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Looking for a job? ClassDojo has 15 positions open, but heads up: The bar is death zone high, and they're in no rush to hire. The children's education company has a team of 220 and a hiring rate of 0.09% of those who apply.How can a company grow while hiring that slowly? The answer is "talent density", a concept that's gaining steam lately.

- By Liz Brody

Looking for a job? ClassDojo has 15 positions open, but heads up: The bar is death zone high, and they're in no rush to hire. The children's education company has a team of 220 and a hiring rate of 0.09% of those who apply.

How can a company grow while hiring that slowly? The answer is "talent density", a concept that's gaining steam lately.

Netflix coined the term years ago, and it was popularized in cofounder Reed Hastings' 2020 book, No Rules Rules. He defined it as a smaller amount of talent overall, but the amount of talent per employee is greater-which is to say, you hire a smaller team, and you only take superstars who can do multiple people's jobs.