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Given the low unemployment rate in tech, and the challenges in attracting top talent, it\u2019s no wonder that more tech companies are turning to academia for the biggest brains they can find. Take Uber, for example, which recently poached much of Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s robotics department<\/a>, or Google, which has enlisted a number of academics who specialize in everything from artificial intelligence to robotics. Persuading academics to join the commercial world at either an established tech firm or a scrappy startup presents some challenges. Many researchers and professors want to make their findings public, an impulse antithetical to the strategies of many tech companies, which feel the need to keep research safely hidden until it results in a finished product\u2014and even then, the \u201cnuts and bolts\u201d of a particular process or technology may end up an industrial secret to the end of time. A tech firm could always offer enough money and perks to effectively override any possible counterargument. A more effective strategy, however, may lie in persuading the reluctant academic that their work will ultimately benefit millions of people. How many researchers, for example, have joined Uber or Google in the earnest expectation that they can help make the world a better place by creating safe, reliable self-driving cars? Those recruiters pursuing academics may need some assistance from the client company in identifying the necessary skillsets, because (depending on the job) they can sometimes be quite esoteric\u2014when it comes to artificial intelligence specialists, for example, does the firm want someone who specializes in neural networks, control theory, or both?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given the low unemployment rate in tech, and the challenges in attracting top talent, it\u2019s no wonder that more tech companies are turning to academia for the biggest brains they can find. Take Uber, for example, which recently poached much of Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s robotics department, or Google, which has enlisted a number of academics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":520190240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2155,2154],"class_list":["post-999881489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiring-candidates","category-sourcing-candidates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecruiting Academics for Tech Work - Dice Hiring<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Given the low unemployment rate in tech, and the challenges in attracting top talent, it\u2019s no wonder that more tech companies are turning to academia for\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recruiting Academics for Tech Work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Given the low unemployment rate in tech, and the challenges in attracting top talent, it\u2019s no wonder that more tech companies are turning to academia for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dice Hiring\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-29T20:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/shutterstock_220284679-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"736\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dice Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Dicedotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Dicedotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dice Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Nick Kolakowski\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/authors\\\/nick-kolakowski\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/nkolakowski\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/nick-kolakowski-b405501\"]},\"headline\":\"Recruiting Academics for Tech Work\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-29T20:40:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/shutterstock_220284679-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Hiring Candidates\",\"Sourcing Candidates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dice.npgdev.com\\\/hiring\\\/recruitment\\\/recruiting-academics-for-tech-work\",\"name\":\"Recruiting Academics for Tech Work - 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