The hiring process can be very difficult, especially when it comes to finding the right programmer to hire for your company. Flash developers are in short supply, but here are some tips on how you can hire the right developer.
Tip #1: Why hire someone?
Because this is an expensive decision, be sure that you can hire a developer for at least six months. This ensures that the developer will stick around long enough to finish projects. Even if your hire is good, they might get another offer in the middle of working on your project and leave your company high and dry. Also make sure their contract has milestones; this means paying them only after they do certain tasks rather than paying them per hour or week. This also helps ensure that you get what you want out of the end of the contract (and more importantly, what you payed for).
On top of all this, decide whether or not hiring a developer makes sense; it's expensive after all.
Tip #2: Know what to look for
Knowing what to hire for is important - even the best hire flash programmer in the world must work on a specific set of projects with deadlines that can't be moved. So hire someone who knows how to do your project's job the best, not necessarily someone who has worked on similar projects before. For example, hire an animator if you're making an animation, hire a web developer if you're developing a website, hire a flash developer if you are doing flash design or programming/development work. It doesn't matter where they have worked before along as they are great at what they do.
You should also hire someone with enough skill to take over when your current hire leaves, rather than having to hire someone else to do their job.
Tip #3: Who can hire them ?
Know who will hire the developer. If you are hiring a web developer, talk to your business manager or marketing department, if you are hiring an animator, talk to the creative director etc. This ensures that they hire someone who fits into their company well. Also make sure that this person has enough time and power to hire the candidate - don't waste your time by talking about hiring someone with someone who doesn't have any authority in making that decision. You should also be clear on how much of a say this person has over who gets hired - if they can veto it then no matter what kind of candidate you hire they won't hire them; if they can give you their opinion then hire what they want.
Lastly, make sure that this person is hiring the right candidate. If they hire someone who isn't a good fit for your company, it will be harder to fire them later on - and even harder to hire another developer (since they might not like the next hire).
Tip #4: Be Prepared!
The most important thing before hiring any candidate is knowing how much it costs and doing some time-related maths. You don't hire a developer with the goal of not having enough money or time to do what you need done with them - instead you should hire someone with just enough money and just enough time, so that you still have some hire left for other things.
For example, if you hire a developer with 6 months of hire but need them to work on one project for 3 months, hire them knowing that they'll be useful for another 1-2 projects - then there's no risk of losing money or time. You can't find better developers just by waiting longer - developers are in short supply and many good ones already have contracts elsewhere. It's always best to hire someone who is available rather than waiting until the perfect candidate comes along.
Employers should also hire people who they like and get along with; it makes life easier and more fun, and it ensures that everyone gets what they want done done quickly and without too much hassle.
Be prepared for things to not work out as planned, and hire someone you can deal with even if something goes wrong.
Tip #5: The Candidate's Point of View
When you hire a developer, your goal is hire the best candidate that fits into your company - but they have their own goals too. They want to hire a position where they will be challenged but won't get bored; they want a office where it's nice to come in, and one where people are happy and friendly because it makes work easier. So make sure that this is an environment where developers would enjoy working! If you focus on hiring great developers from the start then managing them becomes much easier later on.
Finally, hire fast so that good candidates don
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