Staffing Done Right

Staffing Done RightQuick Tips For IT Managers

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• Sourcing, screening, and selecting the right IT talent is extremely difficult

• IT managers must overcome…

• Financial constraints

• Talent shortages

• Demanding candidates

• A lack of time

• The following tips help ensure the long-term success of your IT

department, and company, as a whole

The Challenge


• Clearly define and demonstrate to senior management the link between

hiring, and

• Productivity

• Efficiency

• Your company’s bottom-line

• A clear definition allows senior management to easily understand the

correlation between staffing and success, and thereafter make a prompt

decision to enable the same

#Tip 1Build your Case for Hiring


• Re-engineer your hiring process to improve sourcing and minimize delays

• Become more proactive in your approach to candidate selection, to

accelerate decision-making and improve your access to top talent

#Tip 2Streamline your Approach


• Approach task management more intelligently by better matching people

to tasks

• Hire contractors for lower-level work and routine maintenance activities,

and put your stars on your critical projects

#Tip 3Coordinate your Efforts


• Think strategically about your staff augmentation efforts

• Implement better workforce planning to:

• Eliminate capacity constraints

• Shorten learning curves

• Accelerate productivity

#Tip 4Better your Use of Staff Augmentation


• Team up with an IT staffing company to add value to your staff

augmentation

• Educate your IT staffing partner(s) as to what you need in IT talent

• Give them the information they need, and the mandate, to be more

proactive

• Invest time in training an IT staffing company to enable them to be more

proactive and accurate in providing the talent you need

#Tip 5Don’t Go at it Alone


• Top IT professionals can be 1,000% more productive than their peers

• Hiring right should be the single most important goal of any technology

manager

• Information technology is the core of innovation, efficiency, business

intelligence, and long-term competitive advantage

The Benefit


THANK YOU

Staffing Done Right

Recruiting & HR

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