Ask HN: For those trying to hire how hard is it to find people currently?

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 5:40 PM UTC

bostik wrote: post #137

vlod wrote: post #44

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>but people seem so unmotivated right now to work and learn Hmm.. not been my experience and not for me specifically. My attitude to interviewing (when I was on that side of the fence), was to hire for (I hate to say it as it's subjective), by perceived IQ and their drive to learn/get stuff done. It usually worked out quite well for my hires. ATM, I'm getting rejected for the most stupid f.things of not knowing some…

> My thoughts is that there's so many candidates (or maybe posting bots?), that if all checkboxes are not ticked, they can discard them. About 25 years ago, friend used to have a bullshit detector skill in the job spec requirements. "Experience with: [real things], RFC 1149, [at least one more real thing]." Anyone who claimed experience in that one was automatically rejected. And yes, that was well before a Norwegian…

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Post by linsomniac » Fri, Oct 20, 2023, 5:57 PM UTC

transcriptase wrote: post #63

linsomniac wrote: post #23

A couple weeks ago we put a advert out on Indeed and also listed it here on HN. Initially we didn't have any further qualifications beyond the job post, which did indeed go into details on the job and requesting a cover letter. After spending a couple days of 2-3 hours each on reviewing resumes that were "only ok", we started adding additional hoops for getting resumes in, and also tried to put in a gatekeeper to rea…

I can sit there and spend significant time per application elegantly explaining how the details I've already put in my resume are relevant to the job description, only to have it never reach a human because a poorly designed parser didn't find a keyword or ML gave it 1 point under a set score threshold. Or a human could just read the resume.

I'm slogging through resumes now and thought back to your reply above...

Here's the thing: If you're willing to accept that your resume will be passed over in preference for people who wrote a cover letter, that's fine, but a curious position to be in if you are looking for a job...

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