IDC PeerScape: IT Talent Sourcing Practices for Creative IT Talent Sourcing

IDC PeerScape Figure

• Figure: IDC PeerScape: IT Talent Sourcing — Practices for Creative Talent Sourcing

Executive Summary

Peer Insights

• Practice 1: Maintain a Personal Network of Colleagues and Corporate Alumni for Word-of-Mouth Referrals

• Challenge

• Examples

• Seven Senders

• Teladoc Health

• Georgia-Pacific

• Guidance

• Practice 2: Crowdsource via Multiple Channels, Including Your Website, Social Media, Job Sites, and Search Firms

• Challenge

• Examples

• Seven Senders

• Teladoc Health

• Georgia-Pacific

• Guidance

• Practice 3: Rather than Confront Candidates with a Battery of Tests, Remove Sources of Friction

• Challenge

• Examples

• Seven Senders

• Teladoc Health

• Georgia-Pacific

• Guidance

• Practice 4: Be Open to Hiring Workers with Adjacent Skill Sets and the Aptitude to Learn; Be Open to Remote Work

• Challenge

• Examples

• Seven Senders

• Teladoc Health

• Georgia-Pacific

• Guidance