bobbydallas

Why are universities allowed to have an unlimited amount of students in the F1/OPT phase when there are obviously limits to the h1b lottery and yearly spots available?

Should universities be limited to the number of international students that aligns closer to visas availability each year?

Think about it like developing a application. There are tons of choices- language, frameworks, backend, frontend, etc. All of these choices have limitations, costs, and aspects that can be compromised on. Everyone thinks their way is best. Their language is the best. Some times that grows and evolves. But often its purely built on your comfort and experience (or bias).

Hiring is the exact same way.

so many its not even funny. AI this and that. Personality and behavior assessments. Automate everything. chatbots to save recruiting. BLAH BLAH Fucking blah. Some have certainly made sourcing and outreach better but as iwang mentioned very few of these address the personal side of hiring engineers.

The idea that you can assess an engineers ability to code AND collaborate with your team in a 3-5 hour window is just a losing battle. Hackerrank and triplebyte are good for the very large corps to rule people out and slim down the funnel. Not a real reflection of the work, code, or problems you will be solving in the job if hired.

15yrs tech recruiting corporate and agency. I have seen almost every tool out there and I will say very few have stood the test of time. Hiring is really hard and the fact remains there just isnt a one size fits all solution. Find the tools that suit your goals.

Personally I think small companies would be far better served investing in sourcing tools to attract and located the right talent. Have your leadership pitch these people directly hunt talent versus tools to automate volume (95% of which are not the people you are seeking any way).