Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
I shouted with joy when it was announced that the completely vile practice of prospective employers demanding that you reveal your compensation history will (at least in MA) become illegal next year: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/business/dealbook/wage-gap-massachusetts-l

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2016-09-01 Thread Michael ODonnell
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Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Tom Buskey
+1 on Social networking (& LinkedIn to a lesser part) Where I am now is a small group (10-15). We all have 10+ years of experience (20+) and the youngest is 41(!). We want people we can work with when we hire so internal recommendations go to the top of the list. We were bought in Jan and HR

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
On 2016-09-01 14:39, Richard Kolb II wrote: > There's a GNHLUG jobs list? http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/MailingLists#Jobs_gnhlug_jobs > Richard Kolb II > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > > I've gotten one (1) job -- a contracting gig

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Richard Kolb II
There's a GNHLUG jobs list? Richard Kolb II On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > I've gotten one (1) job -- a contracting gig -- by way of a headhunter, > clear back in '91. Since then, I've left my name with a few headhunters, > but have gotten no good

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
I've gotten one (1) job -- a contracting gig -- by way of a headhunter, clear back in '91. Since then, I've left my name with a few headhunters, but have gotten no good leads, and one headhunter flat-out tried to screw me over. (Or lied. Or both.) Since I moved to NH in '93, I've gotten one job

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Arc Riley
My experience with recruiters is an extremely high signal:noise ratio. Increasingly, recruiters (not company staff) are conducting phone interviews, setting up on-site interviews themselves, and provide little to no information on the actual position you're interviewing for. I've had recruiters

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Jerry Feldman
As a contractor in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s I almost always used a headhunter. but now with LinkedIn, and the other online services companies post their jobs and get 1000s or applicants. When I was RA'd by IBM, the first thing I did was email a few people I know and that is how I ended up at Red

Re: tech recruiters you like?

2016-09-01 Thread Richard Kolb II
I would have to agree with the personal network comments. The last job that I applied for, and got, was in 2003. I've had 3 jobs since then, and they've all been through contacts from linkedin or a personal reference. Richard Kolb II On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 9:54 PM, Bill Ricker