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by fecak 11y ago
Understood. Perhaps my comment was ambiguous. My question is "Would you rather speak to current and former employees about their experience at the company than to rely on potentially faked reviews, and if so, are you usually granted
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by fecak 11y ago
Question for Sam if he's reading. I've never seen someone speak about Glassdoor in reference to making an investment decision. Obviously, most Glassdoor references we would see might be regarding decisions to apply to a company or
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by fecak 11y ago
Much of the career advice I provide serves to counteract poor advice given by parents or university career counselors. Even most general career advice doesn't apply to the industry.
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Salaries don't increase for an entire career in most cases, and once you hit a certain number of years in the industry we tend to see salaries plateau where some job seekers will receive (and perhaps accept) offers below their current
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by fecak 11y ago
Recruiter here, just a couple ticks younger than you, and the less experienced recruiters probably won't look past your age. The key for you is delivering a clear marketing message that can't be misinterpreted by even the dumbest
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by fecak 11y ago
Thanks! And I think your point is pretty well made. Because of how attitudes towards job change have developed over time from being negatively labeled a 'job hopper' to now having it accepted (and somewhat expected), older devs te
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by fecak 11y ago
Most of my clients are, as you mention, skeptical of employees with incredibly long tenures marked by limited accomplishments and static skills. I also can't speak as to the percentage of potential 'age bias incidents' that s
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by fecak 11y ago
I don't believe that most anecdotal claims of age bias are truly a bias against someone's age, but rather a bias against someone who had a long tenure at a single company perhaps with a single technology on a single product develo
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by fecak 11y ago
Advocating for them - full transparency, I'm a parent of a low-functioning daughter with autism. I wouldn't support an organization that tried to develop prenatal testing for autism.
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"us" certainly could be referring to just those students. My reaction was based on the interpretation of "us" as "those with autism". There is a trend of the high functioning population (see 'neurodiverse&
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by fecak 11y ago
When you say "most of us are comfortable with the fact that we're different", keep in mind that you are now speaking for many children and adults with autism that are entirely incapable of expressing whether or not they are o
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Why are students attending bootcamps that won’t yield a college degree?(washingtonpost.com)
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So You Say You're an Expert?(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 11y ago
I've recruited for a mix of startups and large companies over my career (all startups now), and I've had lots of clients that were working straight 40s with the occasional overtime. I've also had companies that wanted 60+ hou
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Job Searching on Mobile? You've Been Warned(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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I hear the misalignment of incentives argument quite often and I've written about that several times. If we are talking about an agency recruiter representing 15 different candidates for one position, clearly the alignment isn't t
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by fecak 11y ago
It's much less difficult in situations where you aren't live - negotiating via email, for example, gives you time to think through ramifications and scenarios. I talk quite a bit to people negotiating offers, and the overwhelming
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by fecak 11y ago
It's sometimes called an 'informational interview', happens quite a bit in the market I work in (Philly).
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by fecak 11y ago
As a recruiter, even I often refer people to Patrick's article on salary negotiation, and I agree with much of it. There are a couple points that weren't covered that I think are valuable. First, negotiating live is often difficul
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Negotiating Offers That Meet Your Asking Price(linkedin.com)
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What Makes Developers Happy? Survey Analysis(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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Agreed, but you might be stunned by how many think they do (and are unwilling to trim it down).
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What Your 6 Page Resume Says About You(jobtipsforgeeks.com)
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by fecak 11y ago
Great post as always Aline. I'd be most curious as to how well anonymity was kept. Did interviewees identify their employers, schools, or any other information that might create bias while in the interview itself? I've been recrui
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by fecak 11y ago
This isn't about GitHub the company, but rather is about GitHub users. I'm not sure if you may be alluding to some of the allegations of misconduct against GitHub employees, but this piece isn't about GitHub employees.
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by fecak 11y ago
I own my recruiting agency, and I don't care what your last salary was. I do care about what you are looking for so I don't waste your time, my time, or the client's time. I also realize that any target range you give me befo
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Ask HN: Developer Happiness Survey
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by fecak 11y ago
Agreed - I used spreadsheets longer than I care to admit. If you ever want to pick an agency recruiter's brain to get another perspective I'm happy to help.
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Categorizing candidates beyond just buzzwords, integrations with other common tools/sites, general applicant tracking issues through full process, effective mail lists/merges. I've used a few systems but none that I've s
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by fecak 11y ago
As an agency recruiter I've been underwhelmed by some of the software on the market. Is Lever designed for use by agencies as well as hiring companies, or is it specific to internal hiring? There would be a fair amount of overlap in fu

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