Author Archives: johanna

Hiring for Your Team, One Day Workshop in Sweden

Posted on May 13, 2013 by johanna

I will be at Let’s Test the week of May 20. I am offering a version of my new hiring workshop, Hiring For Your Team: Culture Trumps (Technical) Skills. If you will be at Let’s Test and you have not … Continue reading →

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A Novel Idea: Hire the Unemployed

Posted on May 3, 2013 by johanna

Did you read The Jobless Trap? In it, Paul Krugman asserts we are creating an underclass of long-term unemployed. This is what really stood out for me: This could happen because their work skills atrophy, but a more likely reason … Continue reading →

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Personal Kanban for Your Job Hunt

Posted on April 30, 2013 by johanna

One of the problems with a job hunt is that it’s a big and complex project. You need to decide what to do and when. Who do you interview with? Is it time to iterate on your resume? Do you … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Networking is Dead

Posted on April 21, 2013 by johanna

We all know that we need to network to find people to hire or to get a new job. But too often, our networking is random. That’s why you should read Networking Is Dead: Making Connections That Matter. Wilson and … Continue reading →

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The Company Doesn’t Love You

Posted on April 15, 2013 by johanna

I’m rearchitecting Manage Your Job Search (again). One of the things I’m doing is working on the introduction, explaining to people why they need to consider agile and lean as a system in which to work on their job hunt/job … Continue reading →

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What Are Your Favorite Interview Questions?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by johanna

I have an article coming out soon in the next Prag Magazine about some questions to never ask in an interview. I thought I’d let you know so you could warm up your fingers to quick click on the magazine. … Continue reading →

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What Scrum Master Are You Hiring Posted

Posted on March 12, 2013 by johanna

I have another article posted on InfoQ: What Scrum Master Are You Hiring? I’ve noticed that many organizations are calling certain positions Scrum Masters, and they might be Scrum Masters, but to me, they are anything but. You need to … Continue reading →

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Article Posted in PragProg Magazine

Posted on March 12, 2013 by johanna

Finding the Geek Who Fits: Five Tips for Hiring as an Agile Team is up in this month’s PragPub magazine. My colleague, Andy Lester, has an article, Being the Geek Who Fits: Don’t Forget That You’re Interviewing Them, Too. You could … Continue reading →

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Gather Data About Your Hiring: Recruiting Strategies

Posted on March 4, 2013 by johanna

If you have not gathered data about your hiring activities, consider doing so. I find it useful to see how well I’m doing. This is especially important if you can’t find people and you want to know why. For data … Continue reading →

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Can’t Find People? Root Cause Why

Posted on February 26, 2013 by johanna

There’s a great article that George Dinwiddie pointed me to, If There’s a Gap, Blame It on the Employer. It’s a nice companion piece to John Sumser’s entire series, Skills Gap: The Series. Here’s what this means for people in … Continue reading →

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