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Recruiters don't need PhDs, they need to be perceived as caring (and the most straight way to acheive that is to actually care). I agree although I do believe

by Peroni 15y ago

Recruiters don't need PhDs, they need to be perceived as caring (and the most straight way to acheive that is to actually care). I agree although I do believe a lot of clients are jaded by their own experiences with poor recruiters. If I pick up the phone to speak to a candidate almost all will take my call and answer my questions however when I call a prospective client for the first time they are usually skeptical as some receive dozens of calls a day from recruiters all claiming to be the best in their respective field. The key is differentiating yourself from the herd. Hopefully this blog will play a small part in doing that eventually.

bambax 15y ago
> If I pick up the phone to speak to a candidate almost all will take my call and answer my questions Well, yes, candidates don't have much to lose by talking to a recruiter, and the potential reward is high; for a prospective client the potential reward to talk to yet another recruiter is low / nonexistent, since they're probably already in business with one, and one is enough? But that doesn't mean candidates like recruiters more than clients do; they have different incentives. (What you're trying to do is great, BTW).
invalidOrTaken 15y ago
In that vein, if you're aching for ways to distinguish yourself, I think there are few opportunities better than what you've got: right now, you're the most-loved recruiter on HN, and you're a (relative) expert on something most hackers are interested in, but not enough to become experts in. You could leverage that quite a bit with a series of blog posts on hiring negotiation, how to find a job using weird technology stack X (If I could find anyone to pay me to work remotely with clojure...wow), etc. As a comparison, I'm sure Gabe Levine got the option for a lot of new business after the "Fuck You. Pay Me" presentation. He suddenly became the lawyer that freelancers...liked. http://mylawyergabe.com/ http://mylawyergabe.com/ Among HN users, sunchild is a "lawyer I know knows about software"...and there are worse positions in which to be. All I'm saying is that I suspect it's worth quite a bit to be trusted by hackers as a recruiter who knows his stuff and won't screw them over.
- Peroni 15y ago
  you're the most-loved recruiter on HN Aw shucks. But seriously, there have been some excellent suggestions for future blog posts that will be relevant to the people here on HN and I fully intend on writing some decent content over the next week or two so stay tuned.

by Peroni 15y ago

bambax 15y ago

> If I pick up the phone to speak to a candidate almost all will take my call and answer my questions Well, yes, candidates don't have much to lose by talking to a recruiter, and the potential reward is high; for a prospective client the potential reward to talk to yet another recruiter is low / nonexistent, since they're probably already in business with one, and one is enough? But that doesn't mean candidates like recruiters more than clients do; they have different incentives. (What you're trying to do is great, BTW).

invalidOrTaken 15y ago

In that vein, if you're aching for ways to distinguish yourself, I think there are few opportunities better than what you've got: right now, you're the most-loved recruiter on HN, and you're a (relative) expert on something most hackers are interested in, but not enough to become experts in. You could leverage that quite a bit with a series of blog posts on hiring negotiation, how to find a job using weird technology stack X (If I could find anyone to pay me to work remotely with clojure...wow), etc. As a comparison, I'm sure Gabe Levine got the option for a lot of new business after the "Fuck You. Pay Me" presentation. He suddenly became the lawyer that freelancers...liked. http://mylawyergabe.com/ http://mylawyergabe.com/ Among HN users, sunchild is a "lawyer I know knows about software"...and there are worse positions in which to be. All I'm saying is that I suspect it's worth quite a bit to be trusted by hackers as a recruiter who knows his stuff and won't screw them over.

Peroni 15y ago
you're the most-loved recruiter on HN Aw shucks. But seriously, there have been some excellent suggestions for future blog posts that will be relevant to the people here on HN and I fully intend on writing some decent content over the next week or two so stay tuned.