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How to create an interview rubric that actually works
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What the Californian pay transparency laws mean for engineering managers
California’s Senate Bill 1162 will force hundreds of thousands of businesses to share staff pay data publicly – but what does that mean for staff, and the wider working world?
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Three ways to remove bias from technical interviews
Want to know how to make better hiring decisions with less bias? Here are three steps to build a fairer process.
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Using interview rubrics to make more confident hiring decisions
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Ten reasons engineers choose to stay with an organization
Retaining great developers can be hard. Here are the ten company habits that make employees choose to stay, even when other options are available.
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Six ways to beat the tech talent shortage
Hiring engineers is hard. Here’s the quick guide to doing it better.
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How to hire the right engineers for your team
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What to do when a beloved employee quits
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Effective career conversations with your engineers
Career conversations are a necessary part of your direct report’s growth, but without care, these meetings can lack purpose, meaning, and impact.
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Optimizing the ‘glue work’ in your team
Your job title says “software engineer”, but you seem to spend most of your time in meetings.