re: Holey Resume!

Bill Wagner — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:30:30 GMT

Heather,

I agree with several things here:

. If you want to start a business, start a business. If you want to find a job, look for a job.

. Further, if you want to start a business, make it something you *really* want to do. You'll spend way more time starting a business than you would working at a job.

. If you are looking for a job (or even if you aren't) get involved in local professional organizations. It will pay off. Furthermore, I'll say as a software guy I'll add that we can tell those attendees that only show up when the need a job. Corollary: we can tell those recruiting managers that only show up when they need people. Pro tip: really invest in the community if you want the community to invest in you.

But, I'm really curious how to change parts of the recruiting culture because some parts of your advice makes it very hard for us to find the right people. You say: "They usually start out with a keyword search of some type: in a resume database, an online tool, a search engine. They have their business qualifications in mind."

Every recruiter we work with (we're a small software development company) asks us for those keywords: languages, tools, platforms. The fact is, I don't care. I'm much more interested in finding people that have a really strong background in software development, and a passion for getting better at it. Those qualities don't show up in keywords, but they do show up in job history, other activities, and education background. How do we get recruiters to filter for the right qualities? How do we get candidates to tell us about the qualities we're really seeking, not the keyword matching.

re: Holey Resume!

omvish — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:03:31 GMT

Great post buddy!!

But how should we think a job which is beyond our country limit

would you like to ellabrate that as well.