Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This
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@wwalker817 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
Let it be known that I may be the first account manager/recruiter to get on this forum along side Landry Morren. lol Thank you Paul and Landry for introducing me to this site. My name is Weston Walker and I'm an account manager for Diversant here in Irving. If anyone is a hiring manager and looking for IT candidates (Contract, Contract to perm. or perm.) for an upcoming project or just in general, please feel free to reach out to me. If you are looking to make a change in your career, I can connect you with one of our in-house recruiters and assist as well. I'm really looking forward to networking on here and please feel free to reach out anytime.
Weston Walker
Diversant, LLC
Email: [email protected]
Cell phone: (817) 729-5978Awesome, welcome to the community!
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@scottalanmiller Thanks for having me!
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@wwalker817 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller Thanks for having me!
Welcome to the
madhouseclub! Feel free to actually take part and all so we know you're not a robot.
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@dafyre "Select the picture(s) below that have a street sign in it." Hahaha
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@wwalker817 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@dafyre "Select the picture(s) below that have a street sign in it." Hahaha
Thanks and glad to be a member of the club.Seriously, we do have that functionality. Miss one and you're done for!
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I just heard about this page yesterday. I work as an Account Manager at Diversant; I work with Weston, who commented above.
Although I am not a recruiter, I would be more than happy to sit down with anyone over lunch, coffee, a happy hour, etc. who would be willing to help me improve my knowledge of current technologies. That way I can also arm my recruiters with better information for their search. Just putting people in chairs, or throwing tons of candidates at managers just hoping one will stick, is not how I like to do business. I want to make sure that there is a good fit for both my clients as well as the candidates I submit. I get that many recruiters/staffing companies have a bad rap, but I try my best to differentiate myself by getting involved in communities like this. If anyone would be interested please feel free to send me a chat on this site, and I'd be happy to pass my contact info along and get something set up!
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@lmorren1148 welcome!!
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@scottalanmiller Thank you! I wish I had found out about this site sooner. I look forward to getting more involved with this community and learning more about the industry.
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@lmorren1148 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller Thank you! I wish I had found out about this site sooner. I look forward to getting more involved with this community and learning more about the industry.
Us too. Always looking for fresh insights and perspectives.
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@lmorren1148 welcome, great to see you guys joining us.
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@scottalanmiller Same for us. I think there is plenty of value in the information to be shared on both sides. We get an opportunity to learn about tech from the people with boots on the ground, and we can share a perspective from the client side on interview process, best practices, hot projects, etc.
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@StrongBad thank you, great to be here. Hopefully this proves to be fruitful for all parties.
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@lmorren1148 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller Same for us. I think there is plenty of value in the information to be shared on both sides. We get an opportunity to learn about tech from the people with boots on the ground, and we can share a perspective from the client side on interview process, best practices, hot projects, etc.
And a chance to learn about who is available, get the word out more about opportunities, etc.!
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@scottalanmiller said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@lmorren1148 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller Same for us. I think there is plenty of value in the information to be shared on both sides. We get an opportunity to learn about tech from the people with boots on the ground, and we can share a perspective from the client side on interview process, best practices, hot projects, etc.
And a chance to learn about who is available, get the word out more about opportunities, etc.!
Exactly, I don't know why I hadn't really thought about posting info on the open jobs we had either. I'm sure there are plenty of highly-qualified IT pros on here that our recruiters don't have in their database. I might see what our team needs some help on a try a trial run in the next day or two.
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@lmorren1148 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@lmorren1148 said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
@scottalanmiller Same for us. I think there is plenty of value in the information to be shared on both sides. We get an opportunity to learn about tech from the people with boots on the ground, and we can share a perspective from the client side on interview process, best practices, hot projects, etc.
And a chance to learn about who is available, get the word out more about opportunities, etc.!
Exactly, I don't know why I hadn't really thought about posting info on the open jobs we had either. I'm sure there are plenty of highly-qualified IT pros on here that our recruiters don't have in their database. I might see what our team needs some help on a try a trial run in the next day or two.
Exactly. It seems like a natural match making system. Both sides benefit from the interaction.
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This is spot on Scott. This is an absolute awesome forum that I'm just now finding out about- I'm actually a Direct Hire Recruiter looking for a full-stack .Net Core Developer should anyone on here be interested.
Additionally, I'm always looking to add people to my network and help them when I can (I try not to be the scumbag stereotype of my industry). If anyone on here wants to have a candid, honest conversation about job opportunities or to just talk shop, please let me know.
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@scottalanmiller Why? Because we don't know that these exist. This is the first (of many I'm sure) that I have ever heard of. There's forums all over the place but many specifically ask that we stay out of them and probably because of the types of recruiters you mentioned who are adding "...to the quagmire of IT hiring...".
It sucks that there are poor recruiters out there giving us a bad name but that's the nature of the beast. Some take this as a job and think it's an easy matching game and therefore, perform their job as such. Then there's the select few who take it seriously and do it correctly making this our career.
My team and I are going to give this forum the good 'ol college try. Hopefully good results will be had all around.
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@JonnaParron said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
Why? Because we don't know that these exist.
Over the years a lot of recruiters have been told, though. And you guys are the first that have made the effort to check it out and joined. And not just here, but in any community I've known through the years. In fact, inviting recruiters has been an intentional thing. And it's not just the recruiters, but I've spoken to owners of firms that I know well and sometimes they'll take a moment to check it out, but go no further. It's weird. I spoke to several just in December, all local and all in IT, and none thought it worth even looking at.
I think it's more than not knowing. I think there is something that keeps the average recruiter away, but what, I don't know.
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A big part of that is just hanging out with the folks on here -- not necessarily to recruit -- but just to get to know us and what-not.
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@JonnaParron said in Why Do Recruiters Never Get Involved in Forums Like This:
It sucks that there are poor recruiters out there giving us a bad name but that's the nature of the beast.
Same problem with IT Pros. So many giving the field a bad name, and because of the technical nature of the industry those that hire IT can rarely tell the difference between someone who does a good job and someone who put them at risk and ran away.
