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Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Recruit, Hire, and Retain Top Software Talent

You are understaffed, overworked, and behind on your commitments. Your go-to person just quit, leaving an unbelievable void of knowledge. If the old-school ways of attracting talent—advertising on job boards, filtering résumés, interviewing candidates are not working, then this session is for you. Catherine Louis says the tables have turned. The balance of power has shifted from the employer doing the hiring to candidates operating more as free agents and selecting the job. Leaders must learn how to build teams that engage employees as sensitive, passionate, creative contributors. A shift is needed, from trying to enact the perfect hiring schema toward focusing on building an irresistible organization that attracts top talent. Join Catherine in this hands-on working session to learn how to hack the traditional HR hiring system to find the right people for your team, how to interview a potential new team member with empathy, and what new team members expect from their new companies. Discover how you can attract the top talent you need to deliver products that delight your customers.

Catherine Louis
CLL Group

Catherine Louis is an independent agile coach and a Certified Scrum Trainer™. With more than twenty years of experience in complex product development in both software and hardware, Catherine has led agile transition efforts at top telecommunications firms and worked with North Carolina State University to conduct research on agile test-driven development. She has conducted research and training on “building security” into your product, verifying that security protection mechanisms are in place, and working before it’s too late. Catherine runs the AgileRTP meetup group, one of the largest agile meetup groups in the United States. Reach Catherine on Twitter @catherinelouis and on LinkedIn.