Key people for success in the digital age

What kind of talents are essential for a digital business to function?

Businesses flourishing in the digital industry are:

- focused on the customer

- fast operating

- responsive and agile

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Functioning within a team is becoming vital

In the near future you will need to be able to process large amounts of data. Quick and easy integration with new platforms and technologies and excellent customer experience are already necessities for success. Therefore the talents of a single worker are less important than the collective skills of a multidisciplinary team. When a team lacks dynamics, even the best worker can fail. This warning comes from the mckinsey.com website.

The right set of tech-talents: employees you simply must have on board

We will introduce each of these groups of specialists in future articles.

How to recruit such people?

Get in touch with technologists; target international community discussions (Hacker News, Github, or Reddit). Top software developers can be found by examining source-code repositories (programmers who are proud of their work open them up for people).

In order to engage with IT experts you need to have the right recruiting capabilities. You must talk with them about topics in their industry (frequently very technical topics). To hire them, you must persuade them that they will have exciting opportunities if they join your company. Try asking tech stars from within your organisation to recruit their peers.

A successful recruiting team should consist of both traditional recruiters and digital talents (agile coaches, experience designers and others). Community meetings and presentations at conferences are the way to go. Consider also hosting your own hackathon event.

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Article source McKinsey & Company - global management consulting firm
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