Finding (and Creating) IT Talent

Interesting results in a Computerworld poll of companies on what they are doing to locate talent in a tight IT market --

Top Five:
- Create a talent pool of active and passive candidates (55%)
- Emphasize strategic longer-term workforce planning (54%)
- Improve preassessment tools of knowledge and skills (53%)
- Improve company brand as a stellar place to work (36%)
- Invest in online assessment tools for skills of internal and external candidates (23%)

More than one response was allowed, so the percentages are not exclusive, but notice the decisive favor of the top three and their benefit to the company vs. the other two with greater benefit to employees.