2021 Silicon Valley Software Engineering Talent Report
Exclusive Insights Into The Supply of This High-demand Workforce
The talent war for software engineers is ramping up across the globe, especially in highly competitive markets like the San Francisco Bay Area. To help hiring managers and talent leaders better navigate the evolving landscape and develop targeted recruiting strategies, here we are sharing unique insights on the supply of software engineer workforce in Silicon Valley. This report is developed from Celential.ai's rich talent graph of 5M software engineers in North America and an AI algorithm for a deep understanding of individuals and companies.
Download our full report to learn about:
- How many software engineers are in the Bay Area
- Workforce size and structure across a variety of roles (frontend, backend, full-stack, QA, DevOps, mobile, security, data, etc.)
- Quantitative breakdowns of experience, tenure, education, and salary for each role
Recognizing And Addressing Hiring Biases
When you’re a part of a hiring team, your job is to find the best candidates. However, this becomes a challenge when unconscious biases come into play.
Fortunately, there are a number of strategies that you can employ in order to shut down bias before they creep in.
In this pre-recorded webinar we met with Kehsi Iman Wilson, a DE&I and social justice trainer and educator, and CEO of High Quality Talent.
Key takeaways from the webinar:
- Actionable steps you can take to provide recruiters with training on biases and hiring
- Examined strategies to manage the unconscious biases we all hold
- How to make the hiring process more inclusive
- The effectiveness of blind recruitment, and whether it should be implemented
- How to come up with an impersonal resume review system
- Diversity and inclusion job boards that recruiters should be looking at
Learn how to recognize and address hiring biases at your organization!
Recruitment Metrics to Power Your Hiring Strategies
Did you know that 71% of companies see people analytics as a high priority, but only 8% report they have usable data, according to Deloitte?
Utilitizing recruitment metrics allows you to evaluate your hiring process and ensure that you stay on track with your company’s strategies and goals.
In this pre-recorded, 45 minute webinar, we were joined by Richard Brown, Lead Talent and DE&I Business Partner at McLaren Racing, to discuss the recruitment metrics that have helped them to improve their DE&I progress.
Brown deep-dives into the following:
- How recruitment metrics are set up at McLaren Racing
- How these metrics impact everyday business decisions
- Ways to recruit more intelligently using real-life examples
Learn how to use recruitment metrics to power your hiring strategies!
How To Get Your Employer Branding Right
The best talent has plenty of options, so differentiating your organization is critical. The time to start thinking about positioning your company as a great employer is long before you ever post a job or interview a candidate.
In this pre-recorded, 45 minute webinar, we were joined by Maria Rodriguez, Global HR Director of HireRight, where we discussed:
- How companies can maintain a strong employer brand during times of crisis and the story they should be telling
- How recruiters and hiring managers who don’t have buy-in from management can get support for employer branding initiatives
- How can hiring professionals ensure their employer branding is both authentic and compelling
- The best ways to measure the success of employer branding campaigns
Learn how you can shape your employer brand so that it is both authentic and compelling to candidates and employees.
Hire Better Together – An Introduction to Collaborative Hiring
For many companies, the key to success in today’s candidate driven market is adopting a collaborative hiring process, turning their hiring practices into a team sport.
Collaborative hiring creates a better candidate experience, which will help you to attract and retain great talent.
What is collaborative hiring? Collaborative hiring is a team-based hiring method that structures the recruitment process to get colleagues from other parts of the company more involved.
To introduce you to collaborative hiring, this ebook covers:
- A step by step explanation of the collaborative hiring process
- Tips on setting up a collaborative hiring strategy at your organization
- Insight’s from Perry Oostdam, Recruitee’s CEO and Co-Founder on the outcomes and rewards of collaborative hiring
Download this ebook to learn how to hire better, together.
Hiring In 2022: From Home to Hybrid
The last few years have brought about a new reality of working from home all around the world. Now, many companies are going hybrid.
New remote and hybrid policies and technologies take time to create and implement. So what should we do to be better prepared for the future?
To help you navigate these new ways of work, this report is covers:
- A look forward to the future of hybrid hiring
- A synopsis of remote hiring since 2020 from the perspective of recruiters, executives, and HR professionals
- Actionable tips on overcoming challenges in implementing a remote or hybrid hiring plan
Download this report to learn how to better adapt to the changing hiring landscape: be it remote, in the office, or hybrid.
5 Step Framework On: A Winning Candidate Pipeline
The longer your hiring process is, the higher the cost of hiring. 40% of industry professionals said it takes them more than four weeks to hire new talent. With a carefully curated and well-maintained pipeline, you can ensure you always have access to a network of top-quality talent, making it easier to recruit when the need arises and reducing your cost and time to hire.
To help you optimize your pipelining efforts and make the best use of your time, here is a five-step framework for building and nurturing high-caliber talent and providing a great candidate experience to all.
This framework covers:
- Identification of candidate profiles and pipeline goals
- Strategies for building a stand-out employer brand
- Proactive sourcing techniques
- Steps to engage your pipeline
- Top HR Tech tools to help you measure progess
Build a candidate pipeline that’s fit for purpose.
Reimagine Your Employer Brand: The Current State of Employer Branding
A successful employer brand will bring the right talent to your organization. With the candidate-driven market that has emerged in the era of the Great Resignation, employer branding has become even more relevant.
Employer branding can help you attract, engage, and retain the right talent. However, 60% of companies lack an active employer branding strategy. Dedicating time and energy to your employer brand pays off - it makes your company an even better place to work! It's time for an employer brand refresh.
To help you on your way to success, this guide is packed with:
- Practical advice on how to build a strong employer brand
- Key industry statistics
- Actionable insights to elevate your careers site
Make sure you’re the brand employees love and applicants can’t wait to be part of.
Build a Case for an HR System for your Business
Make the case for your company to invest in an HRIS
Let us help you create a shareable business report to make the case for using GoCo at your company.
This downloadable document will address how an HRIS can solve all of your current pain points, and highlight areas you’re looking to gain efficiency. You'll also be able to see the ROI from implementing an HRIS based on the size of your company.
Guide: How to Pandemic-Proof Your HR Processes
Expert tips from HR pros on how HR can adapt in smart ways through digitization
Employers across the globe are learning to operate in a new digital environment. This brings many new challenges for HR departments, employees, and companies. Especially in this time of transition, managing HR for small and medium-sized businesses can be messy, painful, and complex.
GoCo recently conducted a panel discussion, “Pandemic Proofing Your HR Processes”, and got expert tips from HR professionals on how HR can adapt in smart ways through digitization.
This eBook will walk you through:
- Pain points HR departments are facing
- Processes HR should be digitizing
- Best practices for automating your HR
- ... and much more!
It’s no longer a question of when you go digital, but how. Download our free eBook for key insights that will help you navigate this changing climate with the best tools available.
Remotely Onboard Your Next New Hire in 15 Minutes or Less
You’ve just made a great new hire and tomorrow is their first day.
What will be their first impression of your company? Will a pile of paperwork greet them at the door? Will they spend the day signing documents, poring over fine print, and reviewing HR policies?
When a new hire spends their first day mired in paperwork, it’s frustrating for the employee and unproductive for the employer. But it doesn’t have to be this way!
With the right systems and workflows, onboarding a new hire can be a simple, pain-free process for both HR and the new employee.
You will learn:
• The components of a top-notch, streamlined onboarding process
• How to start your new hires off on the right foot, by eliminating paperwork, and
reducing onboarding time to 15 minutes
• How to be compliant with various laws and regulations
State of the HR Profession Report: How COVID-19 is impacting Human Resources in small businesses across the U.S
To illuminate the current state of the human resources industry in relation to the COVID-19 crisis, GoCo conducted a study on the challenges and priorities of hundreds of HR professionals. Download your free copy of the report today to learn exactly how the HR profession is faring amid shelter-in-place orders, emergency family medical leave (EFMLA), and hiring freezes.
Key takeaways include:
• Major challenges HR professionals are facing
• How HR pros are communicating new policies and procedures to their employees
• Steps businesses are taking to mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19
crisis
• Stories & advice from your peers to help navigate uncertain times
Onboarding 101
Having a good onboarding program in place increases retention rates by 52%; yet , only 12% of employees think their organization does a great job onboarding new hires.
Bottom line: Great onboarding matters.
Download our onboarding 101 e-book , and find the step-by-step process to build an experience that will set up your new hires for success with your organization.
How can you ensure that your employees are engaged
Employee engagement is key to a high-performing organisation—that much is clear. But how can you ensure that your employees are engaged? Motivational theories provide some clues. Let’s examine the two most well-known ones in this article.
The Field Guide to Board Orientation
Set up your board members for success. Download your FREE copy of The Field Guide to Board Orientation for Associations.
In it, you’ll discover foolproof ways to get new board members up to speed quickly and efficiently. Get useful tips on how to:
- Structure your orientation
- Prepare board meeting attendees for maximum payoff
- Build a robust board book
- Hold an effective orientation debriefing