This series of articles discusses the process of growing teams from hiring and interviewing, to onboarding and dealing with an organization of larger size.
- Writing the perfect job description
- The interview panel
- Structuring interviews
- Onboarding and training
- Recruiting
- Making candidates want to work for you
- Dealing with a growing organization
Some other great resources on this topic include:
- Hiring Systems Administrators By Chris Pepper. Inspired by this series he compares and contrasts his experiences and offers some interesting insights and anecdotes. Even if you are aren’t hiring a System Administrator for an HPC system at a non-profit, as he is, I think you’ll find this valuable.
- Smart and Gets Things Done by Joel Spolsky (he’s also written some nice blogs on the subject)
- An elegant Puzzle: Systems of Eng Management by Will Larson, who’s alo got a number of blog posts about hiring and other topics.
- Streamlining hiring
- Importance of the first day
- Hiring a diverse team
- Conducting a structured interview
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle.
- Hire more women in tech
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Chris Pepper for his feedback on this series.