Drawing together on some of the most valuable recruitment lessons and insights we’ve learned from some of Ireland’s leading high-tech businesses and their CEOs.
What follows is a short interlude of an eBook we wrote that we hope will inspire you regardless of where you are in your own journey.
“With unemployment at historically low levels and companies looking to hire, talent has emerged as the single-most critical pain point impeding innovation and prompting higher people costs for high-tech companies in 2019.” – PWC, 22nd Annual Global CEO Survey
Having the right people in the right jobs is fundamental to every business. But for CEOs in particular it:
Faced with new realities, senior executives are turning to trusted external partners to improve operational efficiencies and address the skills and information gaps to drive revenue growth.
Our ebook draws together inspiring stories of how Irish CEOs and founders are achieving their business goals and widening their lead over their rivals through efficient and effective recruitment.
It highlights some of the ways our high-tech clients are using RECRUITERS to close their skills gaps where it matters most so that their business is best placed to pursue market opportunities and unlock their growth potential.
But building a winning workforce for tomorrow starts today by taking strategic steps to identify gaps, secure new talent, benchmark salaries and widen their lead over rivals.
As CEOs work to implement emerging technologies with new talent, we urge them not to retreat from the broader conversations of how such implementations impact existing structures and cultures.
In doing so, not only will they ensure they attract the right talent for the right roles, but they will also reduce staff turnover and ultimately, their people costs.
The best high-tech companies work hard to match their hiring and talent development strategies with their future workforce needs. Given the time it takes to attract and develop star talent, it is critical that companies start building the workforce they will need, tomorrow.
Consider the below cautionary examples:
Do any of these sound familiar? If they do, it’s time to act.
Difference-making talent is a company’s scarcest resource. Innovative new technologies are changing the nature of work as well as the skills and capabilities required to win in the future.
