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
The Wonderful World of Search Engines
Search engines are a sourcers best friend, but how do you know when to use what search engine and what type of search to perform? A search will pull up … 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
Finding Female Engineers on LinkedIn
Shout out to Jim Stroud for sparking this bit of creativity. The conversation was about finding women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & … 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
Finding Emails Sans Chrome Extensions
Sometimes when it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Sourcers have an unusual pattern with Chrome extensions and sourcing tools. We discover. We … 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