How to find top talent? (opens in new tab)

(blog.huntshire.com)

2 pointsshankar122198913y ago2 comments

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Getting 1000 applicants is fine but at the end of the day, the important number is how many of the applicants were so talented that they were hired.

I initially skip the "sales pitch" part of job ads ("why we're so awesome") and look at what technologies the company is using and then at how interesting the problems they are trying to solve are.

shankar1221989OP13y ago

True! in this case 60% of the applicants were from the relevant industry.

Though I too had a initial apprehension about people not being interested in company information, analytics on the tests we ran said otherwise.

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chrisbennet13y ago

Getting 1000 applicants is fine but at the end of the day, the important number is how many of the applicants were so talented that they were hired.

I initially skip the "sales pitch" part of job ads ("why we're so awesome") and look at what technologies the company is using and then at how interesting the problems they are trying to solve are.

shankar1221989OP13y ago

True! in this case 60% of the applicants were from the relevant industry.

Though I too had a initial apprehension about people not being interested in company information, analytics on the tests we ran said otherwise.

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