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Re:85% of jobs are filled via networking by throwaway2729 on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:40PM (#35983594)
As per my CEO, it's ok to do endless interviews to find that one good candidate. It doesn't make sense to me but hey it's not my money. One of our engineering managers was complaining that they had to do 80 interviews to hire one candidate. Colossal waste of time and money. No wonder these companies are still not profitable.
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Re:85% of jobs are filled via networking by darth_avocado on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:52PM (#35983667)
And that candidate leaves as soon as they find a better paying job.
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Re:85% of jobs are filled via networking by throwaway2729 on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:52PM (#35983668)
In 2+ years, I've done 331 interviews to hire in single digits.
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Re:85% of jobs are filled via networking by cinntaile on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @11:07PM (#35983731)
Maybe you should buy a copy of this book [0] and subtly display it on your desk. Then hope he shows an interest to read it so you can gift it to him.

[0] https://algorithmstoliveby.com/

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Re:85% of jobs are filled via networking by andersa on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:14AM (#35984060)
It could be your money. Money wasted doing this can't go towards your wage.
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