Helping Others Help Ourselves: Community Initiatives that Build and Retain Talent

For many organizations, talent scarcity is the human capital challenge of the future.  Traditional recruiting tactics can only take you so far when everyone is competing for a slice of the same pie. In this HCI Keynote video, James Mitchell and Deborah Carter of Rackspace explain how this leading cloud technology firm is growing local pools of technology talent through Open Cloud Academy - an unconventional partnership between the talent acquisition and development functions.

Key insights:

• Look beyond short term recruiting challenges to strategically grow your talent supply.
• Create new sources of talent through open-enrollment education programs.
• Partner with local leaders to make your city a magnet for key talent segments.
• Empower the under-employed with development outside traditional institutions of higher education.