Course Description:

This IT Hiring Process course is designed to provide managers with an overview of the hiring process, and gain an understanding of various time-tested techniques and practices to use in their efforts to hire the best people. It goes on to discuss specific issues related to hiring programmers and other technical professions. Lastly, it discusses the hiring of contractors and their potential conversion to permanent employees

This class is a component of the IT Management and Leadership Professional Certification. (ITMLE^©)

N.B. This course can be customized to reflect your company’s particular hiring process.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the IT Hiring Process course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a thorough  understand of the IT hiring process
• Manage hiring steps effectively
• Make informed decisions about the type of IT staff to hire
• Source the best IT candidates
• Hire the best IT candidates 

Audience:

• IT professionals who wish to work toward a formal certification
• IT individual contributors with career goals in supervising/management/senior leadership
• IT team leads or soon-to-be team leads
• IT supervisors or soon-to-be supervisors
• Newer IT managers or soon-to-be managers
• Experienced IT managers desiring a reputation for superior “technical people” management skills and to build their “brand” 

Prerequisites:

• none 

Duration:

   ½ day, full day and customized full-day formats available.

Course Topics:

I.              Overview of the Hiring Process

a.    The importance of hiring quality people

b.    Alternative philosophies on the kind of people to hire

c.    Overview of the people involved in the hiring process

II.            Issues When Hiring Techies

a.    Reading resume alphabet soup

b.    Assessing programmer ability

c.    Assessing code maintainability

III.           Steps in the Hiring Process

a.    Conceptual overview of hiring steps (from “budget approval” to “making an offer”)

b.    Description of each step in the hiring process

c.    Getting permission to hire

d.    How to find people to interview

e.    and more …

IV.          Techniques to Help Hire the Best Candidates

a.    The advantages of finding internal referrals

b.    Selling the job to a top candidate during the interview process

c.    Presenting the offer in a way that makes the candidate want to accept the job

V.           Hiring Contractors

a.    Hiring a contractor vs. hiring a new employee

b.    Contractor advantages and disadvantages

c.    Temp-to-hire

d.    Converting contractors to permanent employees

VI.          Food For Thought

a.    You personally know one of the people who applied for the job. What do you do?

b.    Your best employee refers an unqualified candidate. How do you deal with it?

c.    Your manager is pushing you to hire someone you don’t like. What do you do?