Thursday, 18 April 2013

Tips for hiring Excel programmers



The profession of an Excel programmer is a highly esteemed one. There is a huge demand for Excel programmers today. Understandably if you are running or operating an organization or company, you may also require an Excel programmer or a team of excel programmers for your organization. It is possible that you are an expert in Excel programming or it might be that you only know a little. If you fall in the latter category, you have come to the right place. In this article you will learn a few tips that will help you pick up the ace Excel programmer from the numerous applicants you will receive for an opening for a job of that title. Here are the tips.

(1) Go to Google or Bing or DuckDuckGo or Baidu or Yandex or Naver or any major search engine.

(2) Type and search the phrase “hire Excel programmer” and quickly browse through the results.

(3) Look at the organic listings that have shown up on your monitor. It is advisable to stay away from paid listings. Go for the organic listings because they are often more pertinent to the question you are asking in the search box than purchased ones. It takes much time to get a top ranking on Google. Therefore by selecting a result from organic listings, you are ensuring you are getting the best results.

(4) After clicking on a link, go to the website or blog and look for a few things. Do you find any testimonials? Are there any written guarantees? How long that people or organization have been in that business? How experienced the people on that website or blog are? Is the owner of that organization running his or her company part-time? How many full-time programmers are there on the payroll of that website? Do you notice any authors, teachers, MVPs there? Are there any free downloadable examples? How many screenshots are there for visitors? Do people on that website have a LinkedIn profile? Do the owners display their full names and credible contact information? If the website looks legitimate?

(5) Once you have written down answers to all the questions, and you are convinced, contact the website people. Try to call them, or e-mail them, or make a personal visit.

(6) It is a better strategy to contact at least three firms simultaneously. The quality of a firm's work can be gauged through the time it takes for them to respond to your query. The language of their response will also help you determine their professional quality.

(7) It's better to ask them a rate for the whole project. Quality firms charge as much as US $100 an hour for their work. If you have a smaller project, it's better to ask for a quote for the whole project.

(8) Get a guarantee. It's important that you get a written guarantee that the firm will work just as stipulated.

(9) Contact with a few firms will offer you a general idea of the costs. After going through their promises and costs, wisely select a firm.

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Steve is passionate about writing and MS office consulting. He often writes about Excel Programmer and Excel consulting.

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