lscore720

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by lscore720 10y ago
You make interesting points, but I want to correct some false assumptions that may discourage younger, less experienced people browsing this thread for advice. A large part of my job is understanding the culture of companies and the softwar
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Ask HN: Georgia Tech MOOC MS/CS Experience
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by lscore720 10y ago
If you comb through HN threads related to recruiters, I promise you'll find less biased comments than mine, but I want to clear up your misconception. I'll grant you that most sales professions have a low barrier to entry, as they
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by lscore720 10y ago
Recruiting is probably not an appropriate career to leverage this skill - identifying talent is mainly the job of the hiring manager/team to determine. A recruiter's primary job is to find the talent and convince he/she to co
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Ask HN: Agency vs. internal recruiters?
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Ask HN: Startup CFO Compensation?
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Ask HN: Required Sign Up Pop-Up on Homepage?
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Ask HN: Ranking dev bootcamps when hiring?
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by lscore720 10y ago
I'm just an agency recruiter, so I'm at the whim of the employer. My experience trying to represent remote jobs has consistently been the opposite: the supply of qualified candidates is excellent versus the relatively few remote
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by lscore720 10y ago
Yeah, that sounds similar to our experience. We saw a fairly steady uptick in the difficulty of recruiting engineers between '11 and early '15, then a significant shift around early/mid last year. We've been able to re
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Ask HN: Hiring software engineers in '16 vs. prior years?
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Ask HN: Are ride-sharing pay rates sustainable?
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Ask HN: What stage of funding do you consider a red flag?
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by lscore720 11y ago
Recruiter here. You raise a good point: I think this takes the need for compensation transparency to an extreme. However, I strongly support this concept overall. Often, I see the offer letter essentially presented as a formality once the
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by lscore720 11y ago
DHH's perspective addresses some of your question: https://medium.com/@christophelimpalair/why-the-founder-of-r...
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by lscore720 11y ago
Depending on the situation, directly reaching out to the actual decision maker is far more effective. Every applicant is bombarding the recruiters with resumes, and it can sometimes be a black hole. If you directly send a message to the CT
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by lscore720 11y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong: a revolution could not actually happen, right? The militarization of law enforcement and advanced weaponry of our government would prevent the people from rising up. I find this discouraging, because I do see
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by lscore720 11y ago
I'm a tech recruiter that lived in Vegas for 6 months in 2012. Downtown was a bizarre, tiny pocket of tech startup angst that was struggling to establish an identity. There was ONE main coffee shop where seemingly everyone was pitchi
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by lscore720 11y ago
You have expectations that HR cannot meet, unfortunately. As an outside recruiter, I try to eliminate all layers between the candidate and hiring manager (AKA the individual who will acknowledge and apprectiate your github work!). I'
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by lscore720 11y ago
Hi All. I love HN and want to share - sorry in advance for my obnoxious opinions, but just sharing my thoughts on corporate dronism & the glorification of long hours.
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Grow a Backbone and Ditch Corporate(thebradlazarus.com)
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by lscore720 11y ago
First, I already addressed the main salary point in my original post. I don't need to respond to every random who wants to poke holes. I will address a couple issues you brought up in your reply. Just like I don't presume I kno
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by lscore720 11y ago
Do you have something valid to contribute? I'm all ears.
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by lscore720 11y ago
Awesome, thank you very much for sharing!
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by lscore720 11y ago
Interesting response. Loathe recuiters? Let's take it easy on the echo chamber cliche here. Yeah, lots of bad apples out there, but ask any reasonable professional: a good recruiter is extremely valuable. You did forget that there ar
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by lscore720 11y ago
I was addressing the bluff question. Further down in the comments, I address your point - note: I mostly agree with you.
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by lscore720 11y ago
Recruiter here. Good question. In the majority of cases, I would say your approach would be just as effective. However, I prefer asking because: 1) It's about gaining intelligence - not in a nefarious way. If enough candidates at t
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by lscore720 11y ago
Legally obligated, wow, never heard that one before! Good answer. When I'm talking to a reasonable candidate, that's all I need at the end of the day: an expectation $ range.
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by lscore720 11y ago
Recruiter here. Some may not like this answer, but: honesty is the best policy. Bluffing, or LYING, could backfire - especially if things escalate and they eventually learn about this. It's bullshit, especially for those who began th
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by lscore720 11y ago
Recruiting expert here! First off, a company "walking" without your salary information is a failure on their part, and their loss! However, to answer your question - I find the salary question to be a great indicator on many lev

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