A Seat at the Digital Transformation Table A recent study showed that only 4% of Human Resources professionals are seeing the subject of HR get a seat at the strategic table when we speak about the digitalization of a company – and frankly, I wish it wasn’t so. Besides being rooted in all things IT, […]
Remote Interview: How to Build An Interview Score Card
After the publication of my first article, I was pleased to receive all your questions and requests for additional information. Many of your inquiries revolved around the following: How do I build an interview score card? How do I make the most objective, data-driven decision following the interview? What questions do I ask to gauge […]
Remote Recruitment while Practicing Social Distancing
Coronavirus has proven itself an unprecedented threat – worldwide. The biggest hurdles of this crisis? The first – dealing with an understaffed healthcare system that is not equipped to handle the volume of patients it is currently receiving. The second? Getting a widely independent population on board with social distancing for the greater good. So, […]
Recruitment Services to Support Outstanding Clients With Custom Staffing Solutions: Two Winning Examples!
It might sound cliché, but it’s still a fact: teamwork makes the dream work. And a strong partnership always exceeds expectations. This is exactly the reason why our clients choose SkillValue’s recruitment services platform. And we’re delighted to share that the tech and business communities recently recognized two of our outstanding clients. AI-Enabled Solutions for […]
Techno of the week – Laravel
“Whether you’re a solo developer or a 20 person team, Laravel is a breath of fresh air. Keep everyone in sync using Laravel’s database agnostic migrations and schema builder.” This would be the motto of Laravel. Laravel is a free, open source, PHP framework. It was created for the web artisans by Taylor Otwell, a […]
Chatbot frenzy seen by 2 passionate students [Interview]
“Building a chatbot is not an easy task but it’s so much fun” Last week, Vasile and Eugeniu, two interns studying at the Technical University of Moldova, introduced the trending topic of chatbots at Pentalog during a presentation that was held as part of their internship program. As final project, they created a chatbot and […]
We learn together – and we raise our SkillValue
The context Over the course of the last 8 years, we’ve ran hundreds of experiments aiming to understand and support the members of the IT&C community in their professional endeavors. It’s their desire to understand their current technical level, align their expectations accordingly and further improve their skills, which drives more than 15000 developers worldwide […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur: Daniel Kaufman’s Brooklyn Labs
Having been mentored by a MIT professor, Daniel Kaufman is a new breed of entrepreneur dedicated to transforming ideas into sustainable business models. With 20+ years working in software and hardware, he is founder and CEO of Brooklyn Labs, a global think tank headquartered in Brooklyn, offering mobile app development services. Originally from Boston, Daniel has […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur: Sébastien Letélié brings innovation in the Healthcare industry
Meet Sébastien Letélié, CEO of Health Factory. The French entrepreneur has been coding since he was 12 years old, when his father had bought him his first Mac, and never stopped since then. He learnt to develop software in Java, JavaScript, Objective C and Python. As a developer, he thinks the biggest challenge one has […]
From Programmer to Entrepreneur: Sherif Ramadan and his PHP Playground
His name is Sherif Ramadan, he grew up in New York and he thinks everyone should learn about programming. Like many of you, he is also a software engineer. Sherif has worked for companies like Tumblr and Grovo in NYC and did a lot of contracting and freelance work or even helped cofound a few […]