Do Your Engineers Need a Degree? If So, You’re Missing Out on Great Hires
For more than a decade, tech team leads have lamented the fact that software engineers are among the toughest jobs to fill. But in some ways, their frustration is self-inflicted. It is almost a given that a lack of higher education represents a deal-breaker for hiring decision-makers. The same goes for job seekers—it can feel […]
Reinventing Talent Acquisition, DevOps Style: 7 Ways to Become a ‘Destination Company’
Just as brilliant drummers have their pick of bands, top cloud-native developers and project managers can be choosy about their employers. They’re the rock stars of the business and they know it. If you’re not a “destination company” like Amazon, Facebook or Google, how do you entice top talent to work for you? And if […]
Age or Experience: Which is Better in Hiring a DevOps Engineer?
In such a rapidly shifting space as the DevOps talent market, many employers find themselves challenged with deciding what type of DevOps engineer to hire. Do I choose the junior talent with all the energy in the world and is eager to learn anything at the click of a deployment? Or, do I push the […]
7 Steps to DevOps Hiring Success
As many of us in the DevOps scene know, most companies are hiring, or, at least, trying to do so. The required skills and job descriptions can change entirely from company to company. As a broad overview, most teams are looking for a candidate from either an operations and infrastructure background or someone from a […]
5 Interview Tips To Help Developers Land Their Dream Job
CodeFights recently launched Interview Practice Mode, a new mode on its website that enables developers to prepare for job interviews with technical questions asked by top tech companies. Interview Practice Mode marks the latest step in CodeFights’ mission to transform the way companies hire with skill-based recruiting. This feature will help developers from all backgrounds, […]