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Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams

N2Growth Blog

According to the Better Business Bureau, recruitment scams result in $2 billion in direct losses annually, with the first quarter of 2023 alone seeing a 250% increase compared to the previous year. A genuine firm will be transparent about its recruitment process , the companies they represent, and the roles they are contracted to fill.

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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

CIO

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware. I spoke to tech leaders, technical recruiters, and CIOs about how they have cracked this nut to hire the top-tier tech talent they need. Here is their advice. That won’t work.”

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Purpose-Driven Board Leadership; What to Consider in Your Next Board Recruitment

N2Growth Blog

Board recruitment is virtually nothing like hiring for your average role vacancy. With that in mind, board recruitment should be approached from the angle of purpose-driven leadership, which can drive organizations to nominate Board Directors who bring new skills and experiences to strengthen the board’s overall composition.

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5 steps we can take to address the cyber skills shortage

CIO

A blended approach to recruitment I’m a strong advocate of the traditional approach to recruiting talent, i.e., identifying individuals who have the right education, certifications, experience, and qualifications. This all builds strong social capital, and these are the ties that bind. To learn more, visit us here.

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Use radical objectivity to create and retain an inclusive workforce

TechCrunch

James Nash is CEO and founder of inbeta , a tech-enabled talent specialist using data, social listening and human science to help corporations overcome bias. Today, the age of corporate social justice is dawning. Inclusion is about more than hitting diversity recruiting optics. Unfortunately, many companies get this wrong.

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Top IT exec recuiters weigh in on talent trends today

CIO

Two of the top executive recruiters in the CIO retained search space, Shawn Banerji and Martha Heller, joined me for the first episode of 2024 to share their insights on a range of talent-related issues, including hiring trends, hybrid work questions, and the critical skills companies are looking for at the executive level.

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13 essential skills for accelerating digital transformation

CIO

Building future-ready foundations For Charley Betzig, managing director at IT executive recruiting firm Heller Search Associates, skills critical to digital success depend largely on where companies are in their journeys. Betzig is currently recruiting for a tech leader for a Midwestern healthcare company developing its own software platform.