I’m at the SHRM conference in Chicago this week, courtesy of Dice.com. I blog for them, and am working on an agile recruiting series. Watch for it, in the coming weeks. I read this piece, The War for STEM Talent is a Lie. I agree. Until we do all of these things: Hire the people […]
Warning: I’m on a rant. Yesterday’s Wall St. Journal had an article called “Behind ‘Shortage’ of Engineers: Employers Grow More Choosy” (if I could figure out the URL, I would paste it in here, but I can’t figure out how to do that. Sharon Begley is the author, and the WSJ requires registration. If you’re
In More on the labour shortage, Michael points to The Coming Labor Shortage. Here’s a quote : What’s interesting about Deloitte’s prediction of a “critical talent” shortage is that they’re onto the fact this isn’t about bosses alone. The biggest skills gap will be smack in the middle of the so-called creative class workforce. “Critical
Joel has a great essay on how you’re probably not hiring the top 1% — even though you think you are.But here’s what Joel didn’t say: not everyone wants to hire the top 1%. I’ve worked with managers who only wanted to hire people who weren’t as capable as they were. (They didn’t understand why