It is a tenet of the industrial era that a focus on process and automation will improve output and maximise profits. The natural high cost of entry enabled the big to get bigger and dominate their markets as we have seen in mature sectors such as finance, retail and energy. Recruitment is a little behind […]
In a recent post I mentioned that I attended the launch of IDC's white paper on 'Skilling Europe for Innovation, Sustainable Growth and Employment in the 21st Century'. The paper has strong and relevant messages for anyone involved in the recruitment, development and consumption of ICT talent. The sponsors, Microsoft, have captured the essence of […]
Traditional IT talent acquisition focuses primarily on the person being fit for purpose. Do they have experience of Oracle 10G? Have they worked in equity derivatives? With that approach you can distil IT recruitment down to buzzword matching, hence the development of online recruitment. But what about cultural fit? Putting an aggressive candidate into a […]
A week or so ago I wrote a piece on the need for IT recruiters to move beyond buzzword matching. This prompted a flurry of response (one email) pointing out that those recruiters on the buy-side in particular need to raise their game. I am in full agreement. Internal recruiters that do no more than […]
In a candidate-rich market IT talent sourcing is often distilled down to what one might call buzzword bingo; the game being to reconcile the buzzwords on the candidate resume with those on the job spec. A problem arises when the talent pool dries up and the war for technology talent heats up. Recruiters can no […]
Imagine three solution architects at a party. As they size each other up by demonstrating their technology prowess it quickly becomes clear that despite the fact that they have the same job title they have very different competency profiles. Not just in technology experience, but in their levels of emotional intelligence. This could equally apply […]
Definitions of autism include: An abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and an inability to treat others as people (Princeton). A diagnosis of abnormal self-absorption, observable in early childhood, characterised by lack of response to other humans and by limited ability or disinclination to communicate (Wiktionary). This is […]