Tag: Talent

Finding Technical Co-founders: 5 Proven Tips for Attracting Top Talent

Bar none, engineering talent is the most scarce resource in a startup. In fact, by 2030 — there will be a global engineering shortage of more than 85 million jobs, according to consulting firm Korn Ferry. Now try and narrow this even further to engineering talent who&rsquo...

Stop Obsessing Over Talent — Everyone Can Sing

A Hungarian film titled “Sing” won the 2017 Oscar for best short film. “Sing” tells the story of young Zsófi, who joins a renowned children’s choir at her elementary school where “everyone is welcome.” Soon after joining, Zsófi is told by he...

Stop Obsessing Over Talent — Everyone Can Sing

A Hungarian film titled “Sing” won the 2017 Oscar for best short film. “Sing” tells the story of young Zsófi, who joins a renowned children’s choir at her elementary school where “everyone is welcome.” Soon after joining, Zsófi is told by he...

Nurturing Talent: HR Strategies to Cultivate and Retain Your Best Assets

In the fast-paced, competitive world of business, one thing remains constant: talent is the lifeblood of any organization. Attracting, nurturing, and retaining top-notch employees is crucial for long-term success. To achieve this, HR strategies for effective talent management and retention are param...

Unlocking Talent: Enhancing Employee Engagement with Whole Brain Thinking

Mixing Whole Brain Thinking (WBT) into your talent acquisition and retention strategy is like crafting a symphony where art and science dance together.  It’s about harmonizing the diverse cognitive melodies within your organization, creating a workplace symphony that resonates with every ...

Take Your Organization from Good to Great with our Nonprofit Talent Checklist

What do you want to be when you grow up?” As a child, you likely heard this question. As adults, we still ask children this question to better understand their creative, young minds along with their hopes and dreams for the future. We — and they, even from a young age — i...

Do you want to develop your Leadership talent? What is inaction costing CEOs?

Learning is something that is very important to me, one of my core values, and so I probably do more than my fair share of professional and personal development programs. What I find the biggest challenge is not the program, which is typically excellent, it is the follow-up. The implementation when ...

Lisbon’s Promising Tech Talent Pool

As part of our network of global hubs, Portugal has proven to be an attractive nearshore location for tech start-ups and scale-ups to thrive. Home to over 200,000 IT professionals and boasting an impressive rate of over 8,000 tech graduates a year, Lisbon is an ever-expanding epicenter of opportunit...

What does a talent agent do all day?

How often do you hear from your agent? Every day? Once a week? A few times per month? Regardless, you’re probably wondering what they are doing when you’re not hearing from them. What exactly does your agent do all day? Agents’ days are very reactionary, and we don’...

Tracking Talent Through Techathon

Besides Pershing’s 3rd Hackathon, 2022 is a special one for PTSC as the company celebrates its 40th anniversary. On the heels of winning the 30th Annual Award for Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan in 2021, and the Deloitte Best Managed Company Award in 2022, the company continues to expan...

Foreign Talent in Taiwan: The Rough with the Smooth

The topic of working in Taiwan as a foreigner is something I’ve spoken about on multiple occasions. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at events discussing this issue hosted by All Hands Taiwan, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, TAITRA and at a couple of job fairs. Within the foreigner co...

Hiring diverse talent isn’t enough

If you look at the careers website of any technology company, there’s a good chance there will be a section about diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). Most companies will highlight that having a representative workforce is just “the right thing to do”. However, it certainly ...

How to Make Tech Talent Hiring Better (for candidates & companies)!

Intuit’s ability to drive innovation, achieve technological excellence, and fulfill our mission to our customers is rooted in our global engineering culture. That makes hiring one of the most important things we do. As with product development, we continuously tune Intuit’s appro...

Working in the UK with Global Talent Visa

The Global Talent Visa is a pathway that allows you to work in the UK without being tied to a specific employer. Unlike traditional work visas that rely on sponsorship (e.g., Skilled Worker or Tier-2), this visa is attached directly to you, providing flexibility in your career pursuits. Whether you ...