George Hadjiyiannis

George Hadjiyiannis

Software Executive, Entrepreneur, Software Architect

Recruiting

Designing a Hiring Strategy

How to improve your chances of getting the kind of people you need.

George Hadjiyiannis

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Hiring

Let's face it: most of the companies out there (including most of the ones I worked for) hire opportunistically. They wait until they have a specific need, then quickly put together a job description, and publish the opening in the various channels that are readily accessible, hoping that they get a fit. Most of the time they can't find what they are looking for in a reasonable amount of time, and for the right salary. There's four options available at that point:

George Hadjiyiannis

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A long time ago, I was in Barcelona attending an API workshop with our teams there. On the second day of the workshop, the discussion got a bit sidetracked, but it was one of those sidetracks that leads to insights that are more valuable than the main theme of the workshop. I remember the group CTO at the time declaring “Developers write code, Software Engineers solve problems!". For some reason it struck me as such a profound statement, that I still remember it to this day as the…

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