1. The text refers to balancing its need to control the costs of recruiting with the need for a given sized workforce. How does Texas Instruments balance those two needs?
2. What are some of the firm's low cost or no cost sources of recruits?
3. Why would Texas Instruments find the use of technology to be especially valuable as compared to some other companies?
4. How does Texas Instruments' approach to recruiting likely to result in an above average level of diversity?