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Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies and Nerds: The Secrets and Science Of Hiring Technical People
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by:
Rothman, Johanna
Weinberg, Gerald M. (Preface)
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Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: September 30, 2004
ISBN: 0932633595
Format:Paperback
Pages:352
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Book Description
Joel Spolsky, Founder, Fog Creek Software "This clear and comprehensive book joins Peopleware and The Mythical Man Month as must-reads for technical managers."
Product Description: Good technical people are the foundation on which successful
high technology organizations are built. Establishing a good process for hiring such workers is essential. Unfortunately, the generic methods so often used for hiring skill-based staff, who can apply standardized methods to almost any situation, are of
little use to those charged with the task of hiring technical people.
Unlike skill-based workers, technical people typically do not have access to cookie-cutter solutions to their problems. They need to adapt to any situation that arises,
using their knowledge in new and creative ways to solve the problem at hand. As a result, one developer, tester, or technical manager is not interchangeable with another. This makes hiring technical people one of the most critical and difficult
processes a technical manager can undertake.
Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science of Hiring Technical People takes the guesswork out of hiring and diminishes the risk of costly hiring mistakes. With the aid
of step-by-step descriptions and detailed examples, you'll learn how to
* write a concise, targeted job description * source candidates * develop ads for mixed media * review résumés quickly to determine Yes, No, or Maybe candidates
* develop intelligent, nondiscriminatory, interview techniques * create fool-proof phone-screens * check references with a view to reading between the lines * extend an offer that will attract a win-win acceptance or tender a
gentle-but-decisive rejection * and more
You, your team, and your organization will live with the long-term consequences of your hiring decision. Investing time in developing a hiring strategy will shorten your decision time and the ramp-up
time needed for each new hire.
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