Re:Old Geek
by ap22213 on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:57PM
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Yep - odds are so low to find someone decent.
Let's say you're a good, experienced developer. You get 10 recruiter messages per week. You ignore most of them but 1 in 20 you decide to read. There's a 10% chance that the description looks like a good fit. You contact the recruiter and tell them your salary requirements. There's a 15% chance that it's in your range. You decide to set up a phone screen. But, since you're valuable to your current company, you're extremely busy. There's a 20% chance that you can make the call.
I'm too lazy to calculate that, but that's a huge number of people to contact just to phone screen one good person.
Let's say you're a good, experienced developer. You get 10 recruiter messages per week. You ignore most of them but 1 in 20 you decide to read. There's a 10% chance that the description looks like a good fit. You contact the recruiter and tell them your salary requirements. There's a 15% chance that it's in your range. You decide to set up a phone screen. But, since you're valuable to your current company, you're extremely busy. There's a 20% chance that you can make the call.
I'm too lazy to calculate that, but that's a huge number of people to contact just to phone screen one good person.