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KPI Best Practices for Development Teams
If you've ever struggled to set KPIs for your team, you're not alone. When we recently sat down with a group of software development leaders to talk KPIs, these experts overwhelmingly agreed — it is very difficult to set good KPIs for development teams. John Boone,...
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...
ProFocus Technology Wins ClearlyRated’s 2019 Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards
For the fourth year in a row, ProFocus has won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to clients and job seekers! Presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing winners have proven to be...
Best Practices for Working in an Agile Culture
It can be difficult to get business leaders involved in the agile processes. While development teams have been doing it for a while, business still needs to catch up. At our May 22 Leaders Lunch, we discussed the challenges of working in an agile culture, and how to...
Legacy to Cloud Migration: Challenges and Advice
Migrating legacy applications to the cloud can seem daunting. What will it cost? How can you get the entire organization on board? Will transitioning to the cloud impact the business’ bottom line? At our May 22 Leaders Lunch, we were joined by Portland-based software...
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...
So You’re Moving to the Silicon Forest?
If you’re moving to Portland, you might be wondering which neighborhood to live in. You should first know the genius of the city’s layout, which is split into 4 primary areas: NW, NE, SW, and SE. They are divided by the Willamette River (going north and south) and...
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 also...
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...
Tips for Implementing Agile the Right Way
There’s lots of buzz about agile — as well as plenty of misconceptions about what agile is and isn’t. Agile offers a variety of benefits, from a better final product to improved collaboration, which has led many organizations to adopt an agile approach. But seeing...
The Interview Technique Hiring Managers Want to See
Here at ProFocus, hiring managers tell us that interviews get tough for candidates when they start to ask behavioral based questions. We’ve heard that the candidates especially struggle when given the “tell me about a time…” type of question. Hiring managers ask these...
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