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The whole process sucks. We are trying to hire for our small startup and we have a few different recruiters. They seem to just send us random bodies off LinkedI

by joshu 15y ago

The whole process sucks. We are trying to hire for our small startup and we have a few different recruiters. They seem to just send us random bodies off LinkedIn - nobody particularly stellar, much less demanding of the 25% annual salary as commission. It's unreal. Someone needs to reinvent this market.

akronim 15y ago
I'm surprised you have to go via recruiters? I would have thought you have enough of a name that you would get applications (if you made enough noise about hiring). Maybe having a tweet or blog post in the last 6 months saying you're hiring might be cheaper than 25% :)
- megamark16 15y ago
  What really gets me is the fact that nobody (well, almost nobody) will hire remotely, I guess because they feel like they need a collaborative environment. I get that, but for the cost of living difference between SF and KC, you could easily afford to fly me out every other week or so for a couple of days and we could get our collaboration on! I don't mind coming out to beautiful Silicon Valley regularly, but I can't move my family out there (right away, anyway.)
- nradov 15y ago
  Why did you agree to 25%? Standard contingency fee is 20%. For multiple openings you can negotiate less.
  - joshu 15y ago
    I was approximating. Maybe it is 20%...
- joshu 15y ago
  I tweet about it all the time. Haven't seen a huge influx of resumes, unfortunately.
radley 15y ago
Look for local user group(s) on http://meetup.com http://meetup.com Bay Area Android & iOS groups have 50-300 attendees each month.
mithaler 15y ago
That's what these YC-funded guys are trying to do: http://www.hackruiter.com/ http://www.hackruiter.com/ They advertise to engineers, have them code FizzBuzz on the signup page, etc. I recently found a job through them, so naturally I recommend them.
- joshu 15y ago
  Yep. We met with them and gave them a ton of feedback. Looking forward to their next revision.

by joshu 15y ago

akronim 15y ago

I'm surprised you have to go via recruiters? I would have thought you have enough of a name that you would get applications (if you made enough noise about hiring). Maybe having a tweet or blog post in the last 6 months saying you're hiring might be cheaper than 25% :)

megamark16 15y ago
What really gets me is the fact that nobody (well, almost nobody) will hire remotely, I guess because they feel like they need a collaborative environment. I get that, but for the cost of living difference between SF and KC, you could easily afford to fly me out every other week or so for a couple of days and we could get our collaboration on! I don't mind coming out to beautiful Silicon Valley regularly, but I can't move my family out there (right away, anyway.)
nradov 15y ago
Why did you agree to 25%? Standard contingency fee is 20%. For multiple openings you can negotiate less.
- joshu 15y ago
  I was approximating. Maybe it is 20%...
joshu 15y ago
I tweet about it all the time. Haven't seen a huge influx of resumes, unfortunately.

radley 15y ago

Look for local user group(s) on http://meetup.com http://meetup.com Bay Area Android & iOS groups have 50-300 attendees each month.

mithaler 15y ago

That's what these YC-funded guys are trying to do: http://www.hackruiter.com/ http://www.hackruiter.com/ They advertise to engineers, have them code FizzBuzz on the signup page, etc. I recently found a job through them, so naturally I recommend them.

joshu 15y ago
Yep. We met with them and gave them a ton of feedback. Looking forward to their next revision.