As the unemployment is increasing at a very fast rate and there are so many unemployed people in this country that are looking for the jobs, inspite of having good qualification and talent. In these circumstances, there is good news for the job seekers belong to IT background or software field.
A software company “Benefitfocus” based at Berkeley is planning to offer jobs to around 1200 people, because they are expanding themselves to the Daniel Island headquarters. For the groundbreaking ceremony of the new building, the company has invited Govt. Nikki Haley on Tuesday, 17 th of Dec, 2013. After this expansion, the size of the company’s headquarters will become three times that of the current one. They are planning to open the building in 2015 and will also provide walking paths and connectivity between buildings.
The software company Benefitfocus was founded in the year 2000 in a single office in Mount Pleasant. Their main aim is to help the companies to manage benefits for their workers, which company is providing to them and to fulfil this purpose; they provide software to these companies.
Another news also come to known from the newspaper as the staff and officials of the company told them that the state is offering $30 million in the form of incentives to the company if the company hits all of its hiring and capital investment goals. South Carolina gave $10 million in the form of incentives to the Benefitfocus and the company beat its promises on jobs by 50 percent.
According to the senior officers of the company, Benefitfocus is having a lot of space to expand its business. Out of 18000 large employers working in the United States, less than 400 are on the company's software platform.
Google's tool Byteboard interview platform
In July 2019, Byteboard got launched publically. Google's tool Byteboard interview platform now caters to front-end, mobile, and web developers. The platform launched by Google's Area 120 product incubator to help HRM managers. It objectively and efficiently spot the best candidates through a project-based online interview. The platform is also helpful in hiring specialists and saves hundreds of hours of recruiters and engineers. It supports interviews for back-end and full-stack engineering staff, allowing businesses to test problem-solving abilities in seven languages, including Java, Python, Ruby, C++, C#, server-side JavaScript engine node.js, and Go. Furthermore also supports Android programming language Kotlin and Apple-backed Swift.
The Byteboard creates a technical interview experience and challenges applicants to solve real-world coding problems. Thus helping move firms away from high-pressure theoretical tests that might not surface an engineering candidate's true problem-solving abilities. The platform assesses for skills in role-related computer-science knowledge, code fluency, growth mindset, and communication. The mobile and web interviews also assess for domain-specific skills like performance, networking, and accessibility.
The Byteboard creates a technical interview experience and challenges applicants to solve real-world coding problems. Thus helping move firms away from high-pressure theoretical tests that might not surface an engineering candidate's true problem-solving abilities. The platform assesses for skills in role-related computer-science knowledge, code fluency, growth mindset, and communication. The mobile and web interviews also assess for domain-specific skills like performance, networking, and accessibility.
