Features of Staff Recruiting in IT Companies

Abstract

The article is aimed at studying the features of IT recruiting in modern operating conditions of the economy. The relevance of research of recruiting in IT companies is substantiated. The definition of the economic category of «IT recruiting», which is considered as a purposeful and structured process of providing IT company with the staff from the sphere of information technologies, with the knowledge, skills, competencies, qualities corresponding to vacant position and the needs of employer. It is determined that the issue of IT recruiting is not sufficiently covered in scientific sources. It is proved that a feature of IT recruiting are candidates, because each vacant position is essentially unique, and therefore requests an employee of the respective unique. The basic demands concerning the recruiter, looking for the candidates for the IT sphere, are formulated and substantiated. The techniques of IT personnel selection, including headhunting, recruiting and screening, are examined and characterized. It is determined that the headhunting technique is designed for employees of the level of middle+/senior/lead, recruiting technique is for the candidates of the junior/middle level, and screening – for the junior-level, i.e., practicians, probationers. The main channels of attracting candidates are characterized, which are chosen depending on the peculiarities of the company’s profile of future employee. IT is proved that the choice of the engagement channel is the most significant stage of the entire IT recruiting process. The authors consider the use of the IT-recruiting social network for business communication – LinkedIn, as well as specialized sites, services and such types of search as Boolean search and X-ray requests. The procedure of recruiting IT specialists is considered through the prism of search stages, a full cycle comprising 9 steps: request for opening a vacancy; selecting the search channels; searching for candidates; coming into contact; interview; testing; deciding as to filling a vacancy; employment and adaptation of the newly accepted employee.

Keywords

• it companies
• it recruiting
• it sphere
• professional selection
• staff recruiting
• social networks
• job-sites