Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#1

Post by purafile » Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 8:09 PM UTC

Hey. I've recently been using AngelList and LinkedIn for hiring for our company but its hit and miss. I know the monthly hiring threads are great but wanted to you lot if there are other great resources?

Thanks for the pointers!

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#2

Post by jamalrashid » Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 8:11 PM UTC

Meet-ups and local user groups are great sources of talent. They are frequent if you’re located in a tech hub

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#3

Post by pitcher » Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 8:16 PM UTC

I find twitter to be a great way to find people interested in a specific area or technology. Use hashtag searches or lists to find potential hires. I haven’t used this but I can see myself doing it if I needed to hire today

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#4

Post by bnt » Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 8:26 PM UTC

What sort of role? Local or remote?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#5

Post by purafile » Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 9:23 PM UTC

bnt wrote: post #4

What sort of role? Local or remote?

Local over remote... lots of resources for remote roles

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#6

Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 6:54 AM UTC

Stackoverflow ads maybe? What about through networks?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#7

Post by masonic » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 7:46 AM UTC

What company?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#8

Post by dyeje » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 8:58 PM UTC

There's no silverbullet here, work as many channels as you're willing to open (local recruiter, meetups / user groups, ask your team to search their network, job boards, social media) and make sure you have a good interview process.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#9

Post by arenaninja » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 2:27 AM UTC

purafile wrote: post #5

bnt wrote: post #4

What sort of role? Local or remote?

Local over remote... lots of resources for remote roles

I would start by not referring to people as resources

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to find people looking for a role?

#10

Post by arenaninja » Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:41 AM UTC

I've used AngelList (successfully) and LinkedIn (landed interviews but no roles) in the past. I currently have a role but I will answer anybody that reaches out to me. I tend to look for the following:

1) role/title alignment with career goals - this also covers tech stack being interesting

2) benefits - specifically 401k, in the US all employers offer healthcare so unless yours is exceptional I don't think it's worth promoting

3) salary; it doesn't need to be FANG level but if it doesn't beat my current role there's no point in starging a conversation