{"id":1984,"date":"2019-05-17T12:19:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2019-05-17T12:19:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T12:19:55","slug":"hiring-developers-5-top-tips-to-recruit-and-retain-a-good-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/hiring-developers-5-top-tips-to-recruit-and-retain-a-good-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Developers? 5 Top Tips to Recruit and Retain a Good Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Aaron Horst<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRather than shaming your team when a bug or defect is found, establish a system where developers chip in a buck or two to a common fund (we call ours a \u2018bug jar\u2019)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hiring developers can be as frustrating as pinpointing a post-release software bug and as time-consuming as writing a requirement specification document, writes Aaron Horst, Director of Engineering, iHire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As technology disrupts virtually every market, it\u2019s not surprising that software developer jobs are expected to grow at a rate of 24 percent through 2026 \u2013 much faster than average. But the tight labor market and widening skills gap are making filling these positions even more challenging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, 65 percent of technology leaders believe a lack of talent is holding back their organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read More:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/list\/hiring-developers-a-guide\"> https:\/\/www.cbronline.com\/list\/hiring-developers-a-guide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aaron Horst \u201cRather than shaming your team when a bug or defect is found, establish a system where developers chip in a buck or two to a common fund (we call ours a \u2018bug jar\u2019)\u201d Hiring developers can be as frustrating as pinpointing a post-release software bug and as time-consuming as writing a requirement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[476],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recruitment","tag-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/hiring-developers.jpg?fit=570%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-w0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1095,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/2018-tech-recruiting-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":1984,"position":0},"title":"2018 Tech Recruiting Report","author":"admin","date":"May 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By hackerrank.com Today\u2019s developer toolkit is brimming with evolving technologies, frameworks, and languages. 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