Ask HN: What interesting trends would you like to know of from a Recruiter?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8119953

by nns • 12 years ago

4 5 12 years ago

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How can Recruiters make their communication more informative and beneficial to possible candidates?

almost• 12 years ago

Maybe give some examples? The question just seems odd to honest.

nns2• 12 years ago

Trends like - What's the latest skills on the rise int he Job industry? What are companies actively looking out for?

Trends probable job candidates (active and passive) could use to improve their skills. Especially candidates who are not immediately looking for new work - but eventually want to.

EpicEng• 12 years ago

They could start by actually reading my resume in hopes of sending me positions which are actually relevant to what I do...

...and that's really all I can think of. If they did that on a regular basis I would be far more likely to stop blocking them by default.

I, like many others here I'm sure, get at least a few recruiter solicitations per week. Almost all of them are "enterprise .NET user interface developer" or "web platform integration" (I don't even know what that means) positions.

I work in the medical device industry and all of my experience is in device control and image processing/analysis...

lifeisstillgood• 12 years ago

- total number of positions and companies live recruiting at the moment - total number of new positions this week / month - total number of positions over 1 week old / 1 month old - avg speed to fill of jobs weighted by pay scale and company - can see which companies take an eon to hire.

I would suggest (as this sounds like an "idea") that it's probably easier to scan the job ads to get most of the above.

Otherwise - more and more of the jobs seem to be networking based - recruiters find jobs for companies that have not spent time building their hiring networks.

nns2• 12 years ago

Adding some for context to the question since it sounds a bit vague - We were thinking of how we would improve the quality of conversation between job seekers (active and passive) and recruiters.

So Recruiters could share Trends like - What's the latest skills on the rise int he Job industry? What are companies actively looking out for? Trends probable job candidates (active and passive) could use to improve their skills. Especially candidates who are not immediately looking for new work - but eventually want to.

Ask HN: What interesting trends would you like to know of from a Recruiter?

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