Across the past 20 years, talent acquisition has lacked an important unifying element—an organization that represents the interests of those in the profession.
There are niche and regional organizations, and larger for-profit and broader human resources groups, but none to represent all of talent acquisition. Until now.
The Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals (ATAP) was founded in 2016 as a 501(c)6 association. However, the idea for a global recruiting association has long had roots in the hearts and minds of talent acquisition professionals.
As a member-driven non-profit, ATAP was designed to bring the profession together to:
And we can’t do all of this without you. ATAP is open to all professionals who have talent acquisition responsibilities, including corporate, agency, staffing and RPO recruiters and leaders. Our membership is open to technology and product partners who provide solutions and tools that support talent acquisition strategy and execution.
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The Association represents the interests of talent acquisition professionals at every level worldwide.
Our mission is to cultivate a community that sparks innovation, engagement and knowledge sharing for Talent Acquisition.
Our vision is to advance the profession by demonstrating the value of talent acquisition in every organization.
Our values guide our work. They are to be: Inclusive, Sustainable, Transparent, Mission-driven, Member-guided, Career-oriented, Future-oriented, and Open-minded and Unbiased, serve as a Role Model and build Affiliation over Replication.
As a new non-profit, we realize there may be questions about the Association. Read even more about our values and access our bylaws.
To lead us in our mission, we have assembled an extraordinary team of talent acquisition leaders who will guide us every step of the way.
The success of our organization includes having partners aligned to our mission. We are looking for sponsors who want to help shape the future of the profession.
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