06/19/2026
It is not.
It is borrowing from the future.
When companies skip the early pipeline and only hire people who are already proven, they create the gap they will complain about later. First mid-level talent gets harder to find. Then senior talent gets harder to find. Then the bench is gone and recruiting gets stuck trying to rescue a problem the business built into the system.
Buying capability can feel efficient in the short term.
Over time, it turns recruiting into a rescue function instead of a long-term talent strategy.
A real strategy does not just solve today’s opening.
It builds tomorrow’s bench.