If you want to progress your career into management you will need more than technical prowess. Find out the 6 soft skills that will propel your career, whether you are a contractor or permanent employee. Overview As I’m sure you already know, software engineers are like hen’s teeth for recruiters. This article from Silicon Republic proves why. It is the most in-demand role in tech. Consequently, it’s tempting to feel like Messi or Soairse Ronan and think YOU are...
Categories: IT Recruitment, Recruitment, Tips View ArticleJanuary is easily the most depressing month of the year. It has the worst day – Blue Monday, the most relationship breakups and the most deaths. Most of us end our New Year resolutions and have no money to spend. While outside, it’s dark, it’s cold, and it’s miserable. It’s also miserable for in-demand tech professionals, being bombarded with stupid questions from inexperienced recruiters, in the busiest recruitment month of the year. “Have you got a second? I have an...
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleAs always, use data and not simply intuition to determine the most appropriate and effective coaching areas at your firm. The content of the best candidate coaching is, of course, specific to each hiring manager and candidate. But to give you a general idea about what can to be covered, the following list covers the 10 areas where coaching generally has the highest impact. The highest impact guidance areas are listed first. Fully understanding the company culture — many companies...
Categories: IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleHiring the top talent out there to work on the start-up that you have going can be daunting. You have to find the best people for the positions you need to fill. When you make a wrong choice, this could mean bad results for your company. Use these top tips for choosing the best talent to work within your start up and see your company prosper. You may be surprised to find that the best talent is awaiting you in...
Categories: Events, IT Recruitment, IT Success Stories, Recruitment, Startup Grind, Tips View ArticleWe all know interviewing for a job can be stressful and a source of anxiety for potential candidates. Here are some good ways to make sure that your candidates are at ease when they come to interview, so that you can really see what they have to offer. Make them feel welcome Leaving a candidate in a bare waiting room is a great way to increase anxiety and turn them off to the work environment before they know anything more....
Categories: General, IT Recruitment, Recruitment, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleWe had a quick chat with our Michéal O’Maoldomhnaigh our Managing Director to find out more about him, and what to look out for in terms of employment trends in the future. What is your background briefly? I have BA Hons Degree in History & Politics and MA Peace and Conflict Studies. After finishing University, I worked for a short period in Software and Mobile Sales. Does it seem like a logical background to what you do now? Yes, as I...
Categories: automation testers, Coding, DevOps, dublinbeta, General, IT Recruitment, Relocation, Software Placements, Startup Grind, Tips View ArticleThe Irish Semiconductor industry is booming, with some great innovative products being built by home grown Irish companies. We spoke with John Ryan, VP Engineering at Powervation, who are one of the Irish companies to watch in this sector to learn more about his insights and observations in this sector. Powervation are one of many companies who have succesfully worked with Software Placements to find the right candidates to help grow their businesses, and have now been acquired by ROHM...
Categories: IT Recruitment, Semi conductors, Tips View ArticleHow Do I Become a DevOps Engineer? I’ve had a few conversations with several intermediate and senior software engineers recently about what steps they should take to move towards becoming a DevOps Engineer. It’s a great question because the job title of DevOps Engineer didn’t really exist when I moved into IT Engineering recruitment almost five years ago. I decided to share my thoughts on this from my perspective as a recruiter in the DevOps area. What do I need?...
Categories: Coding, DevOps, General, Tips View ArticleSoftware development is booming. More and more people want to live their lives, pay bills, book tickets, interact with others, and be entertained through their mobile devices. As a result, there has been a phenomenal rise in the demand for skilled programmers and software engineers to help companies deliver these services and products. At Software Placements we have many many great coding positions we are looking to fill. There are many programming languages out there, and it is important to...
Categories: Coding, General, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleIf you are in IT there are lots of great jobs out there. Software Placements can help you to find the next high potential job in your career. To help us to help you, here are some tips to make sure you get noticed by the right people. Is your LinkedIn profile up to date, and including all the relevant keywords? Make your LinkedIn profile do your work for you. Make sure is up to date, with a good, professional...
Categories: General, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleIn the tech world now we are fortunate that there are so many great events taking place with frequent regularity. These events offer you a great opportunity to expand your career opportunities and stay in touch with new relevant industry trends. At Software Placements we recognise the value of these types of events with our ongoing sponsorship of Dublin Beta, Startup Grind as well as attending many other events too. We thought it would useful to share some conference tips...
Categories: General, Software Placements, Tips View ArticleWhy working with data is a way to future-proof your career Data is an extremely popular topic at the moment. We have lots of great data science jobs (see this most recent example and keep an eye here for all the latest jobs we have). There have also been lots of studies that suggest that there will be more jobs in this area. See this piece by Techrepublic for example that lists 16 jobs that will be required in the...
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