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Job Seekers, Beware: Protect Yourself from Scammers Impersonating Recruiters
Scam alert: If you’re an IT job seeker, it’s important to know how to recognize scam job postings and hiring processes. There are a number of tactics scammers will use to get your personal information and try to defraud you of money. We have seen scammers post fake...
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 Performers. Below,...
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 hiring! ...
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...
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...
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