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Hire Like a Boss
Wed, 24 April
Finding a right candidate is hard, irrespective of the market conditions and in a good labor market, it gets harder. The worst is to hire, out of urgency, a person who is not suitable. The person has to be the right fit for the team and the team the right place for the person to thrive and be effective. Following archaic interviewing techniques often frustrates the interviewee and also does not provide for a good evaluation for the team. How can we avoid a hit-or-miss interview when hiring for a technical position? We will discuss some techniques and practices that can help hire a right match, both for the team and the person.
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About the speaker
Venkat Subramaniam
Founder, Agile Developer, Inc.
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. Find him on twitter at @venkat_s.
