Expert Interview with Johanna Rothman About Hiring Technical People

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Johanna Rothman of the Rothman Consulting Group knows what it takes to hire technical people. She has blogged about the hiring process in a variety of ways since 2003 and has all the bases covered.

Rothman is also a credible source for the entirety of the business consulting process, so bangladesh whatsapp phone number we feel privileged that she agreed to share her expertise with readers in this interview.


What is the biggest challenge with hiring technical people?
There are several major challenges:

Hiring managers use shopping lists or laundry lists of technical skills to write job descriptions. When they do that, the job descriptions are overloaded with technical skills that the jobs don't require. Worse, the descriptions don't specify the deliverables that make the job unique and offer candidates an opportunity. Add those problems together, and candidates see generic job descriptions. What happens? Everyone applies for jobs, regardless of whether they are qualified.

That means that hiring managers don't publicize their open jobs, because they don't want everyone to apply for these jobs. They use recruiters for every single open position, even the entry-level jobs. They put barriers in the way such as coding tests. The whole environment becomes "prove you can do the work" before a candidate can send in a resume. It's a mess.