Rothman: It's Time to Recruit Continuously

Johanna Rothman followed up the Better Software conference
with a reminder on the value of recruiting continuously:

"Continuous recruiting is not just the 'keeping your eyes open'
part of recruiting, it requires your (and possibly your team's)
active participation. It means you bring a couple of hundred
business cards with you to conferences, professional group
meetings, the gym -- anywhere you might meet people. . . ."

Read the full post on the Hiring Technical People blog:
http://www.jrothman.com/weblog/2007/06/time-to-start-continuous-recruiting.h
tml

Read Johanna's strategies for effective hiring,
HIRING THE BEST KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, TECHIES & NERDS:
http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/hire.html

Rothman: Top 10 Ways to Bomb a Hiring Interview

Johanna Rothman, author HIRING THE BEST KNOWLEDGE WORKERS,
TECHIES & NERDS, recently blogged on ten ways that hiring
managers and HR folks -- not just candidates -- can bomb interviews:

"When the HR manager starts negotiating about salary and the
candidate doesn't even know if he or she wants the job. One
of my interviews started with the HR manager. The HR manager
must have been under orders to keep salaries down. The first
thing he said was, 'You make too much money.' I said, 'Not yet.
I'm looking for a raise from you if I come to work here.' The
conversation went downhill quickly. I left and called the hiring
manager from reception, explaining I was leaving. He convinced
me to wait 5 minutes, but it was hard to take anything seriously
from those folks."

Read Johanna's suggestions and interview techniques on her
blog HIRING TECHNICAL PEOPLE:
http://www.jrothman.com/weblog/2007/05/10-more-ways-to-bomb-interview.html

Read HIRING THE BEST KNOWLEDGE WORKERS, TECHIES & NERDS:
http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/hire.html

Todd Olson (6th Sense) on Flow Time in PEOPLEWARE [DDJ]

Jonathan Erickson of DR. DOBB'S JOURNAL recently interviewed
Todd Olson, CTO of 6th Sense Analytics. Olson mentions the
concept of "flow" time from PEOPLEWARE as an influence on his
productivity metrics:

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DDJ: Your tools measure two fundamental units -- Active Time
and Flow Time. What are these and why are they important?

TO: Flow Time is a measure of uninterrupted periods of at least
20 minutes engaged in a focused activity. When developers are
"in the flow," they are at their height of productivity and creativity;
this is when time stops and work becomes all encompassing. Tom
DeMarco discusses the notion of Flow in Peopleware and it is
becoming an important measure in Agile projects, where organizations
are looking to optimize environments for maximum productivity.
Measuring Flow Time enables stakeholders to evaluate and take
action to correct environmental factors and work conditions that
may be getting in the way.
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Read the full DDJ.com interview here:
http://www.ddj.com/dept/debug/199900946
Read Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister's classic, PEOPLEWARE:
http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/pw.html