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Attracting Top Talent & Engineering Branding w/ Cosmin Nicolaescu, Kris Rasmussen, Brad Henrickson & Sam Wholley #52

2021/8/3
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Shownotes Transcript

What IS engineering branding? What are the most effective things you can do to immediately improve your engineering brand & attract top talent? This special feature from the ELC Hiring Summit covers all things engineering branding & attracting top talent with Cosmin Nicolaescu (CTO @ Brex) Kris Rasmussen (VPE @ Figma) Brad Henrickson (Leadership Coach / former CTO @ Scoop Technologies) & Sam Wholley (Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners). 

SHOWNOTES

  • What are the most important things you can do to attract top talent? (1:52)
  • How have you changed how you attract top talent post-pandemic? (4:44)
  • Tactical tips to overcome the gap between virtual and onsite employee experiences (8:00)
  • What IS engineering branding? (9:10)
  • Easy, immediate actions to improve your engineering brand (15:18)
  • How do you retain & engage engineers in the company long term? (20:09)
  • Controversial, but effective approaches to branding & attracting talent (23:33)

 

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