Can anyone share some creative ways to attract tech talent to a company with a mundane mission?
Information Security Director in Media, 10,001+ employees
Change the mission, as attract talent is only step 1, the harder step is retaining talent and a mundane mission will lead to more wasted time (talent leaves and restarting your search again).CIO in Healthcare and Biotech, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
Meaningful work and a career path. Hard to explain meaningful when linked to a mundane mission, but just because the company has a mundane mission doesn't mean your department needs to. Have a data mission and link opportunities to learn and use AI/ML and other advanced analytics for example.Content you might like
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Director of IT, Self-employed
One thing I do is include them in the meetings about the changes that will take place and get their opinion. I also lay out the pros and cons of the changes and how it will effect us as a team moving forward.Very difficult28%
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Community User in Software, 11 - 50 employees
organized a virtual escape room via https://www.puzzlebreak.us/ - even though his team lost it was a fun subtitue for just a "virtual happy hour"
1. Benefits - health insurance, retirement plan, work-from-home
2. Topic - e.g. they will be working cutting edge migration to get the mundane company onto the latest technology
3. Name recognition. If they are currently working at a small company nobody has heard of they might want that brand recognition of a Dow 30 sized company. Just keep in mind they likely won't stay long if this is a significant reason for joining.
4. International travel or assignments. One of my favorite benefits is going to see the world. I have been to a lot of countries I never would have traveled to if I was paying the bill.