by Jessica Stillman | Start It Up

There's a war for tech talent. Here's how you can get creative about finding and training coding ninjas.

Talk to any entrepreneur looking to hire technical talent and they'll tell you its insanely tough out there, with companies facing a dire shortage of trained engineering and design talent.

by Sarah Green

I've been stewing all week about a logically sloppy op-ed in Sunday's New York Times. Every Sunday morning, I leap out of bed and skipper down the stairs to snatch the paper off the stoop, but last week it betrayed me. Todd and Victoria Buchholz's "The Go-Nowhere Generation" takes a disparate set of data-points and tries to make the case with them that young Americans aren't "occupying" anything but their parents' couches and are bringing economic ruination on themselves by being risk-averse Debbie Downers.

Sharlyn Lauby | Mashable

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

The goal of recruiting is to find the right person at the right time. Logically, that means one source is never enough. You’ll want to tap into diverse mediums to find the best candidates. Social media is no exception. Each platform has its own unique demographic. You’ll want to consider that audience when making the decision about which applications to use for your recruiting efforts.

by Dr. John Sullivan | ere.net

Everyone knows what it means to reboot your computer, but what does it mean when you reboot your entire workforce?

It’s no secret that the speed of change in business is incredibly fast. And as a result products, operational processes, customer expectations, and even business models are constantly changing. Every time one of these business factors is upgraded, it simultaneously requires the raising of the needed skills and the expected performance levels of the employees. Whenever skill requirements and performance levels are raised, the normal practice is to expect your current workforce to adapt and to meet those higher expectations through additional training.