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Re: Non-hiring Practices

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I'd encourage everyone to take it a step further. If the candidate is strong, then I send them links to job openings at some of our peers, partners, and even competitors (depending on skills). Sometimes we get people who are solid technically but just not the right fit for our culture or team. In this case, they may be a good fit for another team. Your meta goal is to get strong candidates to work in the larger ecosy…

YES.

I've done a bit of that sort of matchmaking for some great folks who've reached out to me. Its incredibly hard for most job seekers to know which businesses are a good fit (and vice versa) until they chat with each other.

I've done a surprising amount of that sort of matchmaking in the past 6 months (smart folks reach out to me, I redirect them to a place that would be an exciting fun fit for them right now). I'm pretty amazed as how awesomely its worked out for all those folks and associated companies.

It gives me great pleasure to be doing that matching for other people (and which I've never had the pleasure of getting myself).

[meta remark: its also been the first time I've seen how my ability to have a really good read on how folks will get along & what their strengths/weakness/growth areas are actually ridiculously useful. I'd long thought those two skills of mine are useless]

Re: Non-hiring Practices

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post #72

It is not merely rude but evil that anyone accepts a status quo of ignoring the unhired. +1000000 I have not often been in the job market, but every time I have, I've been stunned by this practice: Run an ad, get a bunch of resumes, ignore many of them. #1 Get this, all prospective employers: If you have time to run an ad, YOU HAVE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY RESPONSE. The typical response I usually get: "But we got so…

I love 37Signals - their products and their content, but this is the biggest issue I have with them - ignoring applicants. I've never shared the story of my efforts in applying to 37Signals, but this seems like a great time :) About 6 months ago, 37Signals advertised for a dedicated Conversion guy/gal: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3175-were-hiring-help-us-sign... This was very exciting for me. I'd been a long-time…

You spent a lot of time and effort into this company that you don't even work for. It's sad to see that job searching has come to this: doing the work for free to prove you can do the work.

Have you done this for other companies as well? How have they responded?

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