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As a candidate, I have a couple of trusted recruiters I prefer to work through.
I found them through trial and error, and peer recommendations.
As an employer, every year I call and buy lunch for at least about a dozen potential future employees, to remind them that my team exists and that I think they could be a good fit. These are mostly past employees of mine, but may include folks I’ve met through my professional network, at professional networking events, or peers that are currently growing out of other roles toward the roles I need.
I sell my team and organization hard, during intverviews, to candidates that come in cold, but with relevant experience.
Sometimes I can hire the exact folks I spent years recruiting. Sometimes I get lucky and hire someone with the relevant experience who just happened to apply. Sometimes neither of those groups are interested in a job change, and I hire someone inexperienced but trainable.
That’s an interesting approach that I’ve not encountered.
If you do remote only and want to talk to someone with over 40 years ICT experience, hit me up. I’m in UTC+8.
Thank you. I don’t have any vacancies right now, but I’ll be happy to let you know if that changes.
Edit: Also, yes, my team is fully remote.