[ale] SSN and jobs-list

[Jim Kinney]

I don't see Jeralds  idea as an individual recruiting tool but more of a
top shelf contracting group that really gets things done. Think
professional org for hire.
On Jun 6, 2013 9:19 PM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> Specific skills are only 25% of a job, IMHO.
>
> Soft-skills and how the applicant "fits" into the team matter much more
> than any
> specific skill ... unless the company wants a one-trick-pony.  Hiring a
> smart
> person, willing to learn and fit into multiple needs, is really what
> companies
> should be seeking.
>
> It is very hard to screen for these things.
>
> On 06/06/2013 08:41 PM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
> > I've often said there's money to be HAD by doing the recruiting thing
> "right".
> >  Of course, you'd need to get the word out, but imagine this...
> >
> > You get some architecture level folks on your staff...  A Sr. Systems
> person for
> > the *nixes and one for the winders.  A DBA with a good broad swatch of
> dbs, a
> > dev who's got a wide array of things... you get the picture.  I mean,
> you'd have
> > to spend quite a year to staff, but everyone you represent would have to
> pass
> > your "experts".  Maybe even for startup you could use folks like that on
> a
> > retainer basis, eventually bringing them full time eventually.
> >
> >
> > The candidates could be assured they wouldn't have a google monkey
> playing
> > "search and destroy" with a keyword from your resume from over a decade
> ago that
> > you only worked on for one project and now it's the thing that'll get
> them paid.
> >
> > The clients would be assured that a highly technical recruiting staff
> would put
> > the candidates through a gauntlet of evaluation they MUST pass to be
> submitted
> > to the client.  Those experts would ensure they weren't wasting anyone's
> time in
> > whom gets submitted.  Either you've got the goods or you don't.
> >
> > Finally, the recruiting firm itself wouldn't work on some multiplier of
> the
> > hired person's salary or some arbitrary headhunting fee, but would be a
> flat
> > rate per head based on the quality of the eval/selection.  The firm
> could charge
> > more because the quality of the selections would be so much higher.
> >
> >
> > Obviously there's a metric crap-ton of details surrounding that to be
> worked
> > out, but I bet it could work.
> >
> >
> > --j
> >
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