Category: Hiring Advice
What to Look for in Engineering Candidates
Hiring experienced engineers is challenging, especially if you aren’t an engineer yourself. But what happens when you want to hire and need to find the right candidates? How do you know if they’ll be the right fit? Here’s what to look for in your engineering recruits. Soft Skills Soft skills are essential across all industries,… Read more »
Does Your Software Engineering Team Need Custom Staffing Solutions? (And How PEAK Can Help!)
Software engineering can pose unique challenges for hiring managers. It can be tough to assess candidates’ skills if you don’t speak the language of engineering. You may not know where to go to find those who are not actively looking for work but might be open to changing jobs. And even more fundamentally, software engineering… Read more »
How to Attract and Retain Top Talent in Chicago
Over the past few years, Chicago has developed a well-earned reputation as a global tech hub. This is great news for engineers, who are consistently in high demand. But for the companies that employ them, it means you’ll have to up your game. Here’s what you should know about attracting and retaining top engineering talent.… Read more »
How Upskilling Can Be the Key to Filling Gaps on Your Team
The IT space is growing and changing at record speed. If you’re in this space, inevitably, many of your processes will quickly become obsolete. And once your team members have been around for a while, those dazzling skills you hired them for may also be relegated to the dustbin. Bringing on new talent can help… Read more »
4 Tips That Will Make Your Engineering Job Postings Attractive
Hiring engineers was already a competitive process before Covid-19. The combined effects of the global pandemic and The Great Resignation have only made it more challenging. If you want to attract top-tier candidates, you’ll need to make your job postings as attractive as possible. Try these tips. Highlight Your Company Culture Like workers everywhere, today’s… Read more »
Entry Level or Seasoned Candidate: Who Should I Hire for My Engineering Openings?
If you’re looking to add a new engineer to your team, you might wonder whether it’s better to choose an entry-level candidate or a more seasoned professional. Like anything else in life, the answer is that it depends. There are pros and cons to both options. Here are some things to consider when hiring engineers.… Read more »
How to Attract Young Engineers
Graduating college students can be an excellent source of new hires. But if you’re still recruiting on campus the way you did 30 years ago, luring students to your career fair booth with free pizza and T-shirts, you’re never going to attract the candidates you want. You also won’t get far by paying for email… Read more »
California’s Unemployment Rate and What that Means for Hiring in the New Year
The national unemployment rate has dropped quickly following a massive rise in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing out 2021 at just 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But California’s unemployment rate has not followed suit, ending the year at 6.9%, the highest in the nation. Still, forecasters at both UCLA and… Read more »
How To Prevent Candidate Ghosting
You might think of ghosting or suddenly cutting off contact with no explanation as something that only happens in dating relationships. But it’s becoming more and more common among job applicants, especially during this time of major worker shortages. You can’t prevent it altogether. But there are some active steps you can take to reduce… Read more »
Embracing Remote Engineering! 6 Tips to Recruit Employees You Can Trust
Hiring engineers can be challenging enough. But when you’re hiring for remote positions, you also have to be sure that you choose candidates who are up to the challenge. While many people love the idea of working from home, not everyone is self-directed enough to be successful. Here are 6 tips for recruiting trustworthy, hard-working… Read more »