In Episode 35 of Best Hire Ever, Kris Dunn talks with Chris Stanzione, longtime TA leader across multiple industries about the challenges and best … Read more
STEM Candidates Are Not Just for STEM Jobs
To build the pipeline of employees for leadership positions, we need a bigger pool of qualified candidates at all levels in the company. We need people who … Read more
All You Need to Know About the Highest-paying Tech Jobs
Tech jobs are constantly on the rise, and the tech recruitment train is showing no signs of slowing down. As a consequence, the technical hiring industry … Read more
30 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Tech Specialist
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. — Abraham Lincoln So, you’ve got a tree … I mean … Read more
Fixing the Relationship Between Tech Recruiters and Developers
The relationship between recruiters and developers is a rocky one. In 2013 Joel Spolsky, the CEO of Stack Overflow, famously exploded Twitter asking a … Read more
Moore’s Law, Alternate Degree Programs, and a More Diverse Workforce
In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their … Read more
Rethinking Who We Hire and How AI Can Help
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural-language processing have changed work and, along with it, the focus of recruiting. Over the past 20 … Read more
Glassdoor’s Talent Hack
Glassdoor’s HR team is using a very interesting tactic to attract talent. Specifically, it is using their Robots.txt file to communicate with … Read more
CodeFights Changes Name to CodeSignal, Adds Scoring System for Developers
Rebranding is all the rage this year. RealMatch is now PandoLogic. Jobs2Careers is now Talroo. And now CodeFights is CodeSignal. If you don’t know … Read more
Report Says Fewer IT Pros Needed This Year Than Last
A new study conducted by Computer Economics found that 46 percent of IT organizations plan to increase headcount. This is down slightly from 49 percent in … Read more
Google, Amazon Wanted GitHub Too. Here’s Why It Lost to Microsoft
Microsoft recently buying GitHub for $7.5 billion was a big deal, with a variety of winners and losers in the recruitment industry. By buying the most … Read more
Beware of Requests for User Experience Unicorns
My passion for the past two decades has been user experience, or UX. UX work is all about the connection between users/customers and the overall experience … Read more
Firms Can’t Be Competitive Without Strong AI, But Even Apple Struggles to Recruit AI Talent
If your firm wants to be dominant, it should follow the lead of the world’s most successful firms. So corporate leaders should take note that each of the … Read more
Hiring Software Engineers: Should Round 1 Be a Behavioral Interview, Coding Challenge, or Take-home Assignment?
With the enormous amount of software engineers who are being hired, building a successful hiring process is extremely important. If the hiring process is … Read more
What Worked and Didn’t Work for Us When Quickly Building a Technical Team
Cities like Seattle, San Francisco, New York, and where we are based — Austin, Texas — are typically underserved with highly skilled … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover Trying an ‘Alternate Reality’ for Recruiting
It’s not just for the military; Jaguar Land Rover is now using what’s called “mixed reality” or “alternate reality” to … Read more
Sorry, Alexa and Siri Won’t Find Your Next Hire
Voice assistants at home are becoming big business. Amazon’s Alexa showed-up in 2014. Google Home came shortly thereafter. And now Apple has gotten … Read more
DZone Launches Job Board to Help Employers Target ‘Over a Million Developers’
It may not be Github, Dice, or Stack Overflow, but if you’re hiring developers, there’s a new job board to throw in your marketing mix. DZone … Read more
Meet the Startup That’s ‘Like LinkedIn InMail, Except You Get Paid’
“It’s like LinkedIn InMail, except you get paid!” reads the top of 21.co‘s web page. If you’re looking for a way to monetize … Read more
‘Change the World, Stay in STEM,’ Microsoft Tells Girls in New Video
In a new minute-and-a-half Microsoft video, girls are asked what they want to do to change the world, and then are delivered the bad news: “odds are, … Read more