A common cause of ineffective interviews and technical screens is something that many interviewers don’t think about: failing to strategically combine job descriptions and resumes. This failure can lead to hiring candidates who don’t have the necessary skills or experience to perform given jobs, and turning away—or turning off—candidates who do have sufficient qualifications. In this post, we’ll show you a three-step process for using job descriptions and resumes to conduct effective and candidate-pleasing interviews. First, however, let’s take a look at what can go wrong if you make the mi ..read more

If you’re an IT manager, when it comes time to make new hires, you likely want more than anything else: a clone. After all, while hiring, you still have to meet work and project deadlines and manage your teams—and perform all of the other tasks that more than fill up your workday. It sure would be nice to have another you to handle the extra workload hiring takes (often 30%), so you wouldn’t have more stress and less time to spend with family and friends. The last thing you want, meanwhile, is to waste your time interviewing unsuitable candidates. That means you need recruiters to consisten ..read more

How should recruiters and employers measure the recruiting process? It’s a question without a consensus answer. There is no recruiting metrics gold standard because too many factors impact recruiting priorities and results—company size, industry, and job type to name a few. Yet to make intelligent adjustments to your recruiting process, and to evaluate the results of those adjustments, you need to measure something. But you also can’t measure everything, or you won’t get much actual recruiting done. With that in mind, we’ve selected six metrics that you should consider evaluating in your rec ..read more

Holding panel interviews, thought for decades as a time-efficient practice to qualify tech professionals, works better for some companies than others. Hiring teams long believed this to be a simplistic practice of employees interviewing applicants in a group setting, which is inline with responses we’ve received to a Twitter poll about unnecessary hiring practices. Instead of conducting multiple one-on-one interviews, panelists meet applicants (virtually in most cases today)—and evaluate the people they could be working with at once.  If you’re considering modifying the tech panel i ..read more

Hiring the right tech talent can make or break an organization. This is why having the right IT staffing firm will help your long-term growth. One that can help you find candidates whose experience, knowledge, and career goals align with your organizational values. What’s common? Most IT recruitment agencies hire recruiters with no or little actual technical expertise. What recruiters are hired to do is, post job descriptions on various job boards, match the resumes submitted by the candidates with the job description, approach those who fit the description, determine eligibility for the role ..read more

Interview Engineers are professionals experienced in coding, data science and other developmental technology. They have the knowledge and experience, are experts in their field and can facilitate technical interviews with IT professionals around the world. If you are looking for pointers that would help you become a successful freelance technical interviewer, here are 5 steps to follow.1. Follow the Letter of the Law 2. Create the Environment 3. Develop a Process for Successful Screening 4. Report and Score Interview Performance 5. Use Technology and Online Tools 1. Follow the Letter of th ..read more

The Balancing Automation and Humanity in Global Recruiting panel at the 2022 World Staffing Summit was a fascinating discussion about the use of technology in recruiting and how it affects human interaction with candidates.   Find Balance The panel all agreed that in the end it’s about trying to find the right balance between using technology and maintaining the human touch. Not enough technology and you’re falling behind, too much technology loses the personal connection. In today’s world, the volume of jobs and candidates is so high that automation is necessary, but it’s critical to i ..read more

The eTeki team is looking forward to this year’s virtual World Staffing Summit, which takes place from January 24-28. Our CEO and co-founder Hans Bukow will be hosting a stellar panel on the topic of how to balance automation while maintaining the human connection in global recruiting today. Balancing Automation and Humanity in Global Recruiting.  January 24th from 4:30-5:30 EST Host:  Hans Bukow, CEO and co-founder of eTeki Panelists: Jamie Herbert, VP of Finance & Operations, Capstone Steve Levy, Manager Technical Recruiting, Zip Co. Adam Lombardi, Sr. Director Delivery Trans ..read more

We’re excited to announce that Hans Bukow, CEO and co-founder of eTeki, will be leading a panel at this year’s global World Staffing Summit event, taking place virtually from January 24-28. This year’s World Staffing Summit is the largest virtual gathering for staffing leaders, featuring over 150 industry thought leaders speaking about the latest topics in staffing. Over 10,000 staffing owners and operators will be attending, and there will be plenty of 1:1 networking opportunities, speaker Q&A sessions, and interactive roundtables to encourage collaboration and sharing of ideas. REGIST ..read more

First, yes, you can do this. Some companies aren’t aware that you can outsource technical interviews. But, with companies worldwide struggling to quickly identify and hire quality IT talent, more and more are turning to outsourcing technical interviews to ensure that candidates have the necessary skills to succeed at a given job. After all, most technical recruiters are non-technical professionals, and  do not have the qualifications to ascertain technical experience accurately. Outsourcing Technical Interviews Advantages Here are three advantages you get from outsourcing your technical ..read more