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I have a lot of recruiter contacts, especially through recruitingblogs.com. I’m planning a Q&A series with recruiters, and would like to know from you: what do you want to learn from recruiters? Email me or leave your questions in the comments here.| |
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My column at Recruitingtrends.com has evidently been up for a while, but I missed the email telling me. Gotta clean out that inbox.| |The column is: Using Writing and Speaking to Recruit Candidates, Part 2| |You can’t leave comments there, so please do so here.| |
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I ran a workshop recently about hiring for an agile team, and one of the people learning to interview said, “I want a candidate who can take criticism.” I replied, “Don’t you mean feedback?” He asked, “What’s the difference?” | | Oh, boy.
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How much time will you have to devote to getting me up to speed? | |* Who are the strongest performers on the staff and would they be willing resources to help me with day-to-day questions and processes? | |* What are the biggest problems that need resolution within the first six months?
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SlackerManager agrees with me in his How do you hire great people?. I said Hire for Intangibles; You Can Teach Technical Skills.| |It’s a person’s attitude, passion, and ability to work with other people that counts.| |
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They both asked a question like this, “With all this Agile stuff, where am I going to find the testers I need?” | | Agile breaks the some of the barriers between developers and testers. Both developers and testers need to write code (or scripts).
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In a recent workshop, one of the participants explained, “I like to ask personal questions to see if the candidate will fit in with the team socially.” | | Well, that’s a n illegal discrimination. * in the US, but not in other places.
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