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# From stalemate to success: A strategy for hard-to-fill vacancies


- **Date:** Thursday, Jul 18, 2024
- **Time:** 13:25–13:55 (30 min)
- **Room:** Tech Recruiting Summit - BLUE STAGE
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Description

Recruiting for hard-to-fill IT positions often feels like navigating a complex maze, with numerous dead ends and obstacles. This presentation offers a roadmap to guide you from stalemates to success. We'll explore the anatomy of hard-to-fill roles, signs how the recognize the core problem(s), and suggestions on how to solve them. By the end of this session, attendees will be armed with a tactical approach to break through the barriers that impede successful recruitment in the IT sector.			

## Speaker

### [Jan Bernhart](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@jan-bernhart)

Owner of IT Leaders


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Future of Recruiting: Innovations and Challenges in the European IT Sector](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/441-the-future-of) — Ingolf Teetz
- [Skill-Based Hiring: Bridging Vision and Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/153-skill-based-hiring) — Kasper Kok, Marieke Drees
- [How to Fail a Tech Recruiting Project - 5 Key Learnings ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/263-how-to-fail-a-tech) — Ana Gospodinova
- [Putting Developer Experience at the Heart of Tech Recruiting](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/333-putting-developer) — Julia Schroeder, Linda Stauffenberg, Markus Stauffenberg