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After sifting through over 400 job applications ...

G.L Solaria on November 29, 2019

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Jared Walters • Edited

We currently use senior software devs to sift through resumes

Dear god why? It's the opposite of what they're hired to do and likely not a skill they were hired for in the first place.

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Dylan Davenport

I thought the same thing. Instead HR should just get better at hiring and gain some knowledge about the positions they are hiring for.

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G.L Solaria • Edited

We have always been a company of engineers with very low overhead staff. Things may change in the future as we grow. When that happens, we can draw on the devs experiences to inform hiring practices.

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G.L Solaria

That's a fair comment. The company is small-ish and starting to grow so I think as it moves to the next stage of growth the practice will change.

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Garet McKinley

If you know tools from 15 years ago, don't put them in the tools summary because it could reveal your age

this reads pretty messed up tbh. Are we openly acknowledging the blatant ageism that happens in the tech industry now?

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G.L Solaria • Edited

Ageism is rife but I did not discriminate on age (I am an older dev too). I was just pointing out that your age can be made very obvious depending on how you structure your resume. I would try to avoid doing those things so that the focus can rightly be on the breadth of your experience.

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Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard

Independantly from the age question, I think that discarding 15 years old tools is completely misguided.
It shouldn't matter whether some tools is new or old, only whether it's good.
I know people making lots of money with emails.
That's right, a technology from 1960.
Beware of the cult of the new.

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G.L Solaria

I think if you are still actively using the tools then it is fine to include. My comment was mainly around tools that you haven't used for 15 years.

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Jacob Colborn

Thank you for this. I will soon be starting my journey to get my first development job and the first professional job I ever needed to apply for also. It is helpful to know what actual people care about when they try to evaluate me as a potential hire.

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G.L Solaria

Best of luck with your journey Jacob.

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Tyler Smith

I'm currently looking for a job after years of freelancing and I'm going to take this to heart. Thank you for writing!

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Adrian Ross

Good read! The book “Hired Fast,” is a great way to dig further into this as far as writing relevant, meaningful cover letters.