Offering to pay $10,000 to relocate someone may offer a significant return in investment longer term. Step back and take a look at the big picture. Often times smaller firms, and even some larger firms, are hesitant to pay for the relocation of a candidate. Just because someone is not local does not mean they could not be great for your firm. Again, you likely won’t find the purple squirrel, but there are plenty of those magenta squirrels if you look for them. Make sure you are active in the local civil engineering trade organizations, networking events, city/county/municipal meetings and hearings, etc. Squirrels are out and about, jumping from tree to tree, gathering nuts. I realize this means less utilization at first as they step into a new role and learn the ropes, but you would be amazed at what one can accomplish when actually challenged to broaden their skill set, or when the odds may even be stacked against him/her. Closely tied to my first point, but whether you promote from within or hire from outside, there are many civil engineering professionals who are talented and driven who would like to take on a new challenge or learn something new. Identify your internal stand-out superstars, then look beyond their accomplishments and evaluate their potential to become what it is you need. So often times I find employers suffering from “paralysis by analysis” as they struggle in identifying candidates that have the 20 exact skills they are looking for when they can rather make significant progress hiring someone that may only have 15! Here are a few ways to identify maybe some magenta squirrels that could one day become your own in-house, fully purple squirrel: Waiting for the p erfect civil engineer to walk through your office doors can be detrimental to your business and will lead to stagnation, stress, and disappointment.
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