Thoughts on Recruiting

Some thoughts on recruiting, focused on software engineering.

Thoughts on Recruiting ← Mark McGranaghan Thoughts on Recruiting 2019-12 Recruiting is so important. It's perhaps the biggest factor in company success. It determines where individuals will spend years of their professional lives. But the sad reality is that we're terrible at is an industry. Below I'm growing a set of tweet-size ideas on recruiting. I'll keep adding / editing over time: "The tech industry is fundamentally unserious about how it recruits, hires, and retains candidates." - @patio11 When companies say "recruiting" they usually mean having good people working at the company. The b

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