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Technology hiring has changed significantly in the last decade and there are new challenges that companies face in technology hiring. With these new challenges, companies have to explore newer methods of recruiting.
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Hackathons – The new age technology recruiting tool
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Technology hiring in the last decade
1 Focus on generalist hiring
2 Mass hiring with no emphasis on skill assessment
4 Low entry bar for skill requirement of candidates
3 Very little demand for newer technologies
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Technology hiring – Today
1 Increased focus on skill based hiring
2 Niche skill hiring has become mainstream
4 Higher entry bar on skill levels requirement
5 Increased use of technology for smarter hiring
3 Employer Branding – Long-term recruiting strategy
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Employer Branding
New Sourcing Channels
Employer Branding
Skill Validation
3 Biggest
Challenges
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1. Traditional job portals do not attract the tech savvy crowd
2. Developer community is itself very fragmented
3. Programmer communities like Github/Stackoverflow have become interesting source of talent
1 New Sourcing Channels
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1. Resume filtering alone is useless
2. Too much time being spent in technical assessment and interviews
3. Difficult to scale up skill assessment without technological solution
2 Skill Validation
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1. Candidate engagement has become critical
2. Need to attract developers with your company’s technology
3. Companies have to be present in developer oriented communities.
3 Employer Branding
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Hackathon – An innovative solution
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Employer Branding Originally meant to solve problems and build new
products
Hackathon = Hack + Marathon
Origins of Hackathon
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Attracts the best developers, who are not
accessible through traditional sources
Helps in identifying and attracting
developers for niche skills
Excellent way to gauge skills, problem solving aptitude and
creativity
Effective mechanism for creating a lasting
employer brand
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Companies already doing this
Pioneer in hackathons – conducts Open Hack globally in multiple locations
Codejam and Google Summer of Code attracts some of the best top notch developers every year
Facebook Hacker Cup sees massive participation each year
LinkedIn Hack Days have started seeing a lot of traction
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Hackathons for Hiring 1. HackerEarth – The fastest
growing community of developers where they participate in online hackathons and build their profile
2. Companies work with us to hire highly skilled programmers across different technologies by conducting online hackathons
Summary
1 Leverage unconventional sourcing mechanisms
2 Skill assessment and use of tools for tech hiring
4 Hackathon - supplement traditional hiring methods
3 Employer branding - part of a long term strategy
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