Designing a Hiring Strategy
How to improve your chances of getting the kind of people you need.
Let's face it: most of the companies out there (including most of the ones I worked for) hire opportunistically. They wait until they have a specific need, then quickly put together a job description, and publish the opening in the various channels that are readily accessible, hoping that they get a fit. Most of the time they can't find what they are looking for in a reasonable amount of time, and for the right salary. There's four options available at that point: