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If an employee is burned out and wants to take a break, the best thing management can do for this person is to talk to them about the prospect of dismissal. Because often in such cases, the employee will not be able to recover and return to work motivated in a short period of time. This opinion was expressed by marketing expert Ksenia Larina. Do IT professionals agree with this?

In September, the procurement agency of the Ministry of Defense «State Operator of Logistics» (SLO) launched an IT system for managing the logistics needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine DOT-Chain. Thanks to the system, the cycle of food supply to units was reduced by 4 times, and from 2025, the developers plan to expand the functionality and enable units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to independently select the necessary electronic warfare/electronic warfare drones, ground robotic complexes and control stations through the DOT-Chain system. dev.ua learned from Alena Zhuzhi, IT advisor at the SLO, how the IT department is structured in the company, who is working on improvements for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and what updates to expect in the near future.

In her article in Dice, Leslie Stevens-Guffman, a recruiter with 20 years of experience, explained how to choose the best time and days to submit your resume so that the employer is most likely to consider it.

The share of IT professionals who work more than one job has increased over the year: last year there were 8% of them in Ukraine and 11% abroad, and this year it is already 12% and 15%.

Aaron Goldsmid, a 44-year-old programmer from San Francisco, took an unusual path to technology: his parents were Broadway actors, and he was the first in his family to attend college. He became interested in computer science in high school, and received his higher IT education from Columbia University. At one time, the IT specialist did not have people around him who could give him advice on building an IT career. Now, with 20 years of experience behind him, Goldsmid shares the mistakes that are worth avoiding.

Hanna Voitikova, Scrum Master at GlobalLogic, opened a company called Fancy IT, where she offers female beginners work experience in IT. She told dev.ua how it works.

According to Airbnb Co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, the format of regular one-to-one meetings with direct reports is fundamentally flawed. He avoids regular personal meetings with employees as much as possible because he doesn’t want to be «like their therapist.» However, psychologists emphasize the positive effect of this practice and advise devoting about 25 minutes a week to such communication. Some companies have already adopted this practice. dev.ua decided to ask Ukrainian team leaders how they feel about one-to-one meetings with employees, whether they see an effective result, and whether they don’t mind spending time chatting.

In the first 11 months of 2024, candidates on Djinni reported nearly 9,000 hires, a 20% decline from last year. The decline affected nearly all categories.

Andriy Beschuk, data analytics and automation auditor at Kyivstar, is sure that «working in an office means losing your own life.» He conducted research from his own experience and proved with numbers why this pompous phrase is reality. And IT people came to the comments with their arguments «for» and «against» office work. Which ones prevailed?

Currently, one of the biggest challenges in recruiting is the high competition among companies for the best candidates. There are many specialists on the market, but finding top employees is quite difficult. That is why it is important to quickly process candidate feedback and guide them through all stages of the offer. Minimizing routine tasks and automating processes will help with this. In this article, Natalia Kravchenko, Recruitment Lead at Boosta, will share tools that help you complete everyday tasks faster.

Front-End Developer Yevgeny Zyuskin shared a story from his own experience about how, due to poor communication between the team lead and the recruiter, he was rejected despite positive feedback after completing a test task.

Oksana Lobko, founder of the job search platform JobNote.ai, shared her own observations: which specialists in the IT market are easiest to find, which are the most difficult, and which channels provide the most feedback.

Oleksandr Chumak headed the Uklon IT team a year ago, when all four co-founders left the operational management of the business. Now Oleksandr is looking for a Head of Information Systems to join his team. dev.ua asked the Uklon CTO about his year of work in the position — about the challenges, changes and priorities of the team. As well as who he is looking for, what are the requirements and selection stages.

Kharkiv SMM specialist Timur Ibragimov published a screenshot of a correspondence with a recruiter, who told the specialist about the working conditions in the company. The requirements for organizing working hours, set out in the vacancy, caused a heated discussion — members of the professional community left more than 160 comments under the post. What surprised them so much?

The most difficult thing to find a job in IT today is certainly for beginners. According to recruitment experts, the market is currently in favor of employers — companies can choose the most qualified specialists, ignoring applications from IT professionals with no or little experience. dev.ua asked leading service and product IT employers in Ukraine how many juniors they hired this year, and how this dynamics compares to previous years. We also found out whether there will be jobs for beginners in IT in 2025, and where it is best to look for them.

In Russia, active layoffs of IT specialists began at the end of 2024 — both in technology companies and in IT departments of companies in other areas, the Russian publication The Bell reported on December 16.

Front-End Tech Lead at Silpo Yevgeny Rusakov noted that now the «zoomers» are not at all eager to work «for an idea.» In particular, specialists 30+ are not ready to stay at work after 6:00 PM, clearly outline their own boundaries, and consider relationships with their employer exclusively as a business agreement. Did other IT workers agree with him?

Two big players in the AI ​​industry, Elon Musk’s xAI and Sam Altman’s OpenAI, have entered into a battle for talent. In August, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing Altman’s company of offering “generous compensation” to “starve out competitors.” But an analysis of salary data has shown that both companies offer significantly more than the average salary for some positions.