I love how they have a "share on hackernews" button on the side. As if hn let's you submit more than one url at a time.
So the other way around: I would love to see tech recruiters with actual technical understanding.
What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
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Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#22In my opinion:
- designing your resume
- EQ
- having a deep, enthusiastic, and genuine interest in some aspect of the company
- Think of your resume like a poem
- visual representation of their experience/resume
These are great criteria for hiring a designer or marketing personnel, but these are TERRIBLE criteria for hiring a technical person.
In my fantasy world, a technical resume is in a monospaced font and is eminently readable; I would expect the resume to look good in a code editor.
My fantasy applicant would be very precise in the tech they list, and when asked questions, they would gripe about that technology all day long; if they can't complain about its shortcomings and pitfalls, they didn't use it.
They would not match the job criteria on the posting exactly, because the criteria on the job posting is for some fantasy developer that doesn't actually exist. I would instead expect them to have figured out the core of the actual stack and list it instead.
Sadly, my fantasy world doesn't exist, and we have to pretend we're designers to work around people like this who have no idea how to hire actual technical people.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#23I think recruiters should actually start giving a shit about the lives of engineers before making demands. - Actually try to get to know and understand a person - Dont use fill-in templates - Have some actual knowledge of tech (java != .net) - Dont make offerings for positions I worked on 10 years ago during college. - Dont be greedy. To just name a few...
And don't go around me and change my resume without telling me.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#24I love how they have a "share on hackernews" button on the side. As if hn let's you submit more than one url at a time. So the other way around: I would love to see tech recruiters with actual technical understanding.
These aren't "technical recruiters" they're recruiter's of technical professionals.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#25I think recruiters should actually start giving a shit about the lives of engineers before making demands. - Actually try to get to know and understand a person - Dont use fill-in templates - Have some actual knowledge of tech (java != .net) - Dont make offerings for positions I worked on 10 years ago during college. - Dont be greedy. To just name a few...
And don't go around me and change my resume without telling me.
That should be illegal. Especially if it's contract/contract-to-hire.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#26I'm surprised none of them mentioned the abominable "culture match". I've heard repeated complaints that it's much more important to be a brogrammer who likes craft beers, than it is to be any good at the actual programming.
It's possible this is because of the context. All of these recruiters/talent managers are from companies who have engineering profiles on Key Values. Their team has already spent a lot of time articulating what their engineering values are with the hope of connecting with engineers who share them.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#27I think recruiters should actually start giving a shit about the lives of engineers before making demands. - Actually try to get to know and understand a person - Dont use fill-in templates - Have some actual knowledge of tech (java != .net) - Dont make offerings for positions I worked on 10 years ago during college. - Dont be greedy. To just name a few...
I worked with a recruiter once and the way she treated me like an object to sling around to make her commission turned me off to the entire recruiting industry. I refuse to work with them again.
I prefer this treatment, because at least it feels honest to me. When a recruiter tries to pretend we're friends it really makes my skin crawl.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#28I love how they have a "share on hackernews" button on the side. As if hn let's you submit more than one url at a time. So the other way around: I would love to see tech recruiters with actual technical understanding.
These aren't "technical recruiters" they're recruiter's of technical professionals.
They used this term for themselves.
> Greg Banks: Recruiting Manager at Digit, previously a technical recruiter at CourseHero.
> Lana Herzig: Technical Recruiter at Dia&Co, previously at Quartet.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#29I'm surprised none of them mentioned the abominable "culture match". I've heard repeated complaints that it's much more important to be a brogrammer who likes craft beers, than it is to be any good at the actual programming.
I’ve been consulting the past year and a half. Recently I decided to contact some companies just to see what the landscape was like, and if I could maybe find an interesting opportunity that also paid well. On one of the first calls I had, the recruiter heavily implied that I was “not a culture fit” after I explained that I’m only interested in a job if it pays more than I currently make consulting (this particular j…
"I like having multiple clients over one employer. I like that there are no “interviews,” just my own confidence and sales skills to pitch proposals to clients. I like the autonomy, the lifestyle."
I agree the comments on salary are ridiculous, but the last paragraph implies heavily that you are not actually a "good culture fit" for a non-consulting job.
Re: What technical recruiters want from engineering candidates
#30In my opinion: - designing your resume - EQ - having a deep, enthusiastic, and genuine interest in some aspect of the company - Think of your resume like a poem - visual representation of their experience/resume These are great criteria for hiring a designer or marketing personnel, but these are TERRIBLE criteria for hiring a technical person. In my fantasy world, a technical resume is in a monospaced font and is emi…
A good balance between highly technical and creatively designed is to write your resume with TeX.