Talent Strategy Recruiting and Retention

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of recruiting and retaining talent in competitive fields.

This week I had coffee with a new colleague and the conversation got onto the realities and challenges of recruiting, and retaining, the talent you want to work with and need to fulfill all those exciting research, industry and government projects you've got going. Especially in topical fields with lots of competition for talent, and sky high salaries... 💲💲💲 So late on this Friday afternoon and heading into yet another long weekend here in Brisbane, here's my newest #HackingAcademia vi...

People in this episode

Host: Michael

Topics covered

• recruiting
• talent retention
• research projects
• industry challenges
• government projects
• competition for talent

Keywords

• recruiting
• talent strategy
• retention
• research
• industry
• government projects
• competition
• salaries

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Places: Brisbane

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