Skipping Traditional Recruitment, Going Straight To the Source

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theodp writes "Out of necessity, reports Slate, tech startups are changing the way workers are screened and hired. Take database technology startup RethinkDB, whose old-school recruiting effort — job boards, external recruiters — yielded hundreds of resumes, dozens of phone screens, and numerous four-hour meetings with viable candidates, but no one who fit their criteria. 'They [recruiters] can't tell the difference between the competent ones and the stars,' complained Y Combinator's Paul Graham. Instead, the RethinkDB founders turned to sites like Github.com and stackoverflow.com to pick up six people (they're still looking), a mix of full-timers and interns, both senior and junior. 'You can see the code being written and how technically accurate they are,' explained RethinkDB's Michael Glukhovsky."http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.slashdot.org% 2Fstory%2F10%2F08%2F28%2F0319257%2FSkipping-Traditional-Recruitment-Going-Straight-To-the-Source) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Skipping+Traditional+Recruitment%2C+Go ing+Straight+To+the+Source%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly% 2FauwpXk)
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