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Cool idea. I wonder what percentage of the companies participating are willing to look at telecommuting for highly qualified candidates?

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Few. At every event we have 20 companies. Typically, 3-4 will consider telecommuting candidates seriously. We're considering hosting a remote-focused event within the next few months, but finding enough companies that are comfortable with a remote relationship is tough (not impossible though). In your experience, how do you go about finding companies that are comfortable with telecommuting?

Good question. I don't currently have a well defined strategy for finding these companies, hence my interest in HireLite. :)

I typically do short and medium term consulting projects, and telecommuting hasn't been much of an issue so far, particularly after demonstrating my abilities.

But, people seem to have a different attitude with full time employment where things aren't as clearly defined vs. shorter term projects.

Does the HireLite system currently filter by Remote vs Local candidates? I'd like to participate in the upcoming event, but I wouldn't want to waste any one's time if they are rejecting 100% of remote candidates.

Hirelite doesn't currently filter remote vs locale candidates, but it's something we're working on.

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