The most common mistakes in dev recruiting
Are you also struggling with a lack of suitable candidates for your IT vacancies? Developers are very demanding in terms of the whole recruitment process. For this reason, it pays to know exactly what their expectations are.
What do IT specialists find most critical about the work of recruiters? Here is a list of 8 common mistakes made by IT recruiters:
1. Missing information in the job posting
Developers don't like long descriptive job postings. In the job advertisement, they only expect information that will help them to quickly evaluate whether the offer is interesting at all. Important job-relevant information is the required tech stack, the type of employment, the possibility of working from home, the salary and much more.
2. Unstructured Job Opportunities
In addition to the content of the job advertisement, its form is also important. As we all know, time and speed are essential, especially for developers. Because of this, job seekers want to find the information they need about a position as quickly as possible. A good way is to clearly divide the advertisement into different sections such as “Job Description”, “Requirement” etc.
3. Lack of industry knowledge
Recruiters are often accused of not knowing the specifics of the IT industry or the requirements of developers. So, if you want to find the right candidates, you need to know what is important to developers and what information they expect. If you are looking for someone for a dev position, you need knowledge about which technologies and programming languages fit and belong to a certain position. This not only enables you to identify the right candidate for the position you are looking for, but you can also help those who may not have the desired skills for the advertised position, but are a great fit for another position.
4. Lack of knowledge of the position
It is not difficult to predict that the candidate will inquire about specifics of the position for which he has applied during an interview. Therefore, every recruiter, regardless of the industry, must have in-depth information about the company and the needs of the department. As far as the development department is concerned, all the information about the projects, the technologies used and also the career paths are extremely important.
5. Only ask selected questions
If you already know the ins and outs of the IT industry, you're also aware that there are issues to which developers are quite allergic. Creativity-style questions, "What would you do if you found a penguin in the freezer?" It's definitely not the right direction! If you want to make a good impression on the candidate, try to ask as few questions as possible that are not related to work, experience, skills, etc.
6. Recruiting process too long
As you know, every candidate wants to be informed about the job decision as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the IT recruiting process often takes much longer than it should. For programmers in particular, this can mean that they are no longer interested in the position because they have accepted another offer in the meantime. For this reason, it is extremely important that recruitment is quick and effective. So plan the whole process in advance and stick to the prepared schedule.
7. Lack of transparency regarding recruitment stages
The applicant should be informed about every step of the recruiting process from the moment the application is received. In addition, it should be clear to the applicant how many stages the entire process involves and how long each stage takes. This should avoid that a candidate, as described in point 6, decides prematurely for another job.
8. Lack of constructive feedback when candidate is rejected
Everyone, especially those who know their place in the labor market, expects adequate information about the completed recruitment process and its outcome. If you don't want to offend the applicant, you should at least say a few words about why they were rejected. Such information can help applicants with further applications and you will be remembered positively despite the rejection.
