NYCPHP Meetup

[Kristina Anderson]

In my view, the thing that makes me want to respond to a job posting is 
if

1.  The job description makes sense, it is a skillset that actually 
exists and not one of those "we want this person who knows all of these 
27 programming languages and can do brain surgery if things get slow" 
type roles.

2.  give me a good idea of what the actual day to day work consists of, 
what would I learn, what sort of projects are currently being developed 
there, what tools if any am I required to use, what nutcases will I be 
working with, etc...?

Compensation isn't that important to post a lot about, unless it's way 
low we all know what those market ranges are.  That +/- 100 grand is 
going to be meaningless to us unless we get a sense that this is a job 
we can be happy doing.  

- Kristina

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> Hi Brian and Kristina, 
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> I think these posts that I have been reading are great.  As a 
software architect who came over to the dark side and became a 
recruiter this is obviously very pertinent to what I am now doing.  I 
do think my background gives me an advantage over my competition when 
it comes to understanding the technology I am recruiting for. My goal 
is never just to get in you in front of a client and hope you get the 
job.  I'd rather partner with you to understand the fit and then find 
you the right role.  
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> Let's flip the script from the negative aspect of job postings, can 
you share your thoughts on what makes a great job posting?  If you 
think of the components of a job description as being modular i.e. 
company description, responsibilities, required skills and 
compensation/benefits.  How would you structure them?  Tightly coupled 
or loosely coupled :-)? What details are most important to you?  
Remember, this post started when a very reputable agency in NYC posted 
their job description and it was shredded for needing too many skills, 
collecting resumes etc...
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> I would imagine there are a lot of people reading these posts from 
recruiting agencies, perhaps we can take something away from  this 
discussion to better serve the NYCPHP community.
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> Kainne E. Hansbury
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> Consultant
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> Technology Division
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> Winter, Wyman & Company - 
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> Direct Dial:  888.418.9435 
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> Find me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kainnehansbury
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