[Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs

[Lance Love]

I would have to agree with Brett.  
I am the Manager of Information Architecture (with 13 years of experience as an IA and Developer) for a major publishing house in Manhattan and it took over 6 months to fill two positions.  The bulk of my candidates were from recruiting firms who seemed to be ready to call anyone who had drawn a Visio doc and been in the workforce more than 3 years a "Senior Information Architect".  I had designers who wanted to make a shift into IA; I had BAs and FAs who knew how to draw flowcharts... it was a lot of work to find the appropriate candidates.
So... Giovanni, brace yourself and prepare to turn a lot of people away... but that is the price of working in an emerging discipline.  

regards,
Lance 

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:59:40 -0500
From: "Brett Taylor" <btaylor at roundarch.com>
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs
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Well, all IAs call themselves Senior, especially is they have worked on
one major project, when in fact they are not; its about money.

When we interview we have no problem telling them that we don't think
they fit the role as a senior IA; what ever that criteria really is. If
we like the person we will offer a position as a junior role with the
option of moving up to senior once it looked like they fit the bill.

So to answer your question, no we shouldn't have a watch dog group, nor
should we have a certification. How are you going to determin what gets
on that certification. At our company we have quite a few senior IAs and
all have different strengths.

If you're frustrated by the resume pool, just weed through it and don't'
call people in if you don't think they fit the role you're looking for,
or set your own criteria for your company. From the resumes I have seen,
you can tell if a person is senior or not.



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