We asked Marc Frons, senior vice president and CIO of the New York Times Company, what he's doing to recruit the best and the brightest IT talent. Watch the video or read the transcript below to find out how Frons is fighting the IT talent war.
"People ask me what keeps you up at night, finding talent is one of those things, because we are in a war for talent — with Google and Facebook and anybody else. What people are looking for is not just excellent technologists, but they have to have a passion for what we do, really want to work at a media company versus an e-commerce company or a Wall Street bank or what have you. So we try and get those types of people, but we also make sure that we have the environment where excellent technologists can thrive.
Where do we find talent? Anywhere we can find it. I think you can't cast too wide a net. Because we are a global brand, we are able to attract people from all over the world. But what we are looking for, the kinds of people we are looking for may be in universities, may have skipped universities. Some of the mobile developers we hired, we hired one a year or so ago and I said, 'Hey, come on out for a drink with us,' and he said, 'Um, Marc, I am not 21 yet, is that okay?' I said, 'I'll vouch for you.'
Learn more about IT recruiting and retention. Read: "How to fight the IT talent war."
