Pragmatic IT Management
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I recently came across a good post on the on-boarding process for executives, and how it is often given short shrift in organizations, to the detriment of the new leader. In my experience, staffing routinely goes off the rails much earlier than that, during the hiring process itself. A prospective team member may learn much more [...]
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In the challenge to find and retain the best employees within an IT organization, there are many recommended practices, from putting developers through a brief coding test, to verifying that project managers posses a solid understanding of accepted methodologies. Prior work experience is matched against the organization’s current challenges, while education and references are checked. [...]
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The conventional thinking is that it is easier to add top IT talent to an organization during an economic downturn, as layoffs have forced many good people onto the market, and others are eager to jump ship to any company that is actually growing or doing interesting things in IT. There are alternative theories out [...]
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