Tech hiring

speaker: Tushar event: Hackers and Painters ** hackertrail hiring for gen y ** post and pray ** new trends in recruitment

treat recruitment like a sales pitch
“moneyball” recruitment strategy scientific data-driven approach
hire for attitude, train for skill
non-traditional recruiting on the rise referral based try, then buy ** wooing the right candidates
90-95k tech jobs (according to MOM)
clear and focused job profile (2-3 most important things)
employees are the best advocates
attention is the new currency
inspiring curiosity
be transparent
assess objectively
act fast, make the offer ** gen y mindset
instant gratification ** tips for employers
build your company social profile
post at least one relevant update a day
create a 1 min company video (powtoon / fiverr)
hiring more than 5 people a year use an application tracking system (recruiterbox)
hunt for candidates (hackertrail)
assess candidates with consistency (hackertrail, codility) ** tips for jobseekers
meet your peers, your boss’s boss
ask for a training budget (linda.com, treehouse, codeschool) ** assessing candidates with programming tasks ** internship internship as the pipeline sginterns ** pricing 500 - 3000 per campaign (max 3 jobs)