hackathons - the new age recruiting tool

Hackathons – The new age technology recruiting tool

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Technology hiring in the last decade

1 Focus on generalist hiring

2 Mass hiring with no emphasis on skill assessment

4 Low entry bar for skill requirement of candidates

3 Very little demand for newer technologies


Technology hiring – Today

1 Increased focus on skill based hiring

2 Niche skill hiring has become mainstream

4 Higher entry bar on skill levels requirement

5 Increased use of technology for smarter hiring

3 Employer Branding – Long-term recruiting strategy


Employer Branding

New Sourcing Channels

Employer Branding

Skill Validation

3 Biggest

Challenges


1. Traditional job portals do not attract the tech savvy crowd

2. Developer community is itself very fragmented

3. Programmer communities like Github/Stackoverflow have become interesting source of talent

1 New Sourcing Channels


1. Resume filtering alone is useless

2. Too much time being spent in technical assessment and interviews

3. Difficult to scale up skill assessment without technological solution

2 Skill Validation


1. Candidate engagement has become critical

2. Need to attract developers with your company’s technology

3. Companies have to be present in developer oriented communities.

3 Employer Branding


Hackathon – An innovative solution


Employer Branding Originally meant to solve problems and build new

products

Hackathon = Hack + Marathon

Origins of Hackathon


Attracts the best developers, who are not

accessible through traditional sources

Helps in identifying and attracting

developers for niche skills

Excellent way to gauge skills, problem solving aptitude and

creativity

Effective mechanism for creating a lasting

employer brand


Companies already doing this

Pioneer in hackathons – conducts Open Hack globally in multiple locations

Codejam and Google Summer of Code attracts some of the best top notch developers every year

Facebook Hacker Cup sees massive participation each year

LinkedIn Hack Days have started seeing a lot of traction



Hackathons for Hiring 1. HackerEarth – The fastest

growing community of developers where they participate in online hackathons and build their profile

2. Companies work with us to hire highly skilled programmers across different technologies by conducting online hackathons

Summary

1 Leverage unconventional sourcing mechanisms

2 Skill assessment and use of tools for tech hiring

4 Hackathon - supplement traditional hiring methods

3 Employer branding - part of a long term strategy


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hackathons - the new age recruiting tool

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