Author: Agile Careers -- In 2016, you would be hard-pressed to walk into a local coffee shop or library and not find every person within the confines of the space in possession of a smartphone, laptop, or tablet (and in some cases, all three). As mobile devices become increasingly...
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Author: Gez Smith -- It’s been an interesting 15 years since the Agile Alliance met in Snowbird, Utah to write the Agile Manifesto. Agile, and its frameworks like Scrum, have gone from being the niche interest of a few software development teams to the highly sought tool of the business mainstream. All over the world, companies use Agile to respond to change, build collaboration, drive up quality, and create happier...
Author: Fabiola Eyholzer -- The digital age belongs to knowledge workers who think outside the box. No wonder, constricting processes and micromanagement are not going down well. Make sure to bring those talents together in collaborative, self-organizing teams and throw fast feedbacks, constant communication, access to data and knowledge, and...
Author: Bruce Weinstein -- Accountable employees keep their promises, consider the consequences of their actions, take responsibility for their mistakes, and make amends for those mistakes. The following questions may help you discern a job candidate’s level of accountability. Describe a situation in which you took responsibility for a...
Author: Laura Mazzullo -- Understanding the Passive Candidate: Organizations are recruiting passive candidates, more now than ever before. We need to talk about this as I believe it’s becoming an incredibly prevalent issue in recruitment. Have you noticed no one qualified applies for your open roles anymore? It appears as if...
Author: Laura Mazzullo -- KNOWING YOURSELF When representing a new candidate, one of the first things we discuss is their ideal working environment and what types of industries/cultures they prefer; we uncover where they excel. Of course, these answers are usually varied (and should be!) as we are all unique individuals with individualized...