Wellness at ProFocus – Meditation & Mindfulness
Avoiding burnout and creating a positive company culture are common topics at conferences, panels, and events. So what are companies actually doing about it? Here’s how our team is fighting the stigma around mental health and giving our team tools to be successful in...
FAQ: What Does a Tech Staffing Company Do?
Technology staffing companies, also known as recruitment agencies or employment firms, provide a service of matching the right job candidates to the right companies. By either working finding qualified candidates for a specific company, or representing job...
Oregon Market Trends Report – IT Staffing & Employment Trends
As the economy continues to rebound and we see hiring on the rise again, our team put together a report to highlight some of the economic and employment trends impacting hiring. The employment data focuses specifically on technology positions including wage insights...
Community Spotlight – PDXWIT Black Futures & Black History
In February, the team at PDX Women in Tech hosted a happy hour focused on themes for the month of February: Black Futures && Black History. The event celebrated the accomplishments of Black women in our local community and those that paved the way. Here’s a...
12 IT Staffing Pricing Factors in 2022
Have you just been quoted an hourly bill rate from a recruiter at a tech staffing firm and you are wondering: Is this pricing fair? If you would pay $110K for a full-time hire, why do they bill you $90-$115 per hour, or even higher? Or — Are you a contractor...How to Secure Tech Talent When Budgets are Tight
How Tech Leaders Can Move Initiatives Forward with Contract Staffing – Even with Budget and Hiring Freezes We’ve been working with a lot of tech leaders who are seeing budget pressures due to the uncertainty of the economy and concerns about a recession. Over the...
Economic Trends & Planning for the Future
A recent study by ITR Economics predicts a recovery trend for third quarter. The revised forecasts show a severe drop in economic activity through the second quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses, individuals, and lawmakers alike respond to...
Managing “Hard to Manage” High Performers
On November 20, 2019, ProFocus hosted our latest Leaders Lunch with Portland-based Software development leaders. John Boone, the President of ProFocus Technology, moderated the roundtable discussion on the topic of Managing “Hard to Manage” High...
Tech Hiring Insights in the Silicon Forest
With over 75 techies in attendance, the co-sponsored tech hiring event on 10/23/19 drew technologists from all over the Portland area. Similar to other PDX meetups, we used red dots to indicate a person is looking for a job and yellow if you’re...
Out in Tech PDX: Equity by Design
On Wednesday, October 16th, the ProFocus team joined the Out In Tech Portland chapter for their first QTPOC (Queer/Trans People of Color) panel on Equity By Design. The distinguished panel discussed issues around designing for equity and inclusion while sharing their...