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5 Tips for Acing Your Video Interview
Developer Careers Yagmur Aslan
Congratulations! You’ve received an invitation to interview for your dream developer job. However, there’s a catch: it’s taking place over a computer screen, and because of this there are a few things you need to do differently to prepare.
It may be more difficult for some of us to look at the camera and talk rather than communicate face-to-face; however, you will find that video interviews, independent of location and time, provide great convenience. Check out our recommendations to ace your video interview!
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Relocating to Germany: The eight most frequently asked questions during Corona
Developer Careers Oliwia Schildt
We’ve faced and overcome a whole range of challenges presented to us by Covid-19 and finally adjusted to our ‘new normal’. However, what we don’t have to accept as the ‘new normal’ is the inability to relocate abroad. While there are many processes that aren’t working as usual, and there are limitations when applying for visas, there may be more ways around them than you think.
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A Guide to Hiring and Managing Remote Developers | by Honeypot
HR Tips Eli McGarvie
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from COVID-19, it’s that working from home has actually proved very manageable, and the cloud of assumptions surrounding distributed teams have been set straight. This pandemic has already defined the future of work, and while the crisis will surely end, the trend towards remote work will not.
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How to Engage Remote Developer Teams
HR Tips Eli McGarvie
We have quickly learned how much of a struggle it is to take our company culture and all the rituals we enjoyed and upload them to an online workspace. It’s not quite the same, is it? We can’t really identify what makes our company different from the next, and that’s just one station away from ‘why do I even work here in the first place?’ When the humanised element of work is stripped away, engagement suffers, culture and morale take a hit, and that’s when a team and the company begins to suffer from lower productivity and employee satisfaction.
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How to Manage Remote Developer Teams
HR Tips Eli McGarvie
This is part four of Honeypot’s Remote Hiring Guide. Here’s part one: How to Source and Screen Developers Remotely, part two: How to Interview Developers Remotely and part three: How to Onboard Developer Teams Remotely.
Though it’s been a standard practice of developer work for years, managers still get nervous about remote work - especially when it happens suddenly. The path to remote work can be bumpy, meaning managers need to rethink their leadership style - you’ll have to say goodbye to those quick coffee chats and spontaneous meetings!
To curtail the nerves of managing a remote team, we’ve created this handy guide which’ll help you understand some of the best practices of remote management so you can effectively direct staff with confidence through the rocky and rough roads of transition - good luck!
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How to Survive a Hiring Freeze
HR Tips Alexia Paradzai
So you’ve received the news that in an attempt to cut down on costs, you have to slow down or completely pause your recruiting efforts. Now that you’ve finally settled into a new routine, you may be finding yourself with a few more hours at hand (a big shock compared to the usual hectic pace of recruitment!). And you think to yourself, now what? When the chaos is over and it’s time to start recruiting again, how do you make sure you are at the top of your game? Here are seven things to do in a hiring freeze to make sure you come out on top.
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How to Onboard Developers Remotely
HR Tips Hayley Kuhl
This is part three of Honeypot’s Remote Hiring Guide. Here’s part one: How to Source and Screen Developers Remotely and part two: How to Interview Developers Remotely
Developers have been requesting remote work for years and they are not alone - 99% of workers say that they would like to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers. By developing a remote onboarding process now, you’re not only getting ahead, you are likely fixing a flawed process (just 12% of respondents in a Gallup Survey stated that their company does a great job with onboarding). To help you get off on the right foot, we’ve compiled some best practices for you to implement in your own company onboardings.
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How to Interview and Hire Developers Remotely
HR Tips Hayley Kuhl
This is part two of Honeypot’s Remote Hiring Guide. Here’s part one: How to Source and Screen Developers Remotely and part three: How to Onboard Developers Remotely
You had your interview process down. Your candidate experience was stellar. Glassdoor was packed with positive reviews, your inbox overflowed with candidate emails thanking you for the smooth experience. But then COVID-19 hit, and your company, like many others, adopted an indefinite work-from-home policy. No more face-to-face interviews, no more onsite days, no more get-to-know-the-team-lunches.
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How to Source and Screen Developer Candidates Remotely
HR Tips Eli McGarvie
This is part one of Honeypot’s Remote Hiring Guide. Here’s part two: How to Interview Developers Remotely and part three: How to Onboard Developers Remotely
Corona has highlighted the need for better and more efficient remote working practices. Jumping into this new reality means rethinking recruiting practices to remain agile. When it comes to sourcing and screening for tech positions you’re going to want to be on your A-game.
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How to Retain International Talent
HR Tips Geneva Brooks
As recruiters, we’ve all experienced the heartbreak of a newly hired employee leaving after only a short time. Sometimes we’re left wondering what happened, and other times it’s quite clear, but the resulting frustrations are almost always the same. As we scramble to restart the hiring process and find a replacement, we often ask ourselves: is there something we could have done differently?
