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Hiring
Hiring software engineers doesn't have to be that difficult
When hiring software engineers, how can it be possible that some companies receive 40+ applicants for certain IT job positions and others none? You will be surprised! Let's see where the root of the problem lies.
Ana Gospodinova · September 9, 2022 · 5 min read
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Recruiting
5 essential questions for an IT salary expert
There is no right answer to how much you should pay software developers. Still, we asked an IT salary expert to help us understand what really matters in successful salary negotiation and how to track secondary information all over the place before forming your offer.
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · August 29, 2022 · 4 min read
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Branding
3 ways to humanize your employer brand in times of tech layoffs
Improving company behavior in times of recent layoffs in the tech industry becomes an absolute priority. Avoid treating laid-off employees in a distant and inhumane way.
Adnan Pavlovic · July 27, 2022 · 4 min read
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Hiring
Top 10 tips to ensure you're hiring the right Java developer
Java is a widely-used programming language in the developer community throughout the world. Finding a trusted talent to push you through the Java wave is challenging and worthwhile. You need to employ the proper hiring strategy.
Ana Gospodinova · July 15, 2022 · 7 min read
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Leadership
Flexibility is the key: The 4-day workweek for developers
If you are looking for software developers, you should rely on flexible working hours and start attracting them!
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · May 30, 2022 · 7 min read
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Workplace
Great developer resignation: How to prevent the big IT job crisis
Do companies in Europe and especially Austria have to fear the Great Resignation effects? Do they have to worry about layoffs in the tech industry, and how can HR leaders counteract such a crisis?
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · April 13, 2022 · 6 min read
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Recruiting
How to use candidate personas in tech recruiting?
Even if the basic idea is the same in conventional marketing practice, this article intends to focus on candidate personas in tech recruiting, as some differences need to be considered.
Christoph Schachner · April 8, 2022 · 5 min read
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Recruiting
8 Great Resignation antidotes to start implementing now
There has been a lot of buzz about the Great Resignation phenomenon. It's there, and it isn't going away. We have come up with 8 starting points to improve companies' chances to embrace The Great Resignation with more ease.
Rudi Bauer · March 16, 2022 · 8 min read
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Recruiting
IT Recruiting: International ways to find software developers
Implement these strategies to successfully find and retain international software developers for your tech team!
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · February 17, 2022 · 5 min read
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Hiring
Why do most tech job ad descriptions get red flags?
Providing brief and to-the-point job details will attract the right developers and make initial conversations more meaningful. Here is some practical advice when constructing 1. Requirments · 2. Scope of work · 3. Benefits · job ad sections to avoid immediately red-flagged by software developers.
Ana Gospodinova · February 2, 2022 · 3 min read
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Hiring
5 areas of borderless hiring to benefit tech talent acquisition
Finding the right tech talent is a major requisite in the tech industry, making it a unique opportunity at this point to explore the benefits of borderless hiring with relative ease. We might be able to solve the industry's most noticeable problems – the shortage of tech talent and lack of diversity.
Rudi Bauer · January 12, 2022 · 3 min read
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Workplace
Employee Engagement: Clock is a final obstacle or not?
Remote workers are just as productive as their colleagues, prone to an office environment. Encouraged by clearly visible results in productivity increase, we hear additional bold ideas now and then. Is each one of them beneficial?
Ana Gospodinova · December 15, 2021 · 4 min read