Technical recruiting and hiring is a competitive marketplace. Engineers and programmers are increasingly hard to find. In fact they are deleting their LinkedIn profiles in favor of looking for work within their peer networks. Our experts discuss how to source and hire technical talent quick and easy. These are great actionable ways to get started finding those purple squirrels today. This webinar is sponsored by Hackerrank.
9. SOURCING: A 20,000 FOOT VIEW
Source: Monster from Job Board to Social Media Giant http://b4j.co/stateofsourcing2014
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10. SOURCING & ASSESSING TALENT
Source: Global Human Capital Trends 2014 http://b4j.co/hc2014trends
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11. THE STATE OF TECHNICAL RECRUITING
• 67% of hiring managers said more
tech candidates are rejecting offers
compared to 1st half of 2014 !
• 61% of candidates are asking for
more money!
Source: June 2014 Tech Hiring Survey http://b4j.co/tech2014recruiting
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13. #1 – EMPLOYEE REFERRALS
Employee referrals: Smart developers know other smart developers!
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• A great channel for vetted
candidates!
• Highly effective for industry
hires!
• Incentivize with cash /
referral bonus!
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POLL QUESTION - #2
• How do you assess your technical talent? !
– Traditional Interview!
– Online Coding Challenge!
– Technical Assessment !
– References/Referrals !
– Gut Instincts !
19. #3 – HACKATHONS & CODESPRINTS
Back to school codesprint!
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• 1500 students; 87 colleges!
• 600 qualified!
• Top 10 coders: Princeton, MIT, Union
College and a junior from Aragon
high!
Score distribution!
Some sponsors!
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21. #4 – UNIVERSITY RECRUITING
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• Smart; eager talent!
• Core part of Yelp’s recruiting strategy!
• Use resources like HackerRank to
screen large volumes of candidates!
• Automation makes screening efficient
& effective!
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POLL QUESTION - #3
• Sourcing on social media is: !
– A waste of time!
– Not something I use !
– A great source!
– Requires to much work !
– I want to learn more !
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LEARN MORE ABOUT . . .
• Arron Daniels www.b4j.co/arrondaniels!
• Eli Alberts www.b4j.co/elialberts!
• Tejal Parkekh www.b4j.co/tejalparkekh!
• Jessica Miller-Merrell www.b4j.co/jmillermerrell!
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Resources: Global Human Capital Trends 2014 http://b4j.co/hc2014trends; Monster from Job Board
to Social Media Giant http://b4j.co/stateofsourcing2014; June 2014 Tech Hiring Survey
http://b4j.co/tech2014recruiting;
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