Hire a web designer not a Ninja

Never look for Ninja qualities while hiring a web designer

Like any normal businessman I had my own fears while starting up my organization that too a one which will cater to the offshore outsourcing business in IT sector. First and foremost I wanted a set of people who not only had expertise in their field but also sense of responsibility towards their work and followed work ethics to the core and trust me this was really daunting.

So to begin with I first stepped into my customers shoe to see what would i want from a firm and its employee if I had to outsource my business and that too to a organization which is based in some other part of the world. I penned down a few things to make things before I started hiring people.

Firstly I was looking for people who had all the knowledge about coding, designing and layouts of a website. But then again bookish knowledge is not all that I was looking for, I needed a person who also had experience in web development along with the knowledge.

But again with that kind of experience and knowledge I also wanted the person to be imaginative and creative at the same time. Because only if you are creative and can design something out of the box you can create a buzz in the market.

Now when you are working in a IT sector one always need to be updated with the ever growing technology and things around it.

You can not sit with one veggie and create a buffet for your guests

You need to have plenty of stuff to do so. One has to think ahead as there will be a day when you have to update, modify the website or the apps as per the requirement of the client and time.

One of the most important quality that was taken into account was the communication skills. If the communication skills of the web developer are not good it can be major draw back. The developer will face problems in both understanding the customer and their needs along with what he would like to convey to them.

OK I know this one may not stand true for all but in my case I would really want someone with high patience levels and also know the tricks to get rid of those hackers and their viruses. We all know it may take ages while testing program or detecting that one bug that can totally destroy you.

SEO is a crucial aspect in web development and hence the developer should be well aware of that ways and tools to build and design a website for the search engines too.

Along with all the above mentioned, the developer should also be ready to improve his skill sets. As in should know more languages to work on by which I don’t mean the ones we speak but the ones used to develop a website for example PHP, CSS, Java etc.

Last but not the least is the trust. You need to trust your developer with what he brings to the table using his skills. But this doesn’t mean that you can’t question, you definitely can but if you doubt them its better to avoid that job other wise you may land yourself in soup.

I know it will be stupid of me to get all the check-boxes ticked but at least I would look most of them in a web developer.