Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
Companies that are hiring have no idea what the hell they are doing. Uh-oh, I don't have 8 years of experience in some technology, rejected. What does 8 years of experience looks like? How does the number of years I have worked with it demonstrate that I know anything? Hell, if I have 5 years of experience with React, I have to unlearn 4 of those to keep up with the latest changes.
The longer the list of desired skills, the less the company knows about what they are looking for. They're hoping if they bring a ton of trendy technologies into the same room that a great product will magically appear. I think that all in all, recruiters do more harm than good and 98% of them give the 2% that are legitimately helpful a bad name. Job descriptions are the way they are in part so that recruiters can "screen" candidates for the companies. You would think it is in their best interest to get you the highest-paying gig you love, but a lot of recruiters get paid if you show up for work the first day. They'll assign you anywhere in hopes that they get a "rockstar" candidate or that they get a more interesting assignment to fill next time.
I had a typo in my resume (sleep is important!) and sent it to a dozen recruiters before one of them pointed them out to me. I assume that means the other 11 didn't even look at my resume before they submitted it. At this point, I am putting a lot more emphasis on maintaining relationships with a handful of incredible recruiters and bidding the rest of them a good day.
Spot on, also the description of the average recruiter. As an industry we're definitely not making the best choices, see also the naive belief that tech is a cure for all our society's woes.
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Companies that are hiring have no idea what the hell they are doing. Uh-oh, I don't have 8 years of experience in some technology, rejected. What does 8 years of experience looks like? How does the number of years I have worked with it demonstrate that I know anything? Hell, if I have 5 years of experience with React, I have to unlearn 4 of those to keep up with the latest changes.
The longer the list of desired skills, the less the company knows about what they are looking for. They're hoping if they bring a ton of trendy technologies into the same room that a great product will magically appear. I think that all in all, recruiters do more harm than good and 98% of them give the 2% that are legitimately helpful a bad name. Job descriptions are the way they are in part so that recruiters can "screen" candidates for the companies. You would think it is in their best interest to get you the highest-paying gig you love, but a lot of recruiters get paid if you show up for work the first day. They'll assign you anywhere in hopes that they get a "rockstar" candidate or that they get a more interesting assignment to fill next time.
I had a typo in my resume (sleep is important!) and sent it to a dozen recruiters before one of them pointed them out to me. I assume that means the other 11 didn't even look at my resume before they submitted it. At this point, I am putting a lot more emphasis on maintaining relationships with a handful of incredible recruiters and bidding the rest of them a good day.
I wish I knew what the solution was. My last two comments were about similar issues in the industry, toxic companies and how I have gone with it to escape reality and hide from other problems and what coding challenges can say about the companies who present them. I'd type more but if I keep sharing all my thoughts on this subject I will have a novel written in a week.
Spot on, also the description of the average recruiter. As an industry we're definitely not making the best choices, see also the naive belief that tech is a cure for all our society's woes.