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5 mistakes you must avoid when you are going to hire developers

Many experienced companies, as well as start-ups, have found that staff augmentation is a key solution to success. If you do not have the experience of adding staff, or you are working with a dedicated team, it helps to be aware of potential mistakes.

We will then examine 5 mistakes a company should avoid when choosing IT staff augmentation services:

1. Don't be aware of the company's culture

Adding new staff by this model usually implies that the company will work with people from a different country, which is why it is crucial to remember the cultural differences they might have, that also includes differences in the organizational culture.

2.Don't investigate the market

Market analysis involves reviewing the experiences, comments, and case studies of various companies offering employee augmentation services. For example, Clutch is a platform where complete and necessary information can be found to get a potential partner.

3.Not knowing well the requisites

Uncertainty about what you really need and not showing good requirements can lead to misunderstandings and incorrect or incomplete information for your augmented staff.

4.Suppose you do not need a project manager

It is common that companies that do not have much staffing experience to place great emphasis on being a figure responsible for the communication between the development team and the client: the project manager. It's usually responsible for understanding and communicating with customers of developers.

5.Select the incorrect outsourcing model

Most companies are in a hurry to choose an easier path and, like the market, IT companies typically offer a variety of services, it could be a confusion. Hastiness for outsourcing casue companies can't identify the products that best suit their needs.

Finally, you can follow these tips to avoid troubles when augmenting your staff and hiring developers. You must know that with an excellent IT staff augmentation ally you will understand that hiring new developers is not difficult.

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Andrew Baisden

Some great tips here.