SAP SE, the German software company with more than 13,000 employees in the U.S., is competing with Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. for top Silicon Valley graduates the old-fashioned way: a face-to-face pitch.
“Not a lot of companies are doing that anymore, this is where you gain traction,” Stefan Ries, SAP's personnel chief, said yesterday at Bloomberg's Berlin office. “People want to see you and talk to you and that hopefully makes the difference.”
Helping lead the charge will be Quentin Clark, a Microsoft Corp. veteran who started this week as SAP's chief technology officer and will be based in Palo Alto. Nabbing talent from Stanford University and other California campuses is crucial as SAP tries to gain an edge over big technology peers as well as startups, Ries said.
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