Time and motion are not the issue when the product is ideas, conversation and reusable intellectual property. The only thing we know for sure about breakthrough software development is that it seems to involve late nights and a lot of pizza.
It’s really simple. Having a big brand acts as a discount on the cost of acquiring talent. Managing that big brand takes time and energy but it doesn’t come out of the recruiting budget.
Like a Beatles Renaissance, the War For Talent is Back (for Real) Bruce Steinberg is the labor economist who is most focused on staffing issues. If you’re not subscribed to his monthly newsletter about the Employment Situation, now’s the time to sign up. Bruce’s crisp analysis helps see the national underpinnings of the recruiting problems […]
The Rare Find is both an exposition on the best recruiting methods and, as a result, a critique of contemporary Recruiting.
Local Recruiting doesn’t mean narrowing your search. It means starting locally and working up. It means connecting with half of U.S. workers. It’s where small and growth and tech and innovate and patent and yes hang out.
If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been talking, thinking and researching about the local aspects of Recruiting. It’s an extension of work I’ve been doing for several years now. What I’m learning is that a significant array of factors make a local focus vastly more effective. (You can see presentation materials here and […]
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