Category: Staffing & outsourcing
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Stop relying on hope or guesswork: A practical guide to outsourcing software development with confidence
Software development outsourcing is a significant investment. It is acknowledged as a business strategy for both tech and non-tech companies to handle their engineering needs without the overhead of scaling in-house resources or delivering the products they could not build alone. And like any important decision, outsourcing rewards business owners who come prepared and costs…
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A step-by-step guide for non-technical founders: How to hire a software developer (& when to outsource)
This guide is built specifically for non-technical founders who know exactly what they want from a software development team but are not sure how to find and evaluate the best fits. Most of them stumble through the same painful pattern: Post a job, get flooded with resumes, sit through interviews where you’re nodding along without…
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An effective IT vendor management guide for leaders: from a single partner to multi-vendor ecosystem
In modern times, businesses no longer build or handle everything internally. Outsourcing has become a business strategy of choice to optimize operational efficiency and control costs while maintaining business continuity. Companies, especially large ones and enterprises, tend to delegate non-core business needs and functions to external parties in order to offload their internal workforce. According to a…
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Build a Tech Team in Vietnam That Doesn’t Feel Outsourced: “Secrets” for Success
Vietnam is no longer an emerging option for software development services and tech talent. The country has soon transformed into a maturing ecosystem backed by the global demand for an affordable, highly skilled workforce. Startups, scale-ups, product firms, and international companies, as well as enterprises, have been building tech teams or establishing their offshore development centers here…
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Reduce hiring headaches by overcoming these IT recruitment challenges
From skilled labor shortages to competing with global salary and benefits packages, recruitment challenges in the tech industry are numerous. Knowing how to overcome these IT recruitment challenges is key to attracting and retaining high-quality talent, as well as maintaining a competitive edge. Read on to learn about the most common challenges facing IT recruitment today. We’ll…
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Before you hire fintech developers, read this
This might start to sound like a cliche, and you have probably heard this a dozen times, but technology has truly transformed every nook and cranny of our lives. Be it in entertainment, work, paperwork, or how we pay for our groceries. As technology is becoming more integrated into our daily lives, the financial sector is…
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The smarter way to hire a dedicated mobile app team
Let’s say you have an inspiring idea for a mobile app. What’s the next step you take to make it come true? Learn the necessary skills and build the app yourself? Perhaps that’s a bit unrealistic. Hire a team of professionals to do the job for you? This is clearly much more practical. There is…
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Dedicated development team model: definition, benefits, and implementation
Choosing the right outsourcing model is vital to completing your software development project in a timely and cost-effective manner. You could hire in-house, but that means committing to long-term agreements and paying additional benefits like holiday and sick pay. Or you could hire an outsourced company on a per-project basis, but that limits your level of…
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Building & Managing Cross-Functional Teams in Software Development
Do you remember the days of working on a school group project, feeling like you were the only one doing all the work? Perhaps you know what it’s like to work in a siloed organization, where departments and data are separate from one another, making it difficult to collaborate. If you said ‘Yes’ to either…
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In-house vs. outsourcing software development: pros & cons
In a modern world that is moving and advancing constantly, technology and innovation are the two elements every business needs to pursue to stay competitive. Software solutions represent the dynamic fusion of these two “X factors.” Yet, as organizations of all sizes and shapes swiftly pivot to align with current trends, they inevitably have to…