{"id":1635,"date":"2018-12-21T14:07:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2018-12-21T14:07:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T14:07:44","slug":"why-recruitment-alone-is-a-weak-talent-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/why-recruitment-alone-is-a-weak-talent-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why recruitment alone is a weak talent strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Tom Chapman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Florida authored a piece entitled \u201cAmerica\u2019s Looming Creativity Crisis\u201d in the Harvard Business Review (https:\/\/miscsf.typepad.com\/miscblog\/files\/CreativityCrisis.pdf) published In October 2004. He presciently identified a challenge that was facing and continues to face the United States \u2013 the inability to find the \u201ccreative class\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the article, Florida writes, \u201cToday, virtually the entire public dialogue about jobs in the Untied States revolves around outsourcing and unemployment. But these are short-term issues. The real long-term predicament facing the United States and the world is the looming shortage of creative talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, the colleagues in my firm and I have spoken throughout the Midwest with numerous city leaders in Omaha, Milwaukee, Peoria, Oklahoma City, and St. Louis. The conversations invariably included a conversation about talent. Whether the person on the other side of the table is an executive, an ecosystem builder, or an economic developer, everyone is worried about where to find talent, and particularly technology talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Tom Chapman Richard Florida authored a piece entitled \u201cAmerica\u2019s Looming Creativity Crisis\u201d in the Harvard Business Review (https:\/\/miscsf.typepad.com\/miscblog\/files\/CreativityCrisis.pdf) published In October 2004. He presciently identified a challenge that was facing and continues to face the United States \u2013 the inability to find the \u201ccreative class\u201d. In the article, Florida writes, \u201cToday, virtually the entire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46,66,476],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","category-recruitment","tag-recruitment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/recruitingTalent.png?fit=700%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-qn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":982,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/how-to-recruit-the-best-tech-talent-in-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":1635,"position":0},"title":"How To Recruit The Best Tech Talent In 2018","author":"admin","date":"January 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By Rick Brownlow The need for skilled technology workers is increasing, but supply is dwindling. 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