Michael Murray has an announcement about podcasts aimed at helping you think about your career. Take a look at Announcement – Episteme IT/InfoSec Career Portfolio Teleseminar & Podcast Series. From his blog: This series is going to be focused on the portfolio of skills that will make you a better IT/Information Security professional and […]
Recently, a reader asked me about applying for a project management job. She was missing a particular technical tool, but had plenty of what seemed to me as reasonable job experience. I suggested she apply anyway. When I see an ad (or a job description) focused on tools, I am sure that the hiring manager
The nice folks over at computerworld.com asked me to comment on this year’s salary survey, and to discuss with folks how to obtain a better salary. (See A Slow Thaw” for my column.) I’m blogging over at my computerworld blog. Please visit and leave comments.
I’ve been traveling for the past three weeks (one more to go), and heard one manager say, “With good people, you can deliver almost anything.” He’s right. And it’s hard to define good people. Saying, “I’ll know one when I see one” is not enough. That’s shot-in-the-dark job analysis. Job analysis, even if you don’t
Based on my Reviewing Resumes for an Agile Team posts, I wrote a column for Stickyminds, Recognizing Agile Candidates. You can leave comments there or here.
At the SD conference a few weeks ago, a colleague asked me this question. (I’m using the Myers-Briggs terminology:If you’re wondering, I often describe introverts as people who need to think in order to speak, and extaverts as people who need to speak in order to think.) Well, the answer is Yes and No. If
Bruce Eckel has a nice post, What Questions Would You Ask?, especially for developers. I really like the question about books :-)Here’s how I would expand on that for project managers and testers: How do we you make project decisions? Can you give me an example? What happens at the end of the project? or
Last week at SD, I met up with Brian Robertson of Ternary Software, a small consulting company in the Philadelphia area. They have a different approach for their first contact with a candidate: they ask candidates to fill out essays (scroll down to see the essay questions).These essay questions reflect the culture of the company.
I hope that when you read these posts, you came to the same conclusion I did. It’s almost impossible to detect from a resume whether or not a candidate is accustomed to an agile project, or could work on an agile project successfully. Keywords, especially, are useless when it comes to reviewing resumes. So what’s