IT Recruiting

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Permalink Reply by Recruiting Animal on July 29, 2008 at 10:23am

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Permalink Reply by Moises Lopez on July 29, 2008 at 12:41pm

When you are new to recruiting any technology it is hard to identify whether they are a fit or not. As you put it to tell if he is a "real java developer". I would suggest at first just run the position to the candidates you call on and ask they if they are a fit. Ask them why they would be a good fit. Be sure and make lots of notes as writing the information helps solidify it in your memory.

One of your biggest advantages is your ability to say I don't know, candidates will be patient and speak to you more readily.

If you are having trouble identifying the real developer on paper. I would stir you to wikipedia.org. Look up things like Java Programming language and it will give you a laymen's view of java to help you understand.

The last tidbit of advise I'd share with you is find a recruiter's network group and befriend people with the expertise you seek as there are sr. recruiters that can help mentor you.

Hope it helps,

Moses

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Permalink Reply by Carmen Armesto on July 29, 2008 at 5:16pm

Have you any technical partenaire in the interviews? Usually helps to learn from a Java expert; if you are alone, with the candidate cv and all this difficult names: JSF, Hibernate, Spring...look in the wikipedia the meaning, at least the description: frameworks, desktop application, and so on. Use your candidate to learn, ask him, the words: "I'don´t know what is this, I'm of Human Resources..." makes compasive effects to them, and they'll explain you...

But don't forget to guess:

Functions at the project (Development and unitary tests, usually)
Who supervises your job
What part of the application develope you
Is your work usually supervised, before to deliver??? If this is the situation, the usual meaning is that the boss of your candidate doesn't have confidence on his work?
If your candidate usually remain at a project when all the rest of the developers team has gone, and he is in charge of the incidences of the project he developed, you can suppose he's appreciate by the customer.

You need IT detailed job descriptions, also.

Excuse my english, Regards,

Carmen

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Mendonca on July 29, 2008 at 6:41pm

Hi Shaoii,
I know what you meen.I´ve been recruiting for IT for the past year 1/2 and I too have no technical background. I have learned that most importantly is to understand what your candidate needs to have other than his technical background. You will need to leave the tech. judgement for someone who is the expert. But you can learn how to grip the key functions and wordings and figure out if the candidate has passed experience.What I did was take some time to sit with the technical people,get aware of the projects and make as many questions possible(stupid or non-stupid).By doing that,I was able to link some of the experiences candidates would describe with what the technical people had told me in previous chats. At the end, you end up learning more about things in other areas and can even can talkthose technical phases(sounding very impressive!!!!!)
Mostly,you will need to set some expectations whithwhom you are recruiting for. If we recruiters needed to know,in depth, about all areas we recruit, we would be a human encyclopedia!
I believe that our role is the opposite.We need to find the talents behind the information. And that we can go expert on!!!!
Jessica

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Permalink Reply by Jodi O'Mara on July 30, 2008 at 2:01am

I have been working in IT recruitment for the past 2 years and the best way to get to know the technical aspects of the role is to talk to as many candidates as possible. Let them know that you are new and ask them to explain terms and anyone that you find who is really chatty pick their brain. also a good website for technical terms is whatis.com. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me:-)

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Permalink Reply by himanshu joshi on July 30, 2008 at 11:05pm

Always have an eye for few things mentioned in any technical CV. Lets just say you want to look for a java developer, find some words like j2ee,j2me,jsp servlets etc. In addition to all these things, candidates tend to mention the projects they have undertaken during their studies or in their previous job, you can google such projects and can find out how that person's java skill would have contributed to them.

Regards

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Permalink Reply by shaoii on July 31, 2008 at 12:21am

Thank you all for the help and suggestions! I would surely try everything I ccould to learn the rope.

Good luck to me! Hahhaa! I'll keep you guys updated about my new job.

Thanks a ton!

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