Monthly Archives: October 2007

Your Boss Wants This Candidate; You Don’t

Posted on October 24, 2007 by johanna

I emailed with a colleague today. He’s been looking for a position that shouldn’t be too hard to fill–but it is. Let’s assume the position is a development position. He interviewed a candidate. He’s not thrilled with the candidate; the … Continue reading →

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Hire for Intangibles; You Can Teach Technical Skills

Posted on October 19, 2007 by johanna

A bunch of my clients are having trouble filling their positions. They can’t find a bazillion years of Java or .Net or something else. There is a relative candidate shortage, compared to the candidate glut of a few years ago. … Continue reading →

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Changes to Blog URL and Feed

Posted on October 5, 2007 by johanna

I’ve converted to WordPress as my blogging platform and now have changed the URL for the blog and the feed. You can see this post because of magical redirection. The URL is now http://jrothman.com/blog/htp. The feed is now http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/feed. Let … Continue reading →

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Don’t Ask About Physics

Posted on October 3, 2007 by johanna

I met a software developer recently, who studied physics as an undergrad. He’s now working in an IT organization on financial processing software. He’s part of the interviewing team for his organization. They’re trying to hire 6-7 more developers before … Continue reading →

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