Fit and Finish Considering how expensive it is to bring on new people into your organization, it really pays dividends to make sure that any new hire is both a good fit for the technical requirements of the job as well as a good fit for the overall culture of the team and organization overall. In part 1 of this series, we talked about the groundwork needed to effectively bring in a new hire. Like database and application design, a little extra preparation in the beginning can save you a lot of heartache later in the process. In part 2 of the series, we talked about various styles of … [Read more...]
Plays Well With Others – Hiring, Part 3
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Plays Well With Others – Hiring, Part 2
Interview Styles and Samples There are three basic interview styles you can use when interview technologists: biographical, technical, or behavioral. Each has advantages and disadvantages. Because of this mix of pros and cons, some organizations will mix two or more of the styles, or allow different people in the organization to serially interview the candidate using different styles. We’ll cover each of these styles in a bit more detail and provide some examples of interview questions that you might use with them. BIOGRAPHICAL The biographical interview style offers the advantage of … [Read more...]
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Plays Well With Others – Hiring, Part 1
Pre-Interview Preparation As I promised in the last post , I’ll be covering hiring in greater detail over the next three installments. Today, I’m going to talk about what goes into effective hiring before the interview ever takes place. Future installments will cover the various interview styles you can choose from in some detail, to be followed by another installment on what sort of team involvement and interview format you choose. The Ideal Candidate Hiring, training, and acclimating a new person to your organization is estimated to cost anywhere from 17-32% of the position’s … [Read more...]
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Plays Well With Others – A Primer on Hiring
Good hiring practices are vital for any organization. As you move up in ranks, you’ll be given more influence and authority in hiring situations. Unfortunately, most organizations offer no training on how to effectively hire the best candidate nor do they have a formalized policy on how to conduct hiring. The larger your organization, the more likely it is to have a formalized hiring process and well-defined roles for HR and for the hiring manager. Even when the HR department (if it exists) is helpful and has good intentions, they often bring little to the hiring process except to weed out … [Read more...]
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Plays Well With Others – Inaugural
Professional Development for the SQL Server Technologist This series of posts is dedicated to enhancing your soft skills. For many technologists, the day-to-day grind of work tends to keep us focused on the SQL Server part of work and causes us to overlook the Professional. While we, as technologists, spend the majority of our time honing hard, technology skills, but it’s important to remember that we are first and foremost employed to add value to the business processes of the organizations we work for. In this series I will cover a wide variety of topics, including soft skills like … [Read more...]
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