Anyone find it difficult to hire

[apfannestiel]

Hi all!  We find it difficult to hire good ServiceNow developers in Colorado or Dallas.  Does anyone have suggestions?

[NicholasJ184061]

Certainly try to and that's great advice in concept; It's a great approach we endorse - but when you're starting and the only training available is from ServiceNow, the leap to get to a solid foundation to grow is quite steep. The ramp up time is considerable - years and by then the platform has changed, and the original employee has moved on (even after investing in them - folks don't stay at one company anymore). ie - we don't have existing senior people to shadow and our "team" of one is lean.  We started and completed our initial implementation with a consultant and now we need to expand and grow our platform quickly to get a return on the investment - after SN increases the costs to renew our licenses. 

All of your points are valid though - I don't disagree with any of it.  It's just not entirely practical at the moment.

[Phil Scherry]

Do they really need to be in Colorado or Texas?  Why can't they work remotely from anywhere in the world?

Hopefully, you only require them to be on-site because of security issues (think DOD Top Secret).  People with that clearance and those skills are unicorns.

[Neo-Leo]

Most likely for tax reasons.

[NicholasJ184061]

HR policy that is not within our control.  In addition to (as already mentioned), payroll taxes and having to register in every state employees reside in.  Being a City - we try to be responsible with taxpayers money keep funds within the City if we can, or not pay the extra expense incurred by hiring outside of the State.

[AntJudge]

Curious what's actually driving this challenge. Is it more that there just aren't enough experienced local devs in the market, or is it visa/sponsorship stuff, or comp expectations outpacing budgets? Trying to understand if it's a supply problem or a matching problem.