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It’s time for organizations to adopt a holistic approach to HR that addresses technology professionals’ needs at all stages of their talent journey—from attraction, to onboarding, to long-term professional development. Taking this end-to-end perspective can help HR and technology leaders build a resilient technology workforce and accelerate their companies’ digital transformations. Check out a new article by McKinsey’s Vincent Bérubé, Dana Maor, Maria Ocampo, and Alex Sukharevsky to see why rewiring traditional HR processes can help you find and keep the tech talent you need to compete.

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HR rewired: An end-to-end approach to attracting and retaining top tech talent

Technology companies are shedding the very talent that incumbent players need to meet their own digital objectives. Here’s what HR teams in traditional organizations can do to capitalize.

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“We don’t like to talk about the struggle, because it’s uncomfortable. But that’s where the work is getting done, and we really are moving forward. It may not feel that way, but you really are moving forward.”

—Joanne Lipman, former editor in chief of USA Today, on navigating change in the way that we live, work, and lead in a recent Author Talks interview

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