Is the Hiring Crunch Headed Your Way?
On my recent trip to NZ and AU (to speak about project management), I had some informal conversations with people who could not find enough people for their projects.From my non-scientific survey, it appears that we have started a technical hiring crunch (not enough candidates for positions). Consider people you might not have considered before:
- Part-time workers
- People over 40. Yes, we can still see and hear. Development is not just a young person’s job.
- People over 65. Not everyone enjoys retirement.
- People who may not have a degree, but have an avocation for software.
I’ll be thinking about this for a while, because if we really are headed for a hiring crunch, it will be global this time.
Labels: agile hiring, recruiting
4 comments April 10th, 2007