7 Ways to Source Tech Talent

The dominance of the need in technical talents is pushing the recruiters to goagainst all odds and look for platforms that are often overlooked to source

candidates. Here are some of the best ways to seek out the best talent pool

ReferralReferral is one of the best ways to sourcetechnical talent. It gives your employees achance to step into the shoes of a recruiter byreferring their friends, family, ex-co-workers etc.and get rewarded. It makes your hiring muchcheaper, faster and relevant.

QuoraDevelopers on Quora are interested in sharingtheir knowledge and experiences. The votingsystem will allow you to identify the popularityof a candidate on Quora. Recently, Quora hasadded a much-awaited profile search feature.

Stack OverflowStackOverflow is another Q&A site unlike Quora it’sonly meant for developers. There is a motivationdriving factor called “badges” and they get optionto list the tags of their skills in their profile.Recruiters can search based on specific skills andproject types.

MeetupsTech meetup groups are local communities thatallow techies with identical interests, skill sets, andpassion to connect offline as well in-person todiscuss and share about technologies. Meetup.comis a good place to check about the gatheringshappening in your city.

Sourcing.ioSourcing.io is a unique tool that makes the processof sourcing simple by giving you an option to browseand filter candidates using data. They focus on socialrecruiting so your team can use its existing networkto find engineers.

Social Media: Social recruiting is one of the hottest terms you willhear from any recruiter. With growing networks likeLinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, you can learn about acandidate well before you approach them. Throughinexpensive and exceptionally targeted ads you canreach out to millions of targeted profiles.

GithubGithub allows the techies to share their opensource projects. It can be little tricky for anyrecruiter to judge a candidate by looking at hisgithub-profile. DoSelect developer profile makes itsimpler for recruiters to understand Github data ofany candidate. You can check their proficiency aswell as the activity on Github

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