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The World's Greatest Internship? |
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Joel Spolsky, co-founder and CEO of New York-based Fog Creek Software, has found a way to consistently hire the nation's top talent at his firm -- by focusing his recruiting efforts on rising stars still in college, instead of people already in the job market. Spolsky auditions his potential employees during a paid summer internship program, wooing them with generous perks and pay. Nearly half of the developers at Fog Creek were hired as college interns and then recruited for full-time work. Here's a look at Spolsky's philosophy on "full-court-press recruitment." |
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