Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant
Expert in Managing Product Development
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 …