How Recruiters Get Paid and Why They Deserve It
I find myself on the developer/recruiter fence frequently because I’m an occasional PHP developer who is learning Ruby on Rails while managing a team of Ruby on Rails programmers and serving as a HR and Recruiting Advisor to companies who are hiring developers. As a result I am a member of both PHP and Ruby [...]
Mastering Job Description Copy Is Hard Work
Writing a job description can seem like a simple enough task. You write a summary, list out responsibilities, add in a list of essential qualifications and skills, a blurb about the company, and details about how to apply for the job. So why is it that some jobs get tons of responses and others get [...]
No Brilliant Jerks!
Every company has something to say about their culture from an employer to candidate perspective. For some it is that they’ve got an environment full of smart peers, for others it is that they emphasize fun. Netflix took the time to sketch theirs. I love the part about no brilliant jerks. Great stuff that every [...]
Business Relationships That Matter
Earlier today I called up my personal insurance provider and the person who initially took my call thanked me for being a customer for 15 years. This phrase stuck with me after the call. I’ve been doing business with them for 15 years in that time I’ve never had to change insurance providers. Sure, they’ve [...]
How One Googler Recruits
When you read this Googler’s post titled ‘Looking for good Yahoo search engineers’ you might ask yourself, can’t Google afford recruiters? To that I want to point out that some of the best recruiting programs don’t involve traditional recruiting or recruiters. In this case there are a ton of people courting Yahoo Search Engineers right [...]
We asked, Julius Genachowski Answered (Sort-of)
Yesterday, in a post titled “Uncle Sam Needs To Meet His Web 2.0 Neighbors” we called for Team Uncle Sam to do a better job of reach out to people in the local tech community. Today’s quote of Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, published by GigaOM suggests that at least one leader in the Federal government is [...]
Adobe Systems CEO’s Favorite Interview Questions
I enjoyed today’s New York Times interview of Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems, so much that I would like to share an excerpt from it. Adam Bryant conducted the interview.
“Q. Talk about how you build a team.
A. My big belief in management is that people don’t change. You know, I’m highly unlikely at this [...]
What Is Your Job Match Grade?
How much time do you spend matching yourself up to the right (choose one: job, candidate, etc.)? Now be honest. This question applies to hiring teams tossing job descriptions out there as much as it does to job seekers and would be freelancers who are lobbing themselves at every opportunity.
First things first, credit is due [...]
The Myth of The Good Gate Keeper
This post is directed to two audiences in particular. The first is the management and executive team of companies and the second is the human resources and recruiting team of companies.
According to Wikipedia, in the social sense, “In an informal or social sense, diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain strategic advantage or [...]
When Only The Best Will Do
A few days ago I got a Tweet about the DC Metro train crash. Moments later an SMS Text Message. These were followed by messages, pokes and a flurry of phone calls. Some people wanted to know if I was ok. Others wanted to know if I had heard from a [...]
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