Hiring Technical People

Hiring technical people and being hired isn't necessarily easy, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job.

Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies and Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People
Japanese translation of Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies and Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
 
Take a More Agile Approach to Hiring

In Hiring the Best ... , I recommend you hire for today's projects, not for tomorrow's projects.

Now that we are back in a candidate's market, it's even more important to hire the people you need now. You can't tell who you'll need in the future. That "guaranteed" project? I've seen many of them postponed again and again. The plan to hire someone now and make that person a manager in several months? That always takes longer.

A more agile approach says, "Here's what we need to do now. which of the candidates will help us get the work done now?" If these people are good enough to help you finish the work, they're good enough to learn the new work.

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