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LinkedIn was right when they said “Recruiters typically see up to 50% higher response rates when using both LinkedIn InMail and emails…” Of course, they said this when they were promoting the bundling of the Connectifier into their LinkedIn Recruiter. There was a link to an official LinkedIn page that had this quote but they took it down, so we …
This is the second part in a series on how recruiters can market to tech workers. You can find the first one, “Recruiters: How to Market to Tech Candidates” I am a seasoned former tech marketer and have used “guerrilla” marketing strategies to not only target tech workers but also to learn more about them. When I created developerDB, i …
You are swamped. We get it. Technical sourcing is getting more difficult and more competitive. Everyone is looking at the same few websites and using the same search tools. And they are all chasing after the same candidates with the same keywords. Adding to the difficulties is the need to screen for candidates who are experienced with specific technologies required …
Techie soft skills and behavioral traits are something a recruiter is continually asked to size up. Since GitHub is a developer’s natural habitat where they are just being themselves, their community based ‘activity’ (e.g. Pull Requests, Forking, Accepted Pull Requests, etc.) often reveal behavioral traits which allows a recruiter to draw pseudo educated conclusions on their soft skills. What can …
Half of recruiters are conducting their searches for the right candidates on Github, while the other half are not utilizing the platform. Our 2021 State of Tech Recruiting Survey illustrated this divide amongst the platforms tech recruiters use. Which sites do you use? In the survey where tech recruiters were asked to select all the social media platforms they use …
You are either using LinkedIn Recruiter/Recruiter Lite or have considered using them. Sometimes you don’t have a choice. Either your company uses it––or not. But if you could decide and it’s your money or budget, would you still buy it considering the plethora of options available? The $10,000 question is: is LinkedIn Recruiter worth it? Recruiter or Lite, It Doesn’t …
It is almost time to get the turkey ready—or for my in-laws, the Christmas tree. As the year is flying by us, we thought it would be fun to find out which month of the year has the highest number of job changes within the tech sector. For this analysis, we excluded internships to focus on full time employees. With …
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Basic Search Instructional Video Features include: Search interface & related search results now sit side-by-side State & city data entry validation implemented The ability to select which specific profiles to download to CSV Profiles per page are now adjustable Additional features Contact us to learn more on how to effectively use developerDB and maximize our tools.
I recently had a conversation with a moderately experienced tech recruiter. Apparently, they had been persuaded by LinkedIn’s clever and ongoing marketing to use the LinkedIn InMail feature as a goto when reaching out to tech talent. This robotic like behavior caused them to overlook the fundamentals of personal engagement basics: it likely takes multiple attempts to successfully make contact. …
