for your OKRs.

If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.

Strategic Hiring OKRs examples

You will find in the next section many different Strategic Hiring Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).

Hope you'll find this helpful!

OKRs to expand the innovation team's capacity and breadth of projects

ObjectiveExpand the innovation team's capacity and breadth of projects
KRAdd 2 new specialized roles in technology and design to the team
Draft job descriptions for the new roles
Identify specific skills needed for technology and design roles
Begin recruitment process to fill positions
KRIncrease the number of successfully managed projects by 50%
Enhance team collaboration and communication strategies
Implement effective project tracking and reporting systems
Improve project management skills through relevant training and workshops
KRIncrease team size by 30% through strategic hiring and staff upskilling
Develop a strategic hiring plan to attract crucial talent
Regularly review team structure and adjust hiring as needed
Implement a comprehensive employee upskilling program

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OKRs to establish a go-to platform for leadership and niche hiring

ObjectiveEstablish a go-to platform for leadership and niche hiring
KRAttract and onboard 1000 unique leadership profiles to the platform
Implement referral incentives for current users
Develop marketing campaigns targeting potential leadership profile candidates
Craft an engaging, user-friendly onboarding process
KRSecure partnerships with 50 leading companies in relevant industries
Reach out and negotiate partnerships with targeted companies
Develop proposals outlining mutual benefits for potential partners
Research and identify 50 prospective industry leaders for partnerships
KRAchieve a 20% conversion rate in hiring through the platform
Enhance job description clarity to attract right candidates
Implement comprehensive onboarding to increase acceptance rate
Improve screening processes for more qualified candidate selection

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How to write your own Strategic Hiring OKRs

1. Get tailored OKRs with an AI

You'll find some examples below, but it's likely that you have very specific needs that won't be covered.

You can use Tability's AI generator to create tailored OKRs based on your specific context. Tability can turn your objective description into a fully editable OKR template -- including tips to help you refine your goals.

1. Go to Tability's plan editor
2. Click on the "Generate goals using AI" button
3. Use natural language to describe your goals

Tability will then use your prompt to generate a fully editable OKR template.

Watch the video below to see it in action 👇

Option 2. Optimise existing OKRs with Tability Feedback tool

If you already have existing goals, and you want to improve them. You can use Tability's AI feedback to help you.

1. Go to Tability's plan editor
2. Add your existing OKRs (you can import them from a spreadsheet)
3. Click on "Generate analysis"

Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRs

Tability will scan your OKRs and offer different suggestions to improve them. This can range from a small rewrite of a statement to make it clearer to a complete rewrite of the entire OKR.

You can then decide to accept the suggestions or dismiss them if you don't agree.

Option 3. Use the free OKR generator

If you're just looking for some quick inspiration, you can also use our free OKR generator to get a template.

Unlike with Tability, you won't be able to iterate on the templates, but this is still a great way to get started.

Strategic Hiring OKR best practices

Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.

Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇

Tip #1: Limit the number of key results

The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.

We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.

Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins

Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.

Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.

Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row

Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.

As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.

Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.

How to track your Strategic Hiring OKRs

OKRs without regular progress updates are just KPIs. You'll need to update progress on your OKRs every week to get the full benefits from the framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:

It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
It will highlight poorly set OKRs
It will surface execution risks
It improves transparency and accountability

Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.

If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.

More Strategic Hiring OKR templates

We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.

2 OKR examples for Strategic Hiring