Comments on: A winning strategy in the war for talent

By: Edward Avila (co-founder of myJoblinx)

Edward Avila (co-founder of myJoblinx) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:45:14 +0000

The war for talent does exist and there is definitely a paradigm shift whereby this trend of the remote workforce will continue to emerge depending on industry. To make this trend more acceptable in Corporate America, the skill set required by Virtual Managers need to be different and developed from that of managers who are responsible for face-to-face people management. Managing virtual workers will be a challenge that demands communication, trust and the appropriate tools to succeed from both management and employees.

By: Shaleen Shah

Shaleen Shah — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:21:01 +0000

I also used Odesk to hire talents for jobs that need to be done asap. I think that work these days is not defined by the work place anymore, but how work is delivered -faster, cheaper and better. So long as you do your research well, I guess you can always find the gem among thousands of freelancers, remote vendors and offshore services on the Web.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:36:16 +0000

Frankly, if you don’t have a masters, why even bother applying to Intel. I don’t get it… I have really great skills as a mobile UX designer with large eCom and consumer application experience, but never waste my time on most of the big companies or consultancies. And, that is fine. I make a lot more as a contractor, and have far greater flexibility. That I enjoy.

Take advantage of the companies as much as they take advantage of you! Raise your rates. Incorporate, and avoid staffing agencies once your skills are better than those of competing talent. Sell yourself. Pool together with excellent adjacent talent. And, put the money in the bank and be prepared to metamorphisize again. Because you’ll have to. And, so will all of those companies that want to hire you today.

It is exciting, brutal, and extremely lucrative to be on the cutting edge. And, you want a job?

By: Mr. Bachelor

Mr. Bachelor — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:56:25 +0000

I agree. Companies like Intel require a Masters for a position that can *EASILY* be done with a Bachelors and 10 years experience.

Retarded hiring managers…

By: Someone

Someone — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:54:02 +0000

Requirements for Programming talent these days is completely unreasonable because:
1) you must be trained to the max in the latest tech (i.e. Android AND iOS AND Blackberry
2) you must be at a specific location because you won’t be relocated

By: AnnieLuv

AnnieLuv — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:25:19 +0000

I don’t care for your use of the term “talent”. It denotes that the person was born with an inherent ability to do a skill the average person has to work hard to master. The problem here is not lack of talent, but lack of education. I live in Oakland, which is within commuting distance of Silicon Valley, and I’ve met a lot of people with raw “talent”, but very few who possess the proper schooling and knowledge to further themselves. Oakland would be a much different place if “Job Creators” placed more emphasis on training their new hires, and not expecting mastery on the first day when don’t nobody got their masters degree.

By: Chau

Chau — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:42:13 +0000

Human children will pay a lower salary to save money

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:54:10 +0000

If companies relaxed their education requirements a little, they could find what they are looking for easily. I had worked in my field for 15 years, and now that I’ve been laid off can’t find work because I don’t have a masters degree. Even if I had a masters degree, I could only make slightly better than minimum wage. So, now I do odd jobs and watch people choke on their student loans.

By: Patrao Digital

Patrao Digital — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:07:41 +0000

I disagree with VectorBloom. Managers always wanted highest skill immediately at the lowest financial cost. This is not exploitation. This is darwinism, where the fittest survive. Internet collaboration allows companies to find the highest skills anywhere else and so they hire remotely. Thanks to globalization, a new giant like Facebook will probably emerge through remote collaboration in the next few years.

By: Gordy

Gordy — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:01:59 +0000

Companies would do well to realize that good engineers are good engineers regardless of language or platform. Everybody looking for ‘Java’ talent or ‘.Net’ talent (or Ruby, Perl, Python, etc.) are letting talent slip through their fingers. There are more technologies then there are people, people!