Nick Corcodilos writes for Infoworld:
Companies are madly trying to hire skills, not talent. They want to harvest fruit overnight. Give a smart IT worker some manuals, a workstation, an objective, and a little time, and they’ll come up to speed every time. That requires strong leadership.
But if you leave it to some personnel jockey who relies on buzzwords and resumes, you’ll never hire real talent — and it will always seem there is a talent shortage. What’s difficult to understand about that?
Or alternatively, don’t hire new people at all while you’re haemorrhaging personnel and watch the good people walk out the door while you keep the shareholders happy.
I’ve been here before.