Hiring Designers: How to Tell Contenders from Pretenders

This is part two in a series regarding how to separate the mediocre from the all-stars when it comes to recruiting tech talent. Here, we’ll take an in depth look at designers, designating some red flags and green lights along the way which can help you avoid making a poor hire, and give you the edge when it comes to recognizing the superstars. When it comes to designers, take a close look at their ability to describe the iterative process, the narrative of their personal portfolio, how they position themselves amongst a team, and the specifics of their expertise.

Ethics in Recruiting: Q&A with Sendgrid’s Recruitment Stud

Josh Anderson, a prominent recruiter for email infrastructure company Sendgrid with additional experience at Google and Accenture, has encountered his fair share of ethical quandaries when it comes to engaging and acquiring talent. We sat down with Josh in hopes of unpacking some of these issues, and wound up covering some real ground in regards to transparency, talent poaching, diversity, as well as some recruitment tactics he finds, shall we say, less than respectable. Read on to see how Josh has managed to navigate these sometimes murky waters throughout his illustrious career.

Top 4 Things Engineers Hate about Recruiters

It’s no secret how hard it can be to recruit programmers, designers, or anyone with a technical background. Finding a candidate with the precise skill set you’re searching for can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and matters are made more difficult by the fact that you’re competing with the noise of no doubt hundreds of other recruiters. It should come as no surprise that some very common recruiting tactics are rubbing talent the wrong way, and some simple aspects of your outreach could be turning off well-qualified candidates to your entire company.

3 Ways to Distinguish an Average Engineer from a Great One

Although filling any position can be a lengthy, arduous, and frustrating process, finding a suitable engineer may be amongst the hardest tasks for a recruiter. Engineers are highly specialized, in very high demand, and genuinely good candidates can be few and far between. Dredging through the mediocrity in search of a strong, talented, reliable engineer can be a harrowing task for any recruiter, but luckily there are several red flags that give away poor candidates, as well as green lights that signify strong candidates, which any sourcer can leverage to their advantage. Areas such as personal projects, communication skills, autodidactic ability, and method of describing skills are all places a good recruiter can look to determine whether an engineer is truly talented.

Panel Discussion: Recruitment Ethics

Webinar: How to Recruit Using Github, Quora, Dribbble and More

GitHub, Quora, Dribbble, Stack Exchange and other info-rich websites are powerful tools with valuable data. In this 60-minute webinar, Entelo founder Jon Bischke offer

s practical tips for navigating through all of the data on these sites. If you’re a recruiter looking to gain an edge or are simply curious, you might find this webinar interesting. If you'd like to see other topics covered in future webinars, please reach out to us.

5 Great Lightweight Tools to Track your Recruiting Pipelines

Chances are you’re already doing some form of customer relationship management in a sales or service capacity. It might not be as likely, however, that you are doing it efficiently. Numerous software companies have attempted to aid in this process, and some are definitely better than others. Take a look at what we think the best tools are for managing your pipelines.

Tools to Supercharge Your Recruiting Efforts Webinar/Slideshow Posted

Thanks to everyone that participated in the webinar today. We had some insightful questions and some good discussion pertaining to a variety of tools including email reminders, email tracking, pipeline management and applicant tracking systems. Just as promised, you can access the webinar by clicking below.

Overview of Enterprise Applicant Tracking Systems

This is the second of a two-part post covering the pros and cons of some of the most common applicant tracking systems. We encourage you to get a demo of the products to evaluate which is the best tool for your organization. Click here to read Part 1.

Overview of Applicant Tracking Systems for SMBs

This is the first of a two-part post providing an overview of applicant tracking systems. We encourage you to try out each of these services to see which works best for your needs.

Announcing the Entelo Button

(UPDATE on 7/11/13: Irina Shamaeva and Jim Stroud, two of the most influential thought leaders in the recruiting industry have written detailed pieces on the Entelo Button. You can find them at The Entelo Button and COOL TOOL CAGEMATCH: Falcon vs Entelo respectively.)

Essential Email Tools for Recruiters

As recruiters, you send and receive exorbitant amounts of email. You’re reaching out to a candidate for the first time, following up, and tracking the various emails you’ve sent. And you’re doing all of this while trying to optimize the time you spend doing it. In this post, we outline some great email tools that make your email process easier and more effective.

How to Search on Github

In our earlier post, we introduced Github, the site where developers post and collaborate on projects. We’re going to do a deep dive into why recruiters should use Github, and more importantly, how to properly navigate it. You’ll want to utilize Github’s awesome search functionality to find out which developers are capable of creating great code. And you’ll find projects that correspond perfectly with what your company’s team is currently building or looking to build.

Startup Recruiting: 5 Action Items

So you’ve toiled for the last 6 months, launched your MVP and were able to muster a seed round to realize your vision. Now what?

Response Rates for Engineering Recruiting Emails

Anyone involved in engineering recruiting knows it's been increasingly difficult to get in touch with great engineers. Startups, agencies and established companies like Google and Facebook are all duking it out against each other to hire the best people. But if everyone is looking for engineers with what is generally a static supply, how do recruiters stand out when they reach out to engineers to convince them to join their companies.