{"id":891,"date":"2020-02-21T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edwarddrummond.com\/?p=891"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:23:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:23:37","slug":"hire-technical-talent-key-factors-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edwarddrummond.com\/hire-technical-talent-key-factors-success\/","title":{"rendered":"How to hire technical talent \u2013 key factors for success."},"content":{"rendered":"
In any business, there are the people who help turn the cogs day in, day out. These employees are the technical experts who use their knowledge and skills to perform specific tasks. From IT to law<\/a> to engineering, these technicians and operators are vital for businesses to run smoothly.<\/p>\n The most important resource or asset of any business is its people. Losing key talent to competitors, or failing to hire for the right kind of skills can mean your business loses a competitive advantage in the market.<\/p>\n Innovations in products and services will also stem from this technical talent. These are the employees who will understand the day to day challenges of your industry and business, and these are the employees who can drive top level strategy through their experiences.<\/p>\n In many industries, certain skills and knowledge are hard to come by, so having a proactive recruitment process in place will help ensure you acquire the top talent out there. Losing out on this talent to competitors can be a huge setback and allow your competition to leverage skills and knowledge that you desperately need.<\/p>\n Hiring technical talent needs to have an emphasis on the skills and knowledge of the candidate. This will vary from industry to industry, but some roles will require specific qualifications and experience. This aspect of hiring is the easiest and simply requires candidates to have a certain qualification that shows they are suitable for the level of knowledge required to perform the job. Many industries require professional training to progress up the career ladder.<\/p>\n After that, it becomes a little more challenging. It then becomes about understanding the needs of a business and what type of candidate will help them achieve this. This is where industry benchmarking and market mapping<\/a> become useful processes to understand where the business is and what skills they are lacking.<\/p>\n Successful hiring of technical positions requires an understanding of how a candidate can influence a business in their day to day jobs. Evaluating how they are likely to fit in with company culture and the existing departments and technical workforce will impact their effectiveness.<\/p>\n Hiring technical talent is a balancing act between gaining as much knowledge and skills for the business, as well as ensuring the right kind of people join the team. This can depend on the candidate\u2019s personal career goals as well as what kind of work motivates them.<\/p>\n As technology <\/a> adavances and globalisation continues to provide access to a global workforce, technical talent becomes an exciting prospect. Looking to new markets and new locations around the world can uncover top talent that competitors haven\u2019t gained access to yet. There is a real advantage to understanding the global spread of talent and international headhunting<\/a>.<\/p>\n To find the best technical talent who will have a big impact in your business, you need to work backwards. Starting with market mapping and benchmarking, you want to identify where you sit in the marketplace and what positions, departments, products\/services, you are falling short on. This will help identify who you need to hire. Any technical hire should relate very closely to what your business is trying to achieve.<\/p>\nTechnical skills<\/h1>\n
How to find technical talent<\/h1>\n