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Ask HN: How effective are “Who is hiring” posts for employers?

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For employers/posters of the "Who is hiring" jobs:

1. How many replies do you get per post (per month)?

2. What is the signal-to-noise ratio of the replies?

Not brilliant in my experience - lots of 5 minutes resumes, graduates for "experienced" positions and really poor English speakers (Might not be a problem for some, but not a fit for us)

Couple of diamonds in the rough though

Too bad.You are assuming most of them are 'English speakers'. Thank God,I wont happen,I really wont like to work for you myself with the way you are badmouthing candidates.

If I can't communicate effectively with a candidate, why would I pick them over someone I can communicate effectively with? How can I communicate complicated technical concepts? It's an English-language forum, I assume people reaching out to me can communicate well in English

> lots of 5 minutes resumes

I think a lot of people didn't really need a resume before, their local reputation probably got them their local job.

But now with the rise of remote work, you have to go through the "boring" task of making one.

Lack of being in a position where you can see many styles of resumes doesn't help either.

I understand why it's needed, but that doesn't make it any more fun, especially since all/most of the information is already on my LinkedIn account.

So in the spirit of improving, do you have any specific do's and don'ts?

How should a useful resume look?

What should it contain?

I'm directly interested as I've started building my first resume.

I actually had to do this today. I didn't want to spend 30-50 minutes manually making a résumé but I did find this nifty thing: http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/

Maybe not the best, but I figured anything on my linkedIn is resume-worthy.

I get 5-10 replies each month, and they're mostly reasonable matches for our open positions.

Couple replies per month. Most of people who didn't actually read the post well unfortunately (freelance remote workers for a permanent on site job). But some good ones. Average quality still higher than most job boards.

I've had (way) more success in the 'who wants to be hired' thread.

You've had more success asking those posting to apply?

Or posting in that thread yourself?

I've had most success reaching out to folks posting in the "who wants to be hired' thread.

~I got approached twice in the 'who wants to get hired'. Both were very good.

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