Finding the Right Mobile Developers

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Developing applications for mobile or handheld devices is, no doubt, one of the fastest growing industries in the world. A good number of companies are exploring this mainly in these ways:

1. As ways to create or offer additional products or services from the company and to add more revenue channels for the company;
2. As ways to increase employee productivity in the company;
3. As ways to make processes or activities in the office easier;
4. As ways to increase brand recognition;
5. And as ways to generate sales leads for existing services or products.

Some companies build an in house team of mobile developers while others prefer to outsource software development.When should you begin to consider outsourcing for your own company? You should assess if you have the right number of in house staff to do the tasks that you need to get done. You should also look at the timelines and deadlines for each of these tasks and if these tasks may be too complex for one employee to handle. Aside from all that, you should also assess if the current in house employees you have are trained and experienced enough to meet the deadlines and deliver the quality that you require. If you need more in house employees than you currently have, you can hire more in house employees or you can consider outsourcing.

Either way, you should be taking a good look at your budget; in most cases, hiring in house staff costs more than hiring an outsource software development service provider. There would be expenses for bonuses, allowances, wages and other forms of compensation; and for rental or purchase of office equipment and office, among others. You will most probably also need to spend for training and re-training if you are hiring in house mobile developers. Another major factor for considering hiring a service provider is if developing software for handheld devices is one of your company’s core competencies. If it’s not, you might be better off hiring a vendor that can provide you with experts in this field.  

Whether building your team of mobile applicant developers from within the company or hiring a service provider, you will definitely need quality employees. That is, if you want high quality results delivered in a timely manner.

Make sure you are dealing with experts. For in house employees, you need to make sure your HR department has an excellent hiring and recruitment process. You also need to make sure your company has excellent strategies for retention so you would be able to keep these quality employees and keep them motivated to perform at the top of their game.  If, on the other hand, you are hiring an outsource software development service provider, you need to find out if the third party firm has a topnotch hiring and recruitment plan as well as a retention plan. This helps you make sure that you are getting some of the best mobile developers in the business.
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