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>The developers you want to hire are never applying to job listings. The are either gainfully employed, or directly contacting you because they have found your
by zedpm 13y ago
>The developers you want to hire are never applying to job listings. The are either gainfully employed, or directly contacting you because they have found your company and love what you do. This field is so saturated right now that the good developers can pick and choose the companies they want to work for.
There is certainly some truth here. I don't consider myself a particularly great developer, but I didn't apply for either my current job or for the previous one; I was contacted by management or the founder. At my previous job, we filled multiple development positions by contacting people we knew and convinced them to join us.
- fecak 13y agoReferrals and working for past co-workers seem to account for a good amount of hires at most of the small companies I've represented (independent recruiter), particularly over the past five years. It's not unusual to see teams reform again and again at new firms. But when a company grows significantly or needs to grow fast, it's difficult for that hiring model to scale.
- null_ptr 13y agoUnfortunate wisdom like "only the already-employed are worthy of employment" really hurts a lot of otherwise intelligent, hard working people. Isn't it a form of discrimination (and kicking someone when they're down)?