Scenes From the Talent Wars

As the labor market tightens, employers are going to ever greater lengths to lure top performers. How aggressive are you willing to get?

At mindbridge software, there’s only one hard, fast rule when it comes to recruiting hot talent: Don’t break the law. Pretty much everything else goes.

Recruiters from the Philadelphia-based intranet software company have gathered outside the office of a struggling rival and offered to buy lunch for staffers leaving the building. When a hot prospect was playing hard to get, a Mindbridge rep learned which car the man drove and waited for him in the parking lot at quitting time. Nearly half of Mindbridge’s 80 employees were lured by such tactics, says COO Scott Testa. "If we find someone who is a good fit, we’ll do just about anything to get that person in the door," Testa says. "If we don’t do it, our competitors will."

From: Inc. Magazine, January 2006 | Page: 29 By: Scott Westcott

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