IT Branch – Challenges for Human Capital Management
The article concerns the processes of human capital management in companies from the IT sector, where the greatest challenges concern two areas: employment and retention of IT specialists. HR departments providing services in IT companies outdo each other in applying solutions to acquire and motivate competent IT professionals to work for the company. The main goal of the article is to present recruitment and motivation practices in IT sector on the example of two selected companies. The comparison of the organizational culture, recruitment and selection methods, the management styles and the role of HR departments, as well as development practices was made. The results were presented in the context of factors affecting the IT industry characteristics, such as globalization, virtualization and competitiveness of the labour market.