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Career
Austrian, German and Swiss developers have different priorities
Even though Austrian, German, and Swiss developers are mobile and work worldwide, they have different priorities when selecting a company to work for.
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · January 20, 2023 · 3 min read
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Workplace
What to consider when relocating an IT employee
Looking internationally for developers and IT professionals provides greater opportunities to find top talent and obtain a fresh perspective for your business, helping you stay competitive. However, many HR departments are not set up to properly navigate the process of relocating employees and managing visa applications.
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · December 22, 2022 · 7 min read
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Diversity
Rudi Bauer: Companies must finally stop reading CVs
Employers could do a lot to keep good people and address suitable candidates as discrimination, stress, and job boredom sums up our recent Dev Survey. Here is why the classic ‘Code Monkey’ perception has become obsolete and why diversity in IT is so important that companies should finally stop reading resumes.
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · December 19, 2022 · 5 min read
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Hiring
This is how software engineers want to work in 2023
This is what software engineers need to work happily and successfully when they return to the office in 2023!
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · December 12, 2022 · 5 min read
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Workplace
Predicting return to office? Software engineers have something to say
The open space office, as we know, is dead. The original intention to fully return to office didn’t go as planned. However, it brought some promising signs. It’s worth mentioning that the tech industry currently operates between three types of workspace.
Adnan Pavlovic · December 2, 2022 · 4 min read
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Retention
3 facts why software engineers react to job boredom faster than ever
Why do software engineers experience job boredom faster than ever? A recent WeAreDevelopers Dev Survey concludes that learning to diagnose and act accordingly is the only chance for employers to retain their tech talent. Improving job satisfaction rates can be achieved using some of our best practices. Find out now!
Ana Gospodinova · December 1, 2022 · 4 min read
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Recruiting
How global mobility and relocation can help to attract software engineers?
Hiring software engineers anywhere in the world is one of the main advantages of IT companies. Companies resort to external relocation services that conduct all necessary procedures to attract software engineers globally and are far better aware of opportunities from country to country. This is what you need to know if you are looking to widen up your talent pool!
Ana Gospodinova · November 3, 2022 · 3 min read
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Recruiting
Hands off: 10 new buzzwords in tech job advertisements
Adding buzzwords in IT job advertisements is a popular practice. However, it can often backfire on IT recruiters. In our latest WeAreDevelopers survey, we asked participants to name the most annoying job advertisement terms. Check our findings!
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · October 24, 2022 · 4 min read
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Recruiting
IT Recruiting: The current tech job market situation must not be an excuse
The current tech job market situation shouldn't be an excuse for IT recruiters. As the struggle to attract and hire software engineers continues to thrive, it's important to understand challenges and seek improvements. In conversation with Ana Gospodinova, acclaimed WeAreDevelopers tech recruiting expert, we have teamed up to present all sorts of underestimated recruiting opportunities.
Barbara Oberrauter Zabransky · October 12, 2022 · 8 min read
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Hiring
53 Python interview questions for IT recruiters
If the Python interview questions are good, they enable with great accuracy assessing software engineers with good skills that are simultaneously a culture fit.
Ana Gospodinova · October 12, 2022 · 7 min read
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Workplace
Here is why hybrid work will continue to thrive as return-to-office gets backed by leadership
One-size-fits-all workplace solutions aren't highly applicable. As hybrid work thrives, and it's going to stay with us, companies must be very careful when applying return-to-office policy while modeling flexibility requests on all levels, especially from software engineers. The decision should be highly personal.
Rudi Bauer · September 29, 2022 · 4 min read
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Hiring
Why should interviews for software engineers become shorter?
Software engineers request shorter interviews. Rightfully so. Interveiws are getting longer and longer while more interview stages adding up. At the moment, most companies embrace three or four interview stages. However, our recent survey reveals loud requests to significantly shorter interview process. But is it possible to cut the number of stages by half?
Ana Gospodinova · September 19, 2022 · 4 min read