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...
Building a Development Team: How to Attract, Hire & Retain Software Developers
What attracts software developers to a company — and what makes them stay? This was the first of two topics we discussed at our latest Leaders Lunch, held on August 29, 2019. John Boone, the President of ProFocus Technology, moderated the roundtable discussion of...
How To Get Out of the Endless Meeting Cycle
As an IT leader, you probably feel like you’re in meetings all day. That’s because you often are! Managers spend 35-50% of their time in meetings, and almost 70% of them think that the meeting wasn’t a successful event. While meetings can be frustrating, they can be...
The Strategy Successful Companies Are Using to Find the Best IT Talent
The largest and most successful companies in the world use contract staffing as a staple in their hiring. Last year at Google, for example, for the first time in the company’s 20-year history, contract workers outnumbered direct employees. Right here in our hometown...
Here’s What Millennials Want From Their Employer
(Hint: it’s different than your hires of the past) We know that you’re always looking at ways to attract and reward your IT employees – and you may have noticed that your tech staff is generally motivated differently than the rest of your team. You’re probably...
Women in Software Development: Portland Leaders Lunch
Attracting, retaining and motivating software developers was the topic of discussion at our Leaders Lunch for this April. ProFocus team members Madeline Kenney, Aubrey McCauley, Madison Campbell and Shelby Danzer joined a small group of other women in the tech sector...
Long-Term Results From Short-Term IT Contractors
The majority of the IT contractors we place prefer to be on temporary, rather than permanent, placement. However, that doesn’t mean that they don’t want to feel that they are a valued contributor and member of your team. They’re on contract because they truly enjoy...