The IT Recruiter
A recruiter is a person who selects personnel for a specific vacancy such as a salesperson, clerk, operator, among others. An IT recruiter is a selector that chooses Information Technology personnel for vacancies that demand technical characteristics, such as developers, graphic designers, QA, among others. While an IT Recruiter is a personnel selector, this person […]
Recruiting 2.0
The term “recruitment 2.0” is widely heard in recruitment (some are even starting to talk about 3.0 or 4.0). But what do we mean when we talk about recruitment 2.0? In this post, we will explain a little about what it is, beyond the clichés into which the new terms often fall. Recruitment 2.0 is […]
How to hire the best Front-End Developer
Over time, the roles of developers have become more specialized. Before, it was expected that a developer could do everything (which is still valuable in any case, when found). Now, it is common to divide the roles according to their specialization. This is the case of front-end developers, developers specialized in the “face” of the […]
Technical Assessments for IT Professionals
Evaluating an IT professional is often a challenge for average recruiters, and those who have been in the hiring position are well aware of the difficulty of evaluating candidates for technology positions. Most of the time this is because the distinctive qualities of software engineering candidates are considerably difficult to evaluate. Hiring developers is indeed […]
The Cost of Hiring the Wrong Developer
A common mistake of software development managers is not spending the time and resources needed for a good selection process. Probably this is because few are aware of the high cost of hiring the wrong developer. I hope that after reading this article you will change your mind and realize that there is probably no […]
How to hire Developers for a Startup
Most ventures have some relationship with technology, either because of their very raison d’être is to offer a technological product or because they require technology to operate efficiently. This means that probably one of the first employees to be hired by a startup is an IT person. The problem is that, as we saw in […]
Bilingual Java Developer wanted, juicy reward offered
A better title for this post would have been “The most in-demand development professionals 2018”, but I found this one more entertaining. Any manager or recruiter who has been looking for a bilingual Java developer recently will understand the irony. This position is pretty hard to fill, especially if you add that you are looking […]
Attracting the Best Developers
In several posts I have commented on the importance of a good selection process to incorporate the best developers into a team, focusing on the testing and selection processes themselves. However, recruiting IT professionals is not like the last decade (and less like the decade before this one). I started working as a developer in […]
How to Build a Successful Development Team
If you are a development manager or an IT project manager and you have the mission to build a development team, the first thing that I would like to tell you is that you have a great opportunity since sometimes you cannot build a team from scratch. Doing this well can make your job easier […]
Online Programming Tests for IT Recruiting
Selection processes for evaluating and selecting developers tend to be longer and more complex than others. One of the challenges in evaluating candidates for these positions is ensuring the candidate’s technical competence. Written technical evaluations are often used, as well as technical interviews. Technical interviews are also useful. But, since they require valuable resources to […]
