Successfully Hire, Mentor, Retain, and Lead UX Teams

Finding highly-qualified professionals and then managing them successfully is one of the most difficult tasks leaders face. Just a small number of poor performers can bring down a team and impact delivering a great product. On top of poor hiring practices, when leaders fail to inspire, enable and provide an environment where their team can collaborate and thrive, they will consistently produce mediocre results.

In this sessions you’ll discover:

• how to successfully research potential candidates;

• writing effective job descriptions; recruiting, interviewing, and hiring techniques;

• keeping recruits interested, growing, and contributing back to the team;

• leadership techniques to help you be more effective

This session isn’t just for managers. If you’ve been struggling to write an effective resume, can’t seem to land the job you want, you’re just curious what hiring managers are looking for, then you’ll find this discussion helpful. The sessions is ideal for:

• human resources

• recruiters

• new managers

• existing managers

• team leads

About Bermon:

Bermon manages the user experience practice for Cardinal Solutions’ Charlotte, Raleigh and Tampa offices where he consults with large enterprise clients on interesting problems across & mentors his team of user experience professionals, designers, and front-end developers. On occasion he enjoys a good root beer or eating a tasty cupcake. In Charlotte, Bermon is the organizer of various community groups and regional events that bring together our UX community. In his free time he speaks at conferences around the world & contributes to sass-lang.org.