Spencer Allen - Veteran Tech Recruiter

Featuring Spencer Allen, js.la co-organizer and veteran tech recruiter

Talking Points:

The path to get to where a recruiter is seeking you outWhat hiring managers are looking forHow to send the right signals to hiring managersHow to communicate effectively in an interviewPreparing for an interviewHow to know if a company is an engineering culture dumpster fireThe role of nervousness in an interviewWhat good hiring managers doThe right path for a code school grad / new developerHow to approach tech meetups when looking for a job

Quotable Quotes:

“Building tools and using them yourself is the hallmark of a great developer.” -- DG“Your path for trying to understand the developers and engineers you were trying to recruit is identical to the path that I recommend any junior developer or new developer taking” -- DG“Making sure that I’m adding value whenever I can -- a lot of the conversations that I have are as a sounding board and just having coffee.” -- SA“There’s a trope with junior developers where I’m waiting for them to ask me if I have any jobs for them.” -- SA“Time is such a negative resource for hiring managers. They’re working as hard as they can to find that person to fill a job -- and that’s in addition to their job.” -- SA“Communication is one of the most difficult things in a software engineering team. Technical challenges get a run for their money for the people challenges you face in an organization.” -- SA“To be interested is interesting. To be bored is boring.” -- SA“Communication, being coachable, those are skills that are worth their weight in gold.” -- DG“What you’re doing here is selling yourself. A resume is a sales document that’s intended to get an interview. An interview is you showing up and selling yourself.” -- SA“Establish yourself as a known quantity.” -- SA

Notes:
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