Comments on: 3 Things I’ve Learned To Recruit Great Hackers

By: Peter Chee

Peter Chee — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:08:16 +0000

Joe, you always have solid hiring advice. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

By: joe heitzeberg

joe heitzeberg — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:48:15 +0000

Touché!

By: hoffmanc707

hoffmanc707 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:40:55 +0000

don't ever apologize for a short post

By: hoffmanc707

hoffmanc707 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:40:27 +0000

never apologize for short posts

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By: joe heitzeberg

joe heitzeberg — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:29:22 +0000

Good point. We take little white boards to career fairs and ask coding questions on the spot. Also, we always follow the career fair up with a same-day informal private event, which serves as a 2-way “fit” conversation. Thus, we're completing a pretty solid screen at the career fair itself.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:01:16 +0000

“Give informal presentations and brown bags, show up to the affiliate dinners, drop in to student open houses. Hold “meet ups” after recruiting fairs and invite the best students.”
And conduct interviews instead of directing students to apply online. Too much behavior like that killed student attendance at the career fairs here.

By: joe heitzeberg

joe heitzeberg — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:44:45 +0000

Just borrowing from Casey Kasem. Maybe its old school…

By: User

User — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:27:37 +0000

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By: Voila

Voila — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:41:58 +0000

> don’t just who up at the annual career fair at 5 schools

Spellcheck is necessary but not sufficient.