Human Factors

Security Congress Abstract

The Myth of the So-Called Talent Gap

Speaker(s)

• WC

  William Campbell, CISSP

  President
  Predictable Solutions, LLC

These days, you can't pick up a business, tech or security magazine without finding yet another article lamenting the challenge of finding enough "good" people. The complaint is hardly new; managers have been whining about this for decades, if not centuries. So why has this problem not yet been solved? Let's discuss the real obstacles to attracting and retaining the right people, in cybe security or anywhere. The problem is not a lack of qualified applicants, it's the tire fire of traditional recruiting. If you're tired of complaining and ready to stop recruiting the wrong way like everyone else, this session is for you.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Understand why conventional approaches to recruiting have completely failed.
• Eliminate false and unhelpful beliefs and attitudes about recruiting.
• Change the way they think about so-called "qualifications," and create job descriptions and screening criteria that are actually predictive of job success.