Talent

We’ve been holding strategy meetings as a management team this week and the one thing that continues to come up is talent. We’ve done a good job recruiting lately with over 20 new hires in Q3, but it has taken a village to get to this point.

The world has changed since the pandemic. There are perhaps more open jobs than ever before across all industries and pay classes. Tech employees now have the ability to work from anywhere and can demand maximum flexibility.

Like most startups, we realize that winning the talent war will be the most critical aspect to our success as a company. We’ll need to continue to recruit and retain talent at a high level. In order to do so, we’ll need to adapt to the demands of the modern tech employee.

We’ll need to make some strategic decisions when it comes to the future of our employees and location. The future is remote and we’ll need to find the right balance between fully distributed and in the office.

One trend that will be admittedly difficult to overcome is the rise of the gig economy. Workers are turning towards the gig economy versus full time jobs and we’ve run into employees who have decided to stay free lance versus join us. We’ll need to control what we can and look to foster an environment that allows flexibility and the chance to work on new exciting projects. We’ll continue to build a culture that celebrates team work, camaraderie and mutual goals towards building something great.

There are and will continue to be a lot of challenges as the future of work evolves. At Secfi, we’ll continue to adapt and evolve as a company to stay in front of the talent wars to come.