Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area? • Hacker News Board

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by tcannon » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 5:46 AM UTC

Your website doesn't list the jobs you're hiring for, the industry you're in isn't very glamorous, nobody want to commute to San Bruno (you either live north or south and driving from one side sucks and driving from the other means you need a car) and I'm guessing low pay and little perks as far as new/fun technology.

Your website is listed on your profile, and I pulled the above together in about 2-3 minutes.

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by S4M » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 6:13 AM UTC

Why don't you use the "Who is hiring?" thread, or at least mention here what profiles you are looking for. Also, as arenaninja asks, have you tried remote? There are some inconvenience coming with it, but you will have access to a larger pool of candidates who will cost you less than SV engineers.

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by jhildings » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 10:11 AM UTC

The company site doesn't say much about the working environment, and candidates comparing you to other companies don't know what they get

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by eric_bullington » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 11:44 AM UTC

If you tried remote, you'd get access to a whole lot of high caliber candidates at a significantly lower price. You'd be pretty surprised at how many awesome developers are available when you're recruiting from the entire nation (or even world, if you're daring).

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by dogstraightup » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 3:12 PM UTC

OP- I am based in NY but have had success in filling engineering roles in the start-up space. A big factor (arguably the most important) is culture fit. I've had fairly good success understanding my client's needs and parameters and providing suitable candidates.

Feel free to write back and I can send you my email to continue the conversation. BOL!

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by pskittle » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 3:54 PM UTC

1. Go to meetups/hackathons/dev conferences. 2. Hire directly by talking to people you meet there. 3.Engineers have a strong aversion towards HR people and are more likely to pay attention to the founders or early hires. 4.Hire remotely ---> your talent pool increases dramatically

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by loumf » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 4:06 PM UTC

Try Hired.com and careers.stackoverflow.com -- For Careers, I have not used postings, just profile access. Everyone I have talked to that tried Hired loved it (but I have not)

Re: Suggestions for engineering recruiters in Bay Area?

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Post by vdee » Wed, Feb 04, 2015, 9:38 PM UTC

curtis wrote: post #8

I would suggest some serious outside-the-box thinking. Here are some ideas: * Try advertising on Reddit. I think Reddit will let you target specific sub-reddits, and I don't think their advertising is very expensive anyway. Right at this moment, r/programming claims to have "588,311 readers" and "1,059 users here now". Most of these people won't be in the Bay Area, but I would bet a significant fraction are. * Try ad…

Thanks for the advice.