Five facts about the Belarusian labor market QA specialists
Fact times relative.
In Microsoft, there are 2 testers per developer each *. In Belarusian companies such proportions have not yet been observed, the average ratio of QA to Dev is 1: 5. But projects are constantly becoming more complex, and this ratio is changing.
Fact two, career.
In the presence of a technical background, corrosiveness, sociability, sometimes English, and always ambition, from junior to senior in individual companies, QA grows in 1 year.
Fact three, salary.
The salaries of QA specialists over the past few years have doubled, and now their size is comparable to the salary of developers. **
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Fact four, weekdays recruiter.
Task: to close 2 vacancies of QA specialists. Solution: within 3 weeks, 180 eligible candidates were selected. Of these, 43 expressed interest in potential work, 9 were interviewed. New job got two. No recruiter was hurt during the task.
Fact five, gender.
For 7 guys, QA specialists account for about 3 girls. Sometimes, other things being equal, employers give them priority, based on the belief that girls are more attentive, demanding and pedantic in life.
* Information from the resource tester.com.ua
** Salary medians are derived from data obtained from the following sources:
路 Information obtained from interviews with candidates
路 Voiced expectations on the RFP by our candidates at the negotiation stage
路 Follow-up of candidate offers by other companies,
路 Analysis of candidates' resumes + request ext. info on RFP, if the summary is not indicative of the expected rr s \ n,
路 Information from HR and developers of other companies,
路 Online survey of IT-specialists.
Why do we talk about this? Because we are a recruiting agency that deals only with IT-specialists. Accordingly, we know a lot about the Belarusian labor market, and we want to share this knowledge.
In Microsoft, there are 2 testers per developer each *. In Belarusian companies such proportions have not yet been observed, the average ratio of QA to Dev is 1: 5. But projects are constantly becoming more complex, and this ratio is changing.
Fact two, career.
In the presence of a technical background, corrosiveness, sociability, sometimes English, and always ambition, from junior to senior in individual companies, QA grows in 1 year.
Fact three, salary.
The salaries of QA specialists over the past few years have doubled, and now their size is comparable to the salary of developers. **
For cu accepted USD ($)
')
Fact four, weekdays recruiter.
Task: to close 2 vacancies of QA specialists. Solution: within 3 weeks, 180 eligible candidates were selected. Of these, 43 expressed interest in potential work, 9 were interviewed. New job got two. No recruiter was hurt during the task.
Fact five, gender.
For 7 guys, QA specialists account for about 3 girls. Sometimes, other things being equal, employers give them priority, based on the belief that girls are more attentive, demanding and pedantic in life.
* Information from the resource tester.com.ua
** Salary medians are derived from data obtained from the following sources:
路 Information obtained from interviews with candidates
路 Voiced expectations on the RFP by our candidates at the negotiation stage
路 Follow-up of candidate offers by other companies,
路 Analysis of candidates' resumes + request ext. info on RFP, if the summary is not indicative of the expected rr s \ n,
路 Information from HR and developers of other companies,
路 Online survey of IT-specialists.
Why do we talk about this? Because we are a recruiting agency that deals only with IT-specialists. Accordingly, we know a lot about the Belarusian labor market, and we want to share this knowledge.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/148889/
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