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How medium-sized companies can win the battle for talent

July 25, 2017

Europe, North America

July 25, 2017

Europe, North America
Becca Lipman

Editor, EMEA

Becca is currently a supporting editor and writer for The Economist Intelligence Unit's thought leadership division in the Americas and EMEA. Her primary focus is on healthcare policy and financial market trends. She has also recently developed research programmes that analyse themes in infrastructure and smart cities, as well as C-suite perspectives on talent strategy, small business and IT development. 
 
Before joining the EIU in New York, and later in London, Becca worked as senior editor at Wall Street & Technology where she reported on IT advances in capital markets. She previously held posts as lead editor for a US stock brokerage. Becca earned her bachelor’s degree in both economics and environmental studies from New York University.

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Medium-sized companies occupy a unique place in many economies.

Medium-sized companies (the definition varies by country) also have some unique challenges. Those that are in the fastest-growing verticals usually face competition from their larger peers, whether in the marketplace or in the quest for top talent. In particular, a medium-sized company can often find itself in a hiring bidding war with a larger company for the same person—or for a person the larger company already employs. If the medium-sized company doesn’t win the bidding war, the disappointment is magnified. Medium-sized companies’ relatively small staff sizes make each hire that much more important. 

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