Jeff Clavier ponders about startups’ hiring difficulties in the face of competition from the “Big 3”: Talent grabbing war at the GYM
“Did you also have this feeling that the “Big 3” (Google, Yahoo and Microsoft – let’s refer to them as the GYM) were not only deploying new features on an accelerated “tit for tat” basis, but they are also on a wide ranging talent grab ? I bet you did…”
Well, it would appear there’s one talent in even shorter supply then engineering, and this one is not even high-tech. Google is having trouble filling two Executive Chef positions. It must be a VIP position, a Google VP heads up the Selection Committee.
“It’s been a challenge to get someone who has the scale and quality (to live up to the company’s expectations),” said Susan Wojcicki, a Google vice president on the hiring committee. “
(LA Times via SFGate)
Google plans to invite the top applicants for a cook-off, preparing meals for several dozen members of a tasting committee that probably will include co- founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
I’ll be happy to volunteer my services on the Tasting Committee 
Update (8/5): I thought it might be appropriate to link to a Google Lunch Menu. (Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake.. ahh). Notice where it is posted: on Google’s Job Opportunities! 🙂
Update (8/15): (G)oops, now they can’t even throw a party! 🙂
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