It's obvious from both the tone and the attendance of the conference that the "war for talent" is back with a vengeance.
Target even set up a vendor booth among the vendors just to recruit recruiters. The Godfather of recruiting, Michael McNeal (who created the recruiting machine of the 1990s at Cisco), also made a rare appearance with the goal of recruiting world-class recruiters for his emerging Intuit team.
Because there were attendees from Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia, it is clear that the need for continuous improvement in recruiting is a worldwide phenomenon. Increased turnover, the aging workforce, the acceptance of "remote work" and global competition for talent means that pressure will increase on the recruiting function to find new ways to provide their firms with a competitive advantage.
