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How to write a site reliability engineer job description
Site reliability engineers – software developers with IT operations experience – are the backbone of IT environments as professionals who “keep the lights on.” They need a unique combination of skills because they serve as bridges between development and operations teams. To hire the best, you need a bulletproof site reliability engineer job description that identifies their skills, responsibilities, and requirements. Below, we look at what a site reliability engineer is, their core hard and sof
8 essential skills for restaurant managers
Restaurant managers oversee nearly every aspect of your business. They run operations, manage and hire restaurant staff, handle crises, and keep customers happy. It’s pretty tough. You know what else is tough? Finding a good restaurant manager. With a broad role like this, it’s tricky to know which skills to look for and how to assess them. Get it right, and you can expect a thriving business. But if you miss the mark, things can go south pretty fast. Luckily, we're here to help. Below, we di
9 essential skills for marketing executive
Finding the perfect marketing executive can be tough. A top-notch exec will make your products shine, build up your brand, and turn curious folks into buyers. But choosing the wrong person? That can waste your budget, slow you down, and leave customers unimpressed. It’s tricky to know what skills to look for when hiring for this diverse role – and pretty easy to get it wrong. But no stress: We're here to help! In this article, we break down nine essential skills to look for in marketing execut
Organizational planning: 5 steps to success
Companies that lack detailed organizational plans are planning to fail. You might think that “winging it” is a rarity, but this couldn’t be further from the truth – a survey from Bridges Consultancy found that only 48% of businesses achieve planning success. So, how can you give your business the best possible chance of reaching its goals? You need to create a solid organizational plan. Organizational planning enables you to enact your business strategy, clearly communicate objectives to every
How to retain talent with skills-based hiring
Losing talent can seriously disrupt growth and put your business on the back foot. If that’s not scary enough – replacing employees in today’s deprived labor markets is tough. It’s no surprise that retention is currently top of mind for most employers. [1] Despite this, the last few years have seen some of the worst turnover rates in decades [2], leaving employers confused and frustrated. So, what’s going wrong? Maybe you’re hiring people who were a flight risk to begin with. Perhaps you’re
Top 35 informational interview questions to begin your interviews
Informational interview questions are a great way to start an interview. You can use them to simply gather more information about your candidate’s skills, experiences, and career goals, before you start asking them more challenging situational or technical questions. This strategy helps your interviewees feel more relaxed; we all know how nerve-wrecking interviews can be, so ensuring a positive candidate experience is important. In this article, we’ve collected the best informational intervi
Top 10 Coderbyte alternatives to hire top tech talent
In the world of tech recruitment, coding assessment tools are all the rage – and for a good reason. You can use them to get a strong idea of your candidates’ coding skills and even set up coding challenges and hackathons to attract top talent. Coderbyte is a popular screening tool for technical roles, enabling you to assess candidates’ programming skills and performance, but it has a few limitations, too, which prompt some hiring managers to look for other options. So, if you’re looking for the
Top 25 internal interview questions to spot and promote your best talent
Do you have an internal mobility policy? How about an internal talent marketplace? Internal recruitment is a win-win strategy: Your employees can grow and feel happier and more engaged at work and you can fill open positions faster and at a fraction of the cost. But to spot the best talent for any role and eliminate any unfair internal hiring practices, you need a well-structured interviewing process. Even if you think you know your team members well, assessing their skills and conducting inter
How to hire a PR manager
Navigating the world of public relations (PR) can be tricky business – especially since the wrong PR manager can put your brand's reputation on the line. Not only that, but a subpar PR pro can also shake customer and investor confidence and even land you in some sticky legal and financial situations. We get it: Building a good PR team is no walk in the park. It's a specialized field with unique challenges, making it all too easy to miss the mark when hiring. But don't sweat it! That's why we're
65 Apache Kafka interview questions to hire top talent (+ 25 sample answers)
Assessing technical skills accurately and objectively is more important than ever, especially when hiring data engineers and software developers to work on your big data projects. And, if your team uses Apache Kafka, you need to make sure future hires are proficient with it and know how to use it to handle massive streams of data. But how can you do that? The easiest way to identify the best person to hire is to: Use pre-employment skills testing to filter out those who simply don’t have the r
Employee referrals: A powerful tool for finding – and keeping – top talent
What if we told you there was a way to source candidates that not only attracts top talent but also keeps them around for the long haul? Employee referrals are a great hiring strategy to boost retention rates in your organization. They help identify candidates best suited for a role, create a positive work environment, and make your existing employees feel respected – all factors contributing to employee loyalty. But there’s an important caveat. While employee referrals are a great candidate s
55 Java 8 interview questions (+ sample answers) to assess developers’ skills
Even though Java 8 was introduced over 10 years ago, it’s still super relevant today. Its new capabilities over earlier versions have made developers and businesses worldwide adopt it at scale, to the point that Java 8 became an industry standard. So, when hiring developers, you might still want to review their Java 8 skills. Make sure they’re familiar with its key features (such as lambda expressions, streams, and the new Date and Time API) and that they’re able to use them to create elegant,
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