Are You Looking to Make the Leap from Development to Business Operations?
If you’re a programmer feeling stagnated in your job, your next promotion may be largely up to you. By taking the right steps and helping your company through its pain points, you can move into the realm of business operations. By proving your value, and…
How Much Could a Bad Hire Cost Your Business?
The hiring process takes a lot of effort, and time is money! When you consider all required steps and the cost associated with them, it makes sense to make careful hiring decisions. The livelihood of your business depends on it. The cost of a bad…
How to Recover When You’re Late for Your Interview
Maybe you got caught in an accident on the highway. Maybe you woke up with a sudden cold and can’t leave the house. Maybe you just overslept and weren’t prepared on time for your interview. You planned ahead and knew where you were going, and…
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…