How to find good engineers?

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shakespearegeek | 3 years, 3 months ago

Give up on the online systems and focus on the networking places like LinkedIn (which themselves are also becoming swarmed with recruiters). The best way to find "experienced high level hires" is to get the word out among your friends and former coworkers. Heck, that's how I just got this job, and that's how the guy I just interviewed got his interview. Once you get "high level" enough, the simple little buzzword collector forms that people fill out online are not nearly good enough to help you find a candidate, you need the personal recommendation of people know you and trust.

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philipy | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

Good answer.

If it's a very particular specialism, you need high-level people, and you need them in Ohio, that might be quite a small pool of people. Networking within the industry could be fruitful, and specialist recrutiment agencies and headhunters might be worth a try.

You could try what Mahalo is trying for Django developers, and offer a bounty to anyone that gives you a lead that works out.

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benjamincox | 3 years, 3 months ago

I would agree with the previous answer: Ohio is not a great place to find high-level software engineers (though perhaps RF). I would at least consider building a distributed team if the nature of your project permits. Once you've designed a process that supports remote workers, your talent pool is only constrained by the time zones you're willing to work with. Besides, many of the best engineers I know only do telecommute (with occasional travel meetings, of course) so that they can live out in the country with their families.

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easyeboy | 3 years, 3 months ago

I highly recommend you network on LinkedIn. I know a few qualified programming engineers if you send me your email, or email me I will get them out to you. Tell me what you are looking for, and I might be able to find a guy for you.

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karj | 3 years, 3 months ago

you can try
yahoo hotjobs
careerbuilder

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