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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...
Earth Day at Home
How the Silicon Forest, the nation and the world is using technology to take action on Earth Day in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 50th Anniversary of Earth Day has come at an eerie time as we see photos of cleaner skies and waters next to photos of suffering...
Remote Working and Covid-19: Tips for Tech Leaders
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to ramp up, businesses around the world are preparing to grapple with the short and long-term impacts. While the full economic effects of the coronavirus are just beginning to be felt, organizations are already feeling the pinch. Teams...
Tech as an Enabler — Not the End Goal
On February 5, 2020, ProFocus hosted a discussion of Portland-based technology leaders. This was a roundtable discussion on the topic of implementing new technology in your organization, and why tech should be an enabler, rather than the end goal. John Boone, the...
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...
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