An Inside Look at Finding Great Talent at Ideaware

Andres Max

· November 26, 2020

Recruiting software development talent is a particularly challenging art, but done in the right way, it becomes very rewarding.

We understand that finding the right talent for your project is time-consuming and demanding. At Ideaware, we make sure that our US-based Clients like curb.com don’t have to worry about that. Hiring an outsourced/nearshore software team is meant to be seamless and headache-free.

“In technology, it’s about the people. Getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment, and helping to find a way to innovate.” - Marissa Mayer

From profiling to hiring

We want to help bring your vision to life. To make this happen, we’ve crafted a repeatable process, with an extraordinary recruiting team to find the talent to meet your needs for “skill and scale.”

Stage 1: Preparation

Let’s get started!

Whether you are scaling your team or building a new team, the first step is to identify the requirements of the position(s) you need for your project. After the requirements are defined, our Human Resources team will begin to work its magic.

We use a collaborative recruiting method, which means that with our tech leads, we create the right job profile of required competencies and skills based on your needs. You get to approve the job descriptions before being published. From this moment, we use our recruitment techniques to spread the message, and the head-hunting starts. We are effectively helping you to curate the ideal candidates.

Stage 2: Prescreening

This phase consists of selecting, organizing, and identifying the highest quality candidates by reviewing the applications. When we have selected the candidates that best meet the requirements, we initiate the screening process with a call to each applicant to confirm soft requirements such as language skills, education, and the ability to collaborate.

Here comes the fun….

Stage 3: Technical Interview

After the screening process is done, with the input of our clients, our HR team and tech leads schedule an interview with the top candidates. We conduct a series of questions, challenges, and evaluate their creativity, ability to problem solve, and cultural compatibility. Ultimately, our tech leads provide us with the evaluation form, which includes a score and feedback.

Stage 4: Job simulation exercises and final interview

Here is when you come to the mix! We share with you between 2-4 top-talent candidates with their job profiles and technical results. You review and select the ones you believe are the best fit for your project, and we will schedule your interview with them.

During this final interview, a work simulation challenge can be conducted by you or the Ideaware team. This will help to verify the candidate’s expertise, qualifications, and understand how they will react in a future work situation. Ideally, we would support you in this phase so you can be sure they meet your needs.

Stage 5: Offer and hiring

After you select your top candidates and give us the green light, we make an offer, and our HR department starts the hiring process. We take care of the negotiation, contract, and any other administrative details. The candidates are on record with Ideaware, and Ideaware is the agency of record, meaning that we operate in a 1099 work-for-hire relationship.

You are all set!

Nothing but benefits…

These are just a few reasons why you should hand off this process to us:

You don’t have to worry about contracts anymore.
You will have more time to focus on your project while we focus on finding the right talent.
Our experts will put together a team that meets the personality of your project, culture, and fits your expectations.
The days when you had to spend endless hours screening candidates are over. Now you can spend this worry-free time centering your attention on your goals.
You will just interview and screen candidates who are already aligned with your requirements.
It will save you money and time.

“Hiring talent is a multi-faceted skill that lies at the crossroads of social networking, technical acumen, process management, and intuition.” - Hyam Singer*

Remember that hiring is a journey, and we are here to help you along the way to build the right dedicated or extended development team exactly to your needs. We have applied this exact process to every US-based client that we have worked with since 2010. These US-based clients range from curb.com, lovepop.com, bucket.io, and many more.