Tech Job Scotland

Re:Tech Job Scotland by TamDenholm on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:40AM (#7415709)

Scottish guy here, running my biz from Edinburgh (Local guys, get in touch and say hello). If i was a prospective job applicant, in Scotland, why do i have to go to a London meetup to work for companies in Scotland?

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Re:Tech Job Scotland by pjc50 on Monday March 17, 2014 @01:08PM (#7416388)

If you're in Scotland, you already know it exists and would automatically be looking locally. I see the London meetup as "poaching" people to come to Scotland.

I'm moving to work in Scotland myself very soon. I've got a weird range of reactions from people here in the south of England; people are sort of suprised to learn that Scotland has electricity let alone a tech industry.

The most effective recruiting strategy would be to ask people what they're currently paying to live in London and how tiny a flat it is, then show them the corresponding 3 bedroom house / Georgian townhouse they could get for the same money.

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Re:Tech Job Scotland by jeffbr13 on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:43PM (#7416160)

Replied to a node above (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7415728), but you can usually find out who's hiring by just turning up to the monthly Tech Meetup[0] - it's pretty active here in Edinburgh.

[0]: http://techmeetup.co.uk/

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Re:Tech Job Scotland by highlander on Monday March 17, 2014 @11:45AM (#7415760)

There was a Tech Jobs Scotland event in Edinburgh back in August 2013: http://turingfestival.com/tech-jobs-scotland.

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Re:Tech Job Scotland by nicholassmith on Monday March 17, 2014 @12:32PM (#7416083)

I think they're running it to show London talent that there's a life outside the big city, and see how many they can poach.

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