Chris Bone from Haystack is joined by Sara Turkentine and Oliver Daniel from Gearset’s Talent Acquisition team as they discuss how to recruit, and retain, top tech talent.
Topics discussed:
- How is recruitment in the tech industry changing?
- Big mistakes that companies make when recruiting
- How do you attract more women to tech roles?
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:45 Tech recruitment is broken
2:53 Techies dislike the way they are approached
4:53 The new normal
6:45 Introductions
7:45 About Gearset
9:22 What Gearset does well when recruiting
13:45 How has recuritement changed
18:03 Opportunitites to improve the recruitment process
21:35 Questions
21:52 What dangers is the tech industry facing
23:44 Women and young people in the tech industry
28:43 Neurodiversity in the recruitment process
30:28 Interview panels
33:19 Assessing input
38:45 Flashing perks
42:05 Communication
47:25 Remote working
