The key to getting offshoring right is to understand it as a relationship and not a transaction. Like all relationships, especially long-distance ones, it only works if both sides are putting in the effort to make it work…
We often get asked questions along the lines of “Do you know a contractor who’s an expert in X and can come and sort it out for us?”…
You’ve written a great job spec and found a good recruiter, so you’re done, right? No. Even the best recruiter can only help you if you’re putting the effort in from your end.
People in teams, from the senior leadership team down to tech and product teams, often believe that they are aligned around a particular direction, and certainly usually aspire to be aligned. But actually achieving consensus is hard. Here are some tips for getting there…
Being in Tech can be very frustrating. They know of all sorts of improvements that need to be made to the product. They know there are projects that need to be done to meet future customer growth. They are keenly aware that there are security and technical compliance flaws in the products and systems. And yet no one will listen to them…
Transforming the culture of your organisation is hard. You do your plan and strategy, tell people what you expect and then nothing much changes. You ask why…
Once you’ve done a great job spec that’s going to help attract strong candidates to your vacancy, the next step is to sit back and wait for the CVs to come in, right? Probably not…
When you’re recruiting, the job spec can help you – but only if you write it the right way…
