Companies in every industry are digitalizing their operations, and many are struggling to find the talent they need to do it. But not all. In a global survey of 1,000 business leaders, we set out to discover what companies that are good at staffing their digitalization projects do differently. We found that the fundamental distinction between companies that are good at filling their digital talent needs and those that struggle is not that they pay more for recruits, nor spend more to train them. It’s that they go beyond the conventional practices of recruiting from the best schools and poaching from competitors, and instead hire people who can develop the skills they need and then incentivize them to do so.
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November 27, 2019
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In a global survey of 1,000 business leaders, we set out to discover what companies that are good at staffing their digitalization projects do differently. We found that the fundamental distinction between companies that are good at filling their digital talent needs and those that struggle is this not that they pay more for recruits, nor spend more to train them. It’s that they go beyond the conventional practices of recruiting from the best schools and poaching from competitors, and instead hire people who can develop the skills they need and then incentivize them to do so.
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