On my recent trip to NZ and AU (to speak about project management), I had some informal conversations with people who could not find enough people for their projects.

From my non-scientific survey, it appears that we have started a technical hiring crunch (not enough candidates for positions). Consider people you might not have considered before:

1. Part-time workers
2. People over 40. Yes, we can still see and hear. Development is not just a young person's job. :-)
3. People over 65. Not everyone enjoys retirement.
4. People who may not have a degree, but have an avocation for software.

I'll be thinking about this for a while, because if we really are headed for a hiring crunch, it will be global this time.

Labels: agile hiring, recruiting

posted by Johanna Rothman at at 7:31 AM | link |