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...