How to select IT specialists

 Recruiting IT professionals is one of the most challenging tasks for recruiters. IT is a field where candidates play an important role. The search for a good specialist often drags on, and IT professionals are not always ready to respond as they receive hundreds of responses daily from various HR departments and recruiting agencies. It's not enough to find a good professional, it's also important to introduce them to the job, the company and the perks you offer.

In this article you will learn: how to write a vacancy correctly, where to look for professionals and how to communicate with them.

How to write a job ad correctly

IT professionals often hate wasting time. A lot of interviews and tests could have been avoided if the employer had formulated all the requirements, duties and working conditions correctly from the very beginning.

The vacancy should include: the name of the company, its activities, working conditions, the proposed salary, the stack of technologies used, and information about the project you will have to work on. Candidates are also interested in knowing how the hiring process works and how many steps/tasks it has.

Employee Search

Linkedin is a very popular service among IT professionals. Basically, all searches are done there.

You should also pay attention to professional communities: GitHub, Stack Overflow and Behance. GitHub, for example, is a database of 14 million people, which can be selected by location and keywords. That is, you can nominate a person through GitHub and then email them on LinkedIn.

Personalize

When recruiting in IT, you need to understand who your target audience is. In IT, they tend to be men between the ages of 22 and 35. They like to develop, they like to read, and they care about the project.

You also need to pay a lot of attention to the invitation, which can enthuse the candidate. However, IT professionals don't like to be challenged. For this reason, IT recruiters have to spend a lot of time on correspondence. Correspondence should be as personal as possible and written in simple, concise language. When communicating with you, recruiters need to understand that you are genuinely trying to help them and find the best offer for them, not just to close a job. Always be friendly and try to befriend every potential candidate.

And remember, if you want to hire a good IT professional, you need to adopt their mentality, explain the value of your company and attract the candidate with great opportunities for creative and career development.