also announced plans to make a presence in the greater Nashville area with the construction of a $800 million data center in Gallatin."State of Middle Tennessee Tech" report, more than 79% of tech positions in the Greater Nashville area are filled by white professionals. The report also showed that compared to the general working population in Middle Tennessee, the tech workforce has a lower percentage of Black and Latinx employees.
While she got comfortable managing her new client, she also started cold pitching other businesses her services. She sent a LinkedIn message to the chief technology officer at Dollar General and was quickly able to secure a meeting with him. Williams spoke with Business Insider about how she finds diverse talent for her clients and her secrets to getting poached by a recruiter.Finding talent, she said, hasn't been as easy as finding new business.
"We are in the business of building relationships, so we keep in touch with them just to stay top of mind," she said, so when they're ready to look for jobs or come across someone who's looking, they think of her. Candidates today, she noted, are afraid to leave their roles amidst a shaky economy and job market. Her clients are also looking for mid- to senior-level tech candidates and wanting talent to relocate, which has been a turn off for many. Candidates haven't seemed interested in changing jobs unless they thought their job was in jeopardy or their contracts were ending, and for minority candidates she found this to be a rare occurrence.
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