Hi Seth! I can't help on the website you are looking for, but I do know a lot about successful interviewing.
A lot of people focus mainly on interviewing for technical competencies. For a CF programmer, of course this matters, and you want someone who is competent. But, don't miss the other key characteristics. What is the person like and what are they like to work with? There are competent people who might disrupt your team and be difficult to work with. So, how do you find out about this? Do you know the disclaimer that's attached to most financial investments? "Past performance is not a guarantee of future results." In the financial world, this is true more often than not. But, with people, past performance IS a great indicator. What I do when interviewing is to go through a person's entire career history, starting with High School or even earlier! For each job or period of a person's career, I ask: 1. How did you end up going to work (Or school) at ____________(Name of company, school, etc.) Then, for a job, what was the situation when you started or what were you expecting going in. 2. What were your accomplishments/high points in that job. 3. What were the low points or things that didn't go as well. 4. Who was your boss, and what were they like to work with? 5. If I talked with ____ (Boss Name), what would they say were your strengths and weaknesses. 6. How did you come to leave. When you ask these questions for EVERY job, you'll start to see patterns as to what the person is really like. I would never hire someone I didn't know without going through this process. I hope this helps! Clarke -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tepfer, Seth Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:27 PM To: discussion@acfug.org Cc: Dale, Sue Subject: Contractors - round 2 RE: [ACFUG Discuss] Contractor rates We also are looking to hire a CF contractor. So ... 1) When sorting through contractor resumes/interviews, what are your favorite questions and points that help separate the wheat from the chaff? 2) Any ideas on the URL for that aforementioned unknown website that lists average contract rate based upon industry and experience? I found this one - but it is for UK: http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/coldfusion.do Seth Tepfer 770-784-8487 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Administrative Computing, Oxford College Proud Pappa (again): Zyle Caspian, born Thursday, April 17, 2:38 pm. 8 lbs, 19.5 inches. Baby Pix at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Max > Immelman > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:31 AM > To: discussion@acfug.org > Subject: [ACFUG Discuss] Contractor rates > > As time goes on I find myself doing less and less CF development. Not > because of technology changes but rather that my role has changed. So > I'm out of touch with developer salaries and contract rates. I'm > looking to hire a couple contractors for 3 months. One .NET/sharepoint > (sql) and one CF (sql), both around 3-5 yrs experience, not senior but > not junior. > > Here is my question. What would be a competitive rate for each > position? > > I hope this creates some good conversation. > > > Max Immelman > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ > http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=gin.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
