Tag Archives: agile hiring

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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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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How to Show Agile Behaviors on a Resume, Starting with Collaboration

Posted on February 28, 2012 by johanna

Back at OOP 2012, I gave a talk called “Six Behaviors to Consider When Hiring for an Agile Team.” These are all team-based, interpersonal skills that any team needs, but are critical on an agile team: collaboration; how to stop … Continue reading →

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Make Your Job Ads Work For You

Posted on October 5, 2011 by johanna

I recently worked with a hiring manager who was having trouble with his job ads. They were not working for him. The ads were not screening out the more senior people. They were not screening in the more junior people. … Continue reading →

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Why a Bonus for Agile Program Managers?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by johanna

I’m seeing ads for what should be agile program managers on LinkedIn. I can’t tell what these positions really are, but when they say “responsible for management of 15 scrum teams,” that’s an agile software program manager to me. But … Continue reading →

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Pairing, Observers, and Interviewing Candidates

Posted on June 13, 2011 by johanna

On the Scrumdevelopment list, there was a thread about interviewing candidates. I didn’t see the thread until too late to be useful. But I have comments and thought I would share them with the greater community. A poster said, We … Continue reading →

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Why Does an Agile Coach Need to Know a Specific Programming Language?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by johanna

I must be in quite the mood today. I am disagreeing with just about everything I see online. I saw a tweet today for an opening for an agile coach who needed to have C++ in his or her background. … Continue reading →

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Six Behaviors to Consider for an Agile Team on Stickyminds.com

Posted on August 3, 2010 by johanna

I have a column up on Stickyminds, Six Behaviors to Consider for an Agile Team. Please do leave comments there.

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Stupid Recruiter Tricks

Posted on March 9, 2010 by johanna

I like to work with recruiters. I’ve used them in the past. I refer people to them. But I am missing something here. I just got off the phone with a recruiter. He was using some kind of a phone, … Continue reading →

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What Do Agile Testers Look Like?

Posted on October 2, 2009 by johanna

I recently spoke with a recruiter. “I don’t understand the QA market anymore. No one is hiring except for agile people. And they want people who are developers. What’s happening to QA?” Manual testing was never quality assurance; it was … Continue reading →

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