Very good7%
Good57%
Fair25%
Poor7%
Very Poor1%
What is the criteria that makes very good, good, fair, etc? A little bit more context and the qualifies would be awesome!
Layoffs18%
Hiring freeze46%
Budget freeze49%
Budget reduction45%
Fall in share price22%
Missed funding targets7%
None of these12%
Recruit talent from diverse or non-traditional backgrounds (e.g. different degrees, institutions, or work experience)33%
Recruit less experienced AI talent with a high aptitude to learn 48%
Communicate the intrinsic benefits of the role (e.g., mission, culture, resources, opportunity for impact) 28%
Build talent pipelines through partnerships with academia and professional societies46%
Hire and upskill internal talent52%
Use specialized AI recruitment agencies11%
Other (please share details in comments)3%
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I think the challenge is not recruiting new employees but rather to keep them long enough. Life-long fidelity toward an employer is a thing of the past. Even benefits and pension plans are not resonating hard enough for young people.
And now, with our policy of hybrid work (2 days at the office per week), we've seen the engagement level from the employees going down. We'll soon measure how many people left (and why). Other employers advertise as being (100% pure virtual) and this attracts many people.