Picking Up the Speed: Configuring Your Agile Team for Success
Is your development team bogged down with multiple projects that never quite get crossed off the list? Have no fear: you can take steps to tackle projects more quickly and efficiently using Agile project management. You’ll soon be setting and meeting deadlines while you effectively…
The One Unique Trait Each Contract Hire Possesses
Is your team feeling stagnated in your projects and processes? You may simply need the perspective of a new hire. In addition to their skills and experience, new hires bring something else to your company that’s extremely valuable – a brand new point of view,…
Five Ways to Break Out of a Rut and Get Productive
Your time is valuable. There’s only a 24-hour supply each day, and at least part of that you need to spend sleeping! What you choose to do with your waking hours is important to achieving your life goals. Unfortunately, time is very easy to let…
When is Internal Competition Good for Your Team?
Competition can be an excellent tool to encourage and enable creativity – when used the right way. If you use internal motivation to pit coworkers against each other, it can cause hurt feelings, secrecy, jealousy and more amongst your team. As a manager, how can…
Ready to Ace Your Next Technical Interview?
You already know you’re good at what you do. A potential employer is wondering the same thing, and they need you to prove it. Walking in and expecting to ace the interview by “winging it” likely won’t help you make the cut. Do you get…
Does it Matter When Your Employees Work?
As an IT employer, you may be working with a staff that includes remote workers, as well as clients and vendors in different time zones around the world. To help non-office employees work to the best of their ability, it can help to allow flexible…
Freelancing or Contract Work – How Much Do You Want to Commit to One Company?
Who’s the boss of you? If you’re a freelancer or a contract worker, you’re a fan of calling your own shots. But the choice between the two comes down to the old adage of “putting your eggs in one basket”—plus it’s a question of your…
How Redeployment Helps You Gain an Advantage in the Talent War
Talent wars rage on, and employers and hiring managers must suit up and gather ammo to get the right IT workers in the right positions. In your arsenal, you have the option of redeployment—holding onto contract IT staff and simply reassigning them to additional projects…
Showcase Your Experience on Social Media and Get Noticed
Imagine you’re in a rock band and you’re talking to someone in line for your morning coffee. You say, “I’m in a rock band” and they say, “What is your music like?” You can describe it for them—“It’s like a combination of classic rock meets…
Are You Killing Your Dream Job with a Lack of User-Group Participation?
Pop quiz: what’s like a job fair, industry webinar, think tank and free luncheon all rolled into one? That would be a user group meeting! Sure, you’re pretty smart when it comes to your job, but a funny thing happens when you get together with…
Does Your Contractor Need to Fit Your Culture?
Cultural fit is important, but what about for workers who aren’t in the office on the regular? In terms of remote workers and contract hires, is it still important they match with your company culture? The answer is yes. The importance of culture fit Your…
Can You Send Emoji to Your Boss?
Are you feeling cool today? Do you want to give your co-worker a thumbs up? How about throwing your hands up in the air to celebrate – perhaps over a beer? Gone are the times when many stick to an email or text message to…