Employee Retention
For Tech Pros, Job Value Doesn’t Always Hinge on Pay
Do tech pros feel valued at their jobs? Most tech pros do, but a resounding number are on the fence or downright unhappy at work. Last week, we queried our tech pro readership ...
Employee Retention
Burnout in Tech Demands Culture, Leadership Focus
Burnout is a constant problem among tech pros. But what actually causes it? A new survey from Blind offers some clues. First—and perhaps most surprisingly—work overload isn’t the number-one factor that leads to burnout (although...
Employee Retention
Hiring Candidates
The Risks of Hiring Rockstar Developers for a Team
Software development can be a complicated process. Never mind the complexities of the technology itself; people on the team need to work together well, and that’s not always easy. Fortunately, hiring managers know that “good...
Employee Retention
Hiring Candidates
Recruiters: Midwest Tech Pros Might be Happiest
Recruiters know that tech pros don’t just care about salary (although that’s a huge factor in job negotiations); they also want work-life balance, a sustainable cost of living, and a good community. But which cities...
Employee Retention
You’ve Recruited Women in Tech. How Do You Keep Them?
Most organizations admittedly aren’t great at getting women into tech roles, which we addressed in our last blog post. Obviously it’s a multi-step process: first you hire high-capacity women; then you need to keep them....
Employee Retention
Hiring Candidates
Sourcing Candidates
Webinar: How to Recruit, Hire and Retain Women in Tech
What’s it like to be a woman in tech today? For one thing, it can be lonely. Women make up only 24 percent of the tech workforce at entry level, and occupy only 11 percent of executive...
Employee Retention
Hiring Candidates
Tech Skills That are Seeing the Biggest Pay Increases
The annual Dice Tech Salary Report is a great resource to track compensation trends for specific metro areas, industries and titles. It also allows employers to take a look at which tech skills pay the...
Employee Retention
Managers: Avoid a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ Relationship with Employees
Being a great manager is sometimes a challenge, but a new study details exactly what sort of boss you should never be. Bosses who exhibit a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality are the worst, according to...
Employee Retention
Engagement Hinges on Managers in Action, Not Grand Strategies
The tech labor pool is still tight, and employers can only poach tech pros from each other so many times (to paraphrase one recruiter). With so many sharks circling the tech workforce, everyone in technology...
Employee Retention
Use Engagement to Prove HR’s Strategic Value
If you’re in HR, you’ve heard a lot of talk lately about the workforce—how it’s “more critical than ever,” a “strategic asset” that can prove the crucial “differentiator” in an increasingly competitive environment. That chatter...
