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But the final pairing between companies and seekers is still going to be extremely asymmetrically one-to-many... aside from stroking developers' egos, how is th

by andreyf 17y ago

But the final pairing between companies and seekers is still going to be extremely asymmetrically one-to-many... aside from stroking developers' egos, how is this model superior?

alain94040 17y ago
For one, it self-selects developers who are proactive, with a can-do attitude. They are most likely above average, so that in turn should attract good companies. I know I would look around to see what talent is there. I know there is an argument that the greatest coders would not bother. That's probably true, but you may get access to the level immediately below: not bad...
seiji 17y ago
I think there will be more job seekers than employer representatives. Not everybody wants to plaster their name on a webpage saying "I'm looking for a job!" It's also before (and close to) SHDH 36, so people will have reason to be in the area. We'll see how it goes next Saturday.
- jf 17y ago
  I expected there to be more job seekers than employer representatives, but as of now (time_t: 1262991491) there are more companies signed up for the "recruiter" mailing list than there are on the "job seeker" mailing list. As far as seeing "how it goes", the reason we are using mailing lists for "signup" is so we can gauge the success of the event not just on Saturday, but 30, 60 and 90 days after the event.
jf 17y ago
We hope that this model will help highlight developers strengths and shorten the hiring pipeline for the companies that are hiring. Success at a typical job fair requires that the job seekers have a certain amount of personal salesmanship. We changed the format of this event to highlight the strengths of developers - many developers aren't comfortable promoting themselves. Additionally, there is no way for recruiters to judge the technical competency of job seekers at a typical job fair. Because of this most hiring pipelines start with a technical phone screen, which isn't always done by an engineer - it's pretty easy to convince engineers to come to this job fair and to technical screening: SuperHappyDevHouse is immediately afterwords.

by andreyf 17y ago

But the final pairing between companies and seekers is still going to be extremely asymmetrically one-to-many... aside from stroking developers' egos, how is this model superior?

alain94040 17y ago

For one, it self-selects developers who are proactive, with a can-do attitude. They are most likely above average, so that in turn should attract good companies. I know I would look around to see what talent is there. I know there is an argument that the greatest coders would not bother. That's probably true, but you may get access to the level immediately below: not bad...

seiji 17y ago

I think there will be more job seekers than employer representatives. Not everybody wants to plaster their name on a webpage saying "I'm looking for a job!" It's also before (and close to) SHDH 36, so people will have reason to be in the area. We'll see how it goes next Saturday.

jf 17y ago
I expected there to be more job seekers than employer representatives, but as of now (time_t: 1262991491) there are more companies signed up for the "recruiter" mailing list than there are on the "job seeker" mailing list. As far as seeing "how it goes", the reason we are using mailing lists for "signup" is so we can gauge the success of the event not just on Saturday, but 30, 60 and 90 days after the event.

jf 17y ago

We hope that this model will help highlight developers strengths and shorten the hiring pipeline for the companies that are hiring. Success at a typical job fair requires that the job seekers have a certain amount of personal salesmanship. We changed the format of this event to highlight the strengths of developers - many developers aren't comfortable promoting themselves. Additionally, there is no way for recruiters to judge the technical competency of job seekers at a typical job fair. Because of this most hiring pipelines start with a technical phone screen, which isn't always done by an engineer - it's pretty easy to convince engineers to come to this job fair and to technical screening: SuperHappyDevHouse is immediately afterwords.