Dr John Sullivan Talent Management Thought Leadership
It’s hard to miss the troubling news about the “government shutdown” and the “debt default crisis,” but what has not received a lot of press attention is that these negative events have unwittingly created a powerful recruiting opportunity for hiring away top government workers.
The idling of federal employees can be properly labeled as a recruiting opportunity because clearly the very best employees won’t stay idle for long. If the government won’t employ them right away, others will (especially Silicon Valley firms that have already begun recruiting efforts).
