Challenges in Hiring Programmers

Challenges in Hiring Programmers PR Newswire LONDON and WARSAW, August 13, 2012 LONDON and WARSAW, August 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Software development companies and corporations with high IT demands are facing challenges in effectively identifying candidates with suitable programming skills. Recruiters for such companies do not have appropriate tools in place to help them distinguish the good from the bad. This leads to high rejection rates because candidates' programming abilities are just not good enough, or the wrong person being hired for the role. [1]According to a recent Forbes article , a mishire can cost a company about U S D 2 5 k, so it is crucial to have the right processes and tools to enable companies to hire the right person. In order to properly vet each candidate, the company would have to devote hours of the precious time of an experienced senior technical staff member to assess each candidate's technical abilities. This is highly inefficient and wasteful of valuable human resources. Overwork Your HR or Overly Stringent Requirements? As for organisations that are flooded with too many applicants, they must employ overly stringent requirements or mechanisms to find the right candidates. This will definitely cause the company to filter out some candidates with strong programming skills who might not have the most illustrious résumé or past experience.