[Web4lib] test ideas for web job candidates

[Nashaat Sayed]

Susan;
   
  Typical experience level is 3-5 years in IT industry at a technical writing, system design, programming or planning stages, implementation experience and/or software upgrade scenarios; for a candidate who can present a plan on automating bookmobile schedule. To understand and present tools/software, software evaluation experience is necessary. It is not important that the candidate must have library software experience, but must understand the use and system design of the software.
   
  Ideas on test: 
  - Powerpoint presentation to demonstrate a case scenario, automate any business process, this will represent knowledge of writing, presentation and communication skills. Use of UML is a massive plus.
   
  - Web Skill, a portfolio with previous related work experience. 
   
  It is difficult to find a healthy mixture of IT / Web / Literary candidates. With experienced professionals, the programming gets reduced, with fresh candidates (always a better option) the big picture understanding is low. 
   
  Best of luck.
   
  Nashaat Sayed
  ERP Practice Manager - JD Edwards
  Former MLS Graduate
  nashaatis at yahoo.com

Karen Patterson <kparlapat at hotmail.com> wrote:
  Susan,

If you want to test technical/programming skills, you wouldn't want them to present the plan. That's essentially
concept/design work (creation of specs). I'm not clear on whether you want a programmer or a designer. 

In any case, you can certainly ask for a representative "portfolio" of design work that demonstrates general 
expertise and design sense. Use of test files behind the scenes can also demonstrate functionality in many
cases. It's easy enough to put web pages onto a CD that can be ported to interviews.

On the programming end, there are a lot of variables, but I would think you would specify platforms, languages, 
design software expertise and the like in your search document. 

Good luck with your search.

Karen Patterson
MLS Candidate, SCSU
kparlapat at hotmail.com



> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:50:59 -0500> From: SUSAN at rochester.lib.mn.us> To: web4lib at webjunction.org> Subject: [Web4lib] test ideas for web job candidates> > Looking for any ideas on how to test job applicants for a web position so we can compare their technical/programming skills. I was thinking of a scenario like having them present a plan (not actually do the work) on how they would 'automate' our bookmobile schedule and what tools/software they would use. Is that too difficult? Any other suggestions you've used or had used on you? Thanks!> > Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, > Librarian> Rochester Public Library> 101 2nd Street SE> Rochester MN 55904-3776> > susan at rochester.lib.mn.us> www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org> Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo MSN: reference at rochester.lib.mn.us> > office phone: 507.285.8002> fax: 507.287.1910> > > _______________________________________________> Web4lib mailing list> Web4lib at webjunction.org> http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/
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