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What you should knowabout hiring tech talentA look into the 2015 Nordic technical hiring landscape
@StackCareersUK @angelanyman
linkedin.com/in/angelanyman
Welcome
Stack Overflow Mission
individual users32,135,93827th July to 25th August 2015
Stack Overflow Mission
Why is it so hard to find developers?
Annual User Survey 2015
1,238Nordic developers
from 26,086 globallyData taken for 2 weeks from January 28, 2015
The Nordic Technical Hiring Landscape
of developersare employed
98.5%
of developers wantless recruiters to
contact them
48%
Opportunities and challenges
of developers are opento new job opportunities or
actively looking for a new job
55%
of developers saidthe most annoying thing
about looking for anew job is finding onethat seems interesting
54%
“”
What Recruiters Say…
You should apply because this job will make you happy,
it’s the job you’ve been looking for all your miserable life
“ ”
1. Emphasise the benefits
Long hours, low pay, never leave the office“ ”
Start-up culture
2. Be specific
Exciting new opportunity“ ”
Same old stuff, different company“ ”
3. Focus on why your company is great
We have a ping pong table“ ”
We have nothing else good to offer“ ”
4. Don’t use jargon
Disrupt the X industry / Reinvent how Y works“ ”
We'll pivot in 6 months and allyour work will have been useless
“”
5. Know your audience
We work hard and we play hard“ ”
We're 22 years old and possibly alcoholics“ ”
TOP TIPS FORRECRUITERS7
1.What do they care about?
Building somethingthat matters
37.4%
Quality ofcolleagues
36.7%
Work / lifebalance
35.9%
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2. How should you contact them?
LinkedIn InMail
Stack Overflow Careers Message
Phone Call
Great Tolerate Hate I don't have an account
3. What makes them respond to a message?
Message is personalized
71.8%
Team I would be working with is described
49.9%
Code or projects I've worked on are
referenced
44.1%
4. Don’t insist on formal qualifications
of developersare self-taught
42%
5. What they want to know when evaluating a new job opportunity
Details about the product I will be working
on
65.9%
Officelocation
50.7%
Tech stack
41.4%
6. Who do they want to speak to?
A developer who would be on my team
My potential manager
In-house recruiter who knows tech
In-house generalist
Headhunter(contingency recruiter)
Great Tolerate Hate
7. How to improve candidate experience
Introduce meto the team
51.9%
Show me the space in which I will work
35.8%
Prepare me forwho I will be
speaking with
35.3%
Golden rules
• Think like a developer when you are hiring
• Make your job vacancies interesting to developers
• Really go out of your way to provide insights into your company culture
• Remember it is not just about salary
• Put developers at the heart of your organisation
• Involve your existing developer team when hiring
Thank you!careers.stackoverflow.com
@StackCareersUK @angelanyman
linkedin.com/in/angelanyman
To download our full European Developer Hiring Landscape 2015 please visit stackoverflowcareers.com/denmark-recruit
