Building a Smarter Tech Talent Plan - Where to Start

Hiring without a plan is like coding without a spec. Expensive, slow, and messy.

If you’re about to scale your tech team, shift direction, or launch something new, you need a smart talent plan.

Here’s where to start:

1. Define Outcomes, Not Just Roles
What’s the product, feature, or milestone? Start with outcomes and build roles around them - not the other way around.

2. Timeline + Budget = Structure
How fast do you need to hire? What’s your burn rate? These two factors shape whether you hire perm, contract, or blended.

3. Skills Inventory
What does your current team do well? Where are the gaps? Map it.

4. Market Check
Can the talent you need be hired in-market, or do you need remote/contract/nearshore solutions?

5. Partner Where It Counts
Bring in recruitment partners where they add value - usually for hard-to-fill, high-speed, or high-impact hires.

Techforce Talent helps companies build, benchmark, and deliver talent plans that actually align with business goals. Want to sense-check your strategy? Start here.