Since 2014 we’ve been a remote company that hires remotely. We’ve seen all the challenges and made all the mistakes related to hiring remotely. Now we lend our expertise to you through our recruiting services! Have you run into these issues when hiring remotely? If so, we can help. Impersonation The remote interview process makes it easy for one person to sit down in a call or interview in place of someone else. Make sure you are hiring the person you’re talking with. Personal details – There is a massive amount of information we gather from hiring in person. We don’t get that remotely. Miss ..read more

We did these jobs so we know these jobs The best way to hire for technical skills is with people who are experienced with technology. Most recruiting companies do not have these skills in house. We do. We have people with experience in: Software Engineering Quality Assurance Agile Methodologies Software Engineering and QA Leadership Project and Program Management DevOps and System Administration Partnering with Technical Executives Our folks are able to assess candidates’ skills and send you people you’ll want to talk to. Best fit But as we all know, technical skills are just one part of a ..read more

Wellness for Everyone Our benefits for project employees (a.k.a. “contractors”) are solid… Healthcare We take care of 50% of project employees’ health insurance premiums and 100% of project employee’s dental and vision coverage. Life We provide a $25,000 life insurance policy for each project employee along with Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage. 401(k) Additionally, Beaufort Fairmont provides 401(k)s for all project employees matching each percent up to 3% and half a percent to one percent on then next two. In other words, if a project employee puts in 5% of their salary, we match ..read more

Introduction to Robot FrameworkIntermediate Robot Framework w Selenium I’ve released two courses on our new online training platform. “Introduction to Robot Framework” and “Intermediate Robot Framework with Selenium”. The first is now free here. The second is new. It contains what I normally teach in an entire day of my in-person training for only $25! You can find reduced prices in the RF Test Automation University course, RF Slack Channel and other places online! Let me know what you think of the courses! The post New RobotFramework Courses Online! appeared first on Beaufort Fairmont ..read more

We wanted to take the opportunity to welcome you to our brand new WordPress website, created by the award-winning website design and digital marketing agency, TheeDigital. Our goal was to provide our website visitors and clients with an aesthetic and modern website that more accurately represents our company. Just as important, we wanted to make sure it was easy to navigate and use no matter what device you’re on, so you could have the best possible experience while you’re here. We are thrilled with the result and hope you are too! Our new website is built on WordPress utilizing ..read more

Javascript and Java are NOT the same Over the last year, we’ve expanded into IT Staffing and Recruiting. In spinning that up, I’ve been doing a lot of interviews. I’ve been surprised at how many Automation Engineers and prospective SDETs apply for Javascript jobs and answer that they have X years of Javascript on the application, when they have used Java instead. I’ve even gotten to the point of asking folks to talk about the difference between the two languages in order to help isolate this issue. I’ve also met many technical folks who call Java programs, files or applications “java scripts ..read more

About a year ago, I tweaked our website and added “Improving the Lives of Software Professionals” to the bottom of the page. Most people probably didn’t notice, but it’s made a huge impact. More than a footer, more than a slogan, it’s our restated mission. Up until recently, our mission was to “make a positive impact on the world through test automation”. That worked fine, but I’ve found it’s difficult to measure. I’ve also found changing the world for the better is vague. A positive impact for one person is not for another. I like the size of the former mission — it is big. It aligns with a p ..read more

Register Now! Recently, I released my first Test Automation University course, Introduction to Robot Framework. Many of you who have taken the course asked for more. So I’ve decided to create a new lesson for Robot Framework and to provide it here, for free, in our webinars. In this webinar, we’ll learn how and when to make tests interact directly with Python. Together, we’ll go through examples and you’ll have a chance to attempt to complete challenges on your own. A foundational level of experience with Robot Framework is needed (hint: go take my course, it’s just one hour). Some experience ..read more

Today, I’m excited to announce my new course, “Introduction to Robot Framework” is available on Test Automation University. This course is a scaled-down, 1 hour, beginner’s version of our 5-day, in-depth Robot Framework course. If you like the TAU version, you’ll love our remote or in-person course. If your testers want to save their written test cases, write them in human -readable form, and execute them with automation this tool is the perfect fit! It requires little to no programming experience and teams ramp up fast! Our 5-day course is the perfect accelerator for your team. Likewise, Rob ..read more

Register now! Everyone has been using API testing and seeing the benefits from it over the last few years. Many of us are seeing now what the services layer of test automation has the ability to help with. One aspect of service layer tests is ensuring contracts between systems, services, and subsystems are aligned and stay aligned. This is where contract-driven testing can help. Join me at June 24th at 1:00pm EDT for a brief introduction to contract driven testing to see a demo of one of the javascript based contract testing tools called PACT.  A little bit about Paul ..read more