Attracting the "right" talent to an organization should be one of the top priorities of any human resources department. As the workforce becomes more complex and interrelated, the success of any organization increasingly relies on employing people with highly specialized skills who can work across boundaries and around multiple challenges.

To compete for talent with private industry, state government leaders need to be informed about the skills for which they are shopping and the labor markets where that talent can be found. Those same leaders also need to dispel the "bureaucrat" stereotype by conveying the rewards of state employment and emphasizing the importance of the work government does. First impressions count, and they begin with the recruitment process.

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