Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
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Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#21. Good idea.
2. Will recruiters be involved?
- Recruiters are always going to try to be involved in events like this. I guarantee that recruiters will try to attend by either posing as candidates in order to meet real candidates or by actually paying the $300 fee to attend as a hiring company. Maybe that's a good thing for hirelite's bottom line but is it a good thing for the event overall? This event seems like a good opportunity to cut recruiters out of the process but there doesn't seem to be any plan here to deal with this unavoidable contingency.
3. It says candidates who want to attend have to pass a programming test to qualify for free admittance.
- Wouldn't the programming test need to be tailored to the job each candidate is applying for - in which case it wouldn't make sense to give a test until during or after the event?
4. Is St Patrick's Day in NYC good or bad timing for a job interview?
5. In real speed dating, the 1-minute date is often strictly enforced. It says the interview will last 5 minutes. Is that a strict 5 minutes?
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#31. Good idea. 2. Will recruiters be involved? - Recruiters are always going to try to be involved in events like this. I guarantee that recruiters will try to attend by either posing as candidates in order to meet real candidates or by actually paying the $300 fee to attend as a hiring company. Maybe that's a good thing for hirelite's bottom line but is it a good thing for the event overall? This event seems like a g…
1. Thanks!
2. Recruiters will not be involved. They are one of the main reasons I created this - to get job seekers and companies talking directly.
3. Currently, the programming test is pretty simple (less than 10 lines of code) and is meant to qualify people that show up. We don't want to put people with no programming ability in front of companies.
4. Thank you so much for catching that. The date is actually the 16th (typo before).
5. We enforce the 5 minute limit.
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#41. Good idea. 2. Will recruiters be involved? - Recruiters are always going to try to be involved in events like this. I guarantee that recruiters will try to attend by either posing as candidates in order to meet real candidates or by actually paying the $300 fee to attend as a hiring company. Maybe that's a good thing for hirelite's bottom line but is it a good thing for the event overall? This event seems like a g…
1. Thanks! 2. Recruiters will not be involved. They are one of the main reasons I created this - to get job seekers and companies talking directly. 3. Currently, the programming test is pretty simple (less than 10 lines of code) and is meant to qualify people that show up. We don't want to put people with no programming ability in front of companies. 4. Thank you so much for catching that. The date is actually the 16…
- How will you identify a recruiter? Often they pretend to be a hiring company. And are you committed enough to the idea of them not attending that you are willing to turn down their offers to pay the $300 attendance fee?
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#5Site seems to be in progress still - the "companies attending" list is empty (http://hirelite.com/companies) and so is the blog (http://blog.hirelite.com/).
Interesting concept though, looking forward to seeing which companies will be attending. Will you be updating the blog as new companies are added?
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. Thanks! 2. Recruiters will not be involved. They are one of the main reasons I created this - to get job seekers and companies talking directly. 3. Currently, the programming test is pretty simple (less than 10 lines of code) and is meant to qualify people that show up. We don't want to put people with no programming ability in front of companies. 4. Thank you so much for catching that. The date is actually the 16…
- How will you identify a recruiter? Often they pretend to be a hiring company. And are you committed enough to the idea of them not attending that you are willing to turn down their offers to pay the $300 attendance fee?
I'm glad you're a stickler about recruiters. I am too. I am 100% committed to not having recruiters at this event, even if it means turning down money. They will ruin the experience.
For this particular event, the attendees will be primarily companies I know who are hiring and companies that read HN. I'll be monitoring the companies that sign up and kicking out people that I think are recruiters. I have a good handle on who is hiring tech talent in NYC right now, so I know the companies that are likely to show up. If they're not on my mental list, I'll be suspicious.
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
- How will you identify a recruiter? Often they pretend to be a hiring company. And are you committed enough to the idea of them not attending that you are willing to turn down their offers to pay the $300 attendance fee?
I'm glad you're a stickler about recruiters. I am too. I am 100% committed to not having recruiters at this event, even if it means turning down money. They will ruin the experience. For this particular event, the attendees will be primarily companies I know who are hiring and companies that read HN. I'll be monitoring the companies that sign up and kicking out people that I think are recruiters. I have a good handle…
"I have a good handle on who is hiring tech talent in NYC right now"
- Are you a recruiter?
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#8Site seems to be in progress still - the "companies attending" list is empty ( http://hirelite.com/companies ) and so is the blog ( http://blog.hirelite.com/ ). Interesting concept though, looking forward to seeing which companies will be attending. Will you be updating the blog as new companies are added?
For now, who shows up on the "companies attending" list is manually populated (when a company signs up, they send me a job post that I put on that page). I'm in the process of getting job descriptions from the attendees.
The blog is currently empty because I haven't written anything :). I plan to get some content up there this weekend.
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
- How will you identify a recruiter? Often they pretend to be a hiring company. And are you committed enough to the idea of them not attending that you are willing to turn down their offers to pay the $300 attendance fee?
I'm glad you're a stickler about recruiters. I am too. I am 100% committed to not having recruiters at this event, even if it means turning down money. They will ruin the experience. For this particular event, the attendees will be primarily companies I know who are hiring and companies that read HN. I'll be monitoring the companies that sign up and kicking out people that I think are recruiters. I have a good handle…
I am not a recruiter. I'm a developer. I know who's hiring because I've been watching the job boards and attending events in NYC for the last few months.
Re: Speed Dating for the Hiring Process: Software Talent in NYC
#10Is the programming test:
- online or offline?
- open book or closed book? (can the candidate use the internet?)
- timed or untimed?