IT recruiting & skills shortage
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Because the lack of sufficiently qualified employees, especially in the IT industry, is a challenge for many companies. But there is a lot you can do to master this yourself: with job advertisements that are suitable for the target group, the right approach in social networks, targeted talent management and, above all, an ideal working environment that also includes flexible working hours and regular further training.
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Recruiting & Cultural Fit: The top 10 job interview questions
The cultural fit is rarely checked in recruiting. New employees who do not fit the corporate culture cause numerous problems and costs right from the start. The following interview questions will help you to find exactly the right employees. What is cultural fit in companies? Do you want to find employees who are the best match for your company like identical twins?…
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IT recruiting & shortage of skilled workers: How does hip employer branding work?
Maybe it's meetings in the sauna that attract qualified IT professionals in droves to hip tech companies. But what exactly do these companies do better in terms of their employer branding than many outdated medium-sized companies? Looking for employees at events The simple answer could be: your corporate culture. The US photo agency Shutterstock uses online job exchanges and social networks for its recruiting, goes…
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Recruiting & employer branding strategy for employees 40+: 10 tips for further training in digitization
The digital revolution is progressing rapidly, but there is a lack of good young people, especially in the IT industry. Companies should therefore also make targeted investments in employees aged 40+ - through HR management, targeted further training and agile corporate strategies. 10 tips on how to do this. Further training against a shortage of skilled workers? "Life never stops learning." Behind this quote by Michael Marie Jung (*1940), among other things...
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Recruiting in the IT industry: 7 Things that HR professionals can learn from developers
They are still among the most sought-after employees: developers are desperately needed. So what can HR professionals do to convince? First and foremost: learn from developers. Developers: Only 11 percent actively looking for a job HR professionals often face challenges because there are too few skilled workers and very good developers are either difficult to...
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Recruiting IT experts: German developers prefer Süddeutschen SME
Every year more and more jobs are created for IT professionals and developers. But how do they tick? And what do you think about artificial intelligence, which programming languages do you know and what does a typical German developer look like? In the land of skeptical IT developers If there is one characteristic that Germans have, it has to be…
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How companies find the right employees: Reinhold Messner on personnel marketing
That's probably what every company wants: employees who fit the requirements and the advertised job profile like a glove. Extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner explains what helps against this. Reinhold Messner gives tips for HR managers in an interview A common problem with many job advertisements: Although the companies actually have a precise picture of the…
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Talent management & boomerang hires in recruiting: 3 X 3 tips for active alumni networks
The term "alumni", which is mainly used today for university graduates and former employees of a company, originally comes from the ancient Roman Empire. But what does it mean for a company these days to win back an alumni as an active employee? Definition of alumni network In the case of the Romans, former soldiers who were injured in the war were fed free of charge by the state...
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5 tips against shortage of skilled workers: Why do some employers find no employees?
Some companies find it difficult to fill vacancies with suitable applicants - the lack of skilled workers is not always to blame. 5 tips on what you can do as a company to become sexier for applicants: Positions that have been vacant for six months The topic of a shortage of skilled workers is always the subject of lively discussions. Some experts even ask: Do we...
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Writing ideal job advertisements for developers: 7 tips for recruiters & HR professionals
Finding suitable employees who do great work, fit into the team and stay long-term is what HR employees are required to do. This is difficult, especially in IT - also because developers often tick completely differently. 7 tips on how to formulate your job advertisements. Job advertisements are applications to the developer We know through our daily exchange...
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Developers recruit: Thus, companies win female IT specialists
Women in the IT industry are rare, but very much in demand: teams of different compositions generate different ideas and equality is part of the credo of many companies. Still, many HR professionals struggle with hiring women. Here we want to clarify why this is the case and what you can do. Still too few women in STEM subjects The…
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Employer Branding in IT Companies: In 5 Steps to Company Culture
Company culture plays an important role in the battle for IT talent. The dictum is highly traded, especially in young companies. But what does that actually mean? And above all: How do IT companies find their own company culture? A decisive weapon in the fight for young IT talents Almost every company is looking for them. The…
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High-potential recruiting with location disadvantage: How to attract employers to the province
What well-qualified specialist would like to work at JWD? A problem that many companies in the province have because suitable applicants prefer to work and live in the hip big cities. What is the solution? When big corporations and hip big cities lure What can attract highly qualified applicants to small, medium-sized companies not far from the big cities? What must...
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Employee Referral Programs as the Future of Recruiting?
There is a lot of talk at the moment about the future of the world of work and recruiting in particular. Technology is often the focus. But a lot will also change on a human level. Employee recommendations could revolutionize recruiting. Game-changer potential New recruiting tools can have game-changer potential. It is exciting when the human component...
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Employer branding & attracting talent: 3 tips for unique recruiting
How can companies differentiate themselves and attract talent? Applicants today have increasingly high expectations of potential employers. HR departments are therefore testing new strategies and technologies to meet these demands and differentiate themselves from the competition. Employer branding: First impressions matter How potential new employees experience your recruiting process says a lot about your...
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Employer Branding According to LinkedIn Director: How to Become a Top Employer
Many companies want to be top employers, with highly-qualified applicants just banging on their doors. And yet, for many, it is anything but easy. A LinkedIn director explains what the top companies are doing better. Employer branding instead of job advertisements It is well known that there is more to finding employees these days than placing a job advertisement. The job market is now heavily applicant-centric.…
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With recruitingeMails developers convince: 7 tips for the right address
The war for talent is being fought fiercely, especially in the IT sector. Good developers are in demand and are contacted by countless recruiters every day. Important here: the right address. 7 tips. 1. Identify prerequisites and search, search, search A survey shows: 65 percent of all developers consider e-mails to be a suitable means of preparing them for new jobs...
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Recruiting & personnel selection with blind spots: shortage of skilled workers homemade?
Not only since the participation in the ARD report "The fairy tale of the shortage of skilled workers" is this topic Best of HR – Berufebilder.de® a perennial favorite. Because the apparent lack is often homemade. TV show on the shortage of skilled workers I have been dealing with the issue of the shortage of skilled workers for many years. In 2014, for example, I was in an ARD report on the subject of a shortage of skilled workers, which…
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4 tips for tech recruiting & active sourcing in IT: Search for the coding demigod
IT specialists are like professional athletes: the market is small, the demand is enormous and, above all, they perform at their best - only with their heads instead of their bodies. But how exactly do you address the top athletes of programming? Because tech recruiting has its own rules. What is tech recruiting? The IT industry is the second largest employer sector in Germany after the automotive industry. And what is…
