Four Steps to Better IT Hiring

I’ve been chatting by e-mail about how to hire the best IT people with Scott Alan Miller, a tech consultant with 12 years in the business whose résumé lists stints with IBM and Computer Task Group. He currently works at Citigroup as an outside consultant handling Linux administration.

Miller’s view is that most companies hire to fill open positions, to keep head count rather than add unique skills to their staffs. They post newspaper or online ads, and review résumés for the requisite college background, years of professional experience and the right acronyms.

With these traditional methods, they end up with a pool of middle-of-the-road candidates looking to work 9 to 5.

Miller says he has a better way.

Full Story: http://projectmanagement.ithub.com/blogs/project_management/archive/2006/08/22/12615.aspx