Employer Insights
What Makes a Great IT Leader?
Good leaders are common in IT. But the difference between a good leader and a great leader is significant, and it is only the great ones that have the vision and drive to marshal in the next great innovation. If you want to operate on the cutting edge, get more out of your team, and…
Read MoreIs Your Hiring Strategy Costing You Talent?
Recruitment has always been a one-sided process. Conventional wisdom suggests that companies willing to offer someone a job, benefits, office, and other perks could carry out recruitment in any manor they pleased, even if it did a huge disservice to candidates. In recent years, however, new thinking has emerged that suggests the hostility of the…
Read MoreWhy Work-Life Balance is Increasingly Important for Employers
In the past, it was enough for an employer to give employees a fair wage, a comfortable place to work, and a reasonable hope for advancement. But it is becoming increasingly important for employers to take a broader perspective and think about the way professional life and personal life intersect. This is most commonly known…
Read MoreStrategies to Engage IT Employees
There are two sides to your human resources strategy – recruitment and retention. A lot of focus gets placed on the recruitment side, but retention is just as important, and just as tricky. A major part of your retention effort has to be spent on keeping your IT employees engaged, because if this notoriously restless…
Read MoreWant to Attract Top Talent?
Competition for the top talent in IT is fierce, and for good reason – companies wrestling with a skills gap and struggling to recruit qualified professionals can’t afford to let dynamic, forward-focused candidates pass them up for the competition. Bringing this top talent into your fold, however, is a multi-step process that is significantly different…
Read MoreHiring IT Talent for Cultural Fit
Just because you’ve found a candidate who has all the education, experience, and skills you’re looking for doesn’t mean the recruitment process is over. That’s because it’s just as important to consider a candidate in terms of their cultural fit – their ability to reflect and thrive within the culture of your company. Here are…
Read MoreDos and Don’ts of IT Performance Reviews
Performance reviews are a valuable tool for getting you and your employees on the same page. Unfortunately, if not handled properly, a performance review can deliver more insults than insights. The key is to approach the process in a thoughtful way and treat it as more than just an administrative waste of time. We’ve listed…
Read MoreHiring IT Talent on Growth Potential
When you need to fill a vacancy, it’s tempting to search for the candidate that best meets your immediate needs. But what if the candidate you select doesn’t have the characteristics to rise to the next level and make a greater impact at your company? Ultimately, you’ve sacrificed a long-term opportunity to solve a short-term…
Read MoreDon’t Lose Top Talent During the Hiring Process
Everything you know about the hiring process gets reversed when you are trying to attract top talent. Instead of requiring the candidate to sell themselves to you, you are selling your company to the candidate. It requires an entirely different strategy, but if you want to fill your workforce with the best and the brightest,…
Read MoreIs Your Company Suffering From Attrition?
If your company is suffering from attrition, we would like to offer a counterintuitive solution – recruit better. That’s right, the problem isn’t your office culture, or that you can’t offer biannual raises, it’s that you haven’t recruited with a focus on loyalty, consistency, and retention. If you want to build a stable, long-term workforce,…
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