ITExpert Recruitment agency

Over the past 5 years, the number of IT professionals has more than doubled. However, this does not help when a Middle+ developer can receive 200+ requests per week on LinkedIn 🧐 Investments in the IT sector continue, and the demand for specialists significantly exceeds the supply. A good experienced specialist chooses a company, and not vice versa. The hiring process has a lot in common with business promotion: there is a target audience, there is market analytics that helps to understand its realities and adjust the offer. And, of course, there is a place for marketing such as the promotion of vacancies and company advertising. We've highlighted the key tips on how to present your company in the interview. The structure of the interview itself is very similar to the sales stages. At the interview, the candidate tries to "sell" their experience as a valuable product, but also the recruiter or hiring manager “sells” the company. In direct sales (and #interviews), the following stages are distinguished:

The professionals from ITExpert explain how to make data-driven decisions in recruitment to improve the process for both candidates and hiring managers 🏎🏎🏎

Let’s discuss with Anna Reznikova, Head of Recruitment at ITExpert the difference between Executive search and Headhunting, and how to succeed using both approaches while tech recruitment 🔗

Nearly 50% of professionals are already gaming outside of work, yet companies continue to stick with dry, uninspired training methods instead of gamification strategy 👀 It’s a missed trick: a University of Colorado study found that those who engaged in gamified training outperformed their peers using traditional approaches. Moreover, 67% of participants said that the gamified courses lit a fire under them to study harder. How can you implement gamification into your workflow? Let's find out! 🔗

We asked recruitment experts about how they work with SMART goals, namely: examples of tasks, what metrics should be tracked as goals, and how to communicate them to the team. Here is the experience of ITExpert specialists in this article 🙌

Effective team leads are the “glue” that binds a team together. They coach, motivate, and support team members to achieve company goals. However, according to Gallup research, 82% of companies fail to select candidates with essential leadership skills. Glue that can’t connect the right pieces isn’t what you need, is it? 🌚 We’ve consulted with industry experts to uncover the key skills to look for when hiring a Team Lead, the essential questions to pose during interviews, and how to foster a transparent and trusting dialogue with potential candidates. Here are top tips from ITExpert and Uklon to ensure that every Team Lead you extend a job offer to eagerly joins your company! 💫

Well-being is among the top priorities of companies when it comes to managing a team. About 50% of professionals experience at least minimal burnout, and the average employee engagement is falling from year to year. How should you look after your team and help them recharge their batteries so that they can come up with new ideas more effectively? What can help you is sabbaticals — 39% of businesses in the United States already offer them, and this trend is becoming more and more popular in other countries 📌 We’ve compiled an extensive guide on sabbaticals with case studies and expert comments. Keep reading if you’d like to find out how to understand when it’s time to take a sabbatical, how long sabbaticals last, whether long breaks from work are compensated by employers, and how to implement a sabbatical culture in your company ▶️▶️▶️

According to MIT Sloan’s study of 1.4 million employee reviews from the top 500 US companies, a toxic work environment is a whopping 10 times more likely to lead to dismissal than dissatisfaction with salary 😨 The good news? You can spot warning signs early, even during interviews. Plus, there is a whole typology of toxic traits out there. We’ve rounded up the main signs to watch for in toxic specialists, along with tips on how to spot and handle them if they are already on your team 🔗

How to determine whether a candidate is suitable for the position and how an IT specialist can find out their grade? We have asked Anna Reznikova, Recruitment Team Lead at ITExpert, and Oleksii Pavlenko, Engineering Manager at iDeals Solutions Group, PhD here 🔗📌

Nick Kliestov, CTO and co-founder at ITExpert, explores the essential specialist skills needed for successful blockchain implementation and why hiring a blockchain developer remains a challenge 📌