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After a long break in episodes we are back with the topic of Agile Recruitment Woes: the state of Agile Job Market and evident need for professional recruiters to evolve, exploring new Candidate Skills Test Automation methods that now become emergent on the market. CONSIDER SUBSCRIBING if you are not already, as your support and interest mean a lot to this self-funded initiative.

This week I'm back with a PSA Episode to tell you about the Latest and Greatest that's been happening behind the scenes at JoinAgile - our launch of Skills Testing Portal, what it is about, and more.

What is Lean Leadership and why is its presence so important to success of any Lean-Agile transformation? On this episode we'll discuss key Lean Thinking principles and how your company Leadership should adopt those in order to truly embrace the New Ways of Working, for the greater good of their company, employees and ultimately the Customer. Please enjoy and share with your friends.

As an aspiring Lean-Agile professional you will benefit from better understanding some of the Agile Coaching terms and common analogies used to describe the state of a certain situation. Today we'll talk about one of those - "The Knife is falling", or "Do not try and catch a falling knife"...

Agile Project Management professional area is full of misconceptions and myths, such as the infamous "Sprint Zero".

I'm here to tell you that there is no such thing, and that you should get your Agile Fundamentals and basic Scrum Knowledge straight first, before diving into made-up theories and Frankenstein derivatives of how to do things in Agile Delivery of End-User value...

On this episode I will quickly recap the foundation of Scrum Method and why there is NO Sprint Zero (or at least there should not be one).

Obsessing with Agile Collaboration Tools is not a good thing, when you should be focusing on learning fundamentals, taking your time to embrace and properly understand principles and values of Agile. Tools do things their own way and create an artifical frame around something that should be second nature to true Agile practitioners. Until you are in that mature Agile mindset, focusing on Tools too much would only detract from your professional progress towards your career goal and professional image.

Agile Certifications and other achievements are important part of your career progress and overall journey as a professional, and could be a valuable tool to prove your worth to the hiring company, when you compete with other professionals for that new Agile job.

Problem is, some people take it too far (arguably), and start displaying long lists of often doubling up certifications and titles next to their name on LinkedIn and similar professional social networks.

On this episode I express my personal - yet educated - opinion about why this might produce the wrong impression and turn some more educated and picky professionals away from your profile and general persona that you're trying to portray.

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Career change is hard, and Agile job market remains competitive as ever. I'm here to help you with a few high level but actionable tips that will help you on this journey, should you seriously pursue a new Agile role. Check out the YouTube channel and links to my books on Amazon if you'd like more all-rounded information on the matter, and more content-rich updates, rather than just audio...

Lean Kanban is different from Agile Scrum even though both Agile Project Management and Delivery Methods serve a similar purpose of delivering value to the end User. Learn about all the key differences in this short and sweet episode! Check YouTube JoinAgile channel if you'd prefer a video version.