[LRUG] [Jobs] Lead Developer - evvnt - London :: Seed Funding Raised

[Jonathan]

While it's not unreasonable to miss out a phone number, it does put up a
slight barrier. So I guess that's what Richard is pointing out.

If you're looking for a job you want to remove as many barriers as
possible, because no matter how flooded the job market is with jobs (or no
matter how un-desperate you are), the best jobs that you actually want will
most likely have competing applicants.

And personally, (not saying this applies to everyone) I want jobs that have
a social aspect to them (not social media, just social interaction). Any
employer I'd like to work for would ideally have a reciprocal expectation
of that so they would expect me to be able to talk to people rather than
just communicate via email.

So in conclusion, judging people by their willingness to chat on the phone
might be quite important, if that's the type of programmer you're looking
for (maybe you need them to talk to clients?).




On 1 August 2013 13:17, Paul Battley <pbattley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1 August 2013 11:54, Richard Green <richard at evvnt.com> wrote:
> > Did you know: 70% of the applicants who have applied to the role did not
> > supply a direct dial on their email or resume.
>
> That doesn't seem unreasonable to me. Perhaps they don't want to be
> telephoned out of the blue at inconvenient times: it can be pretty
> embarrassing if you're at work. All you need to do is to ask them for
> a number when contacting them to arrange a suitable time, which seems
> like the polite thing to do in any case!
>
> Besides, judging applicants by their willingness to chat on the phone
> seems like it would exclude a lot of good candidates. Programmers
> aren't generally keen on voice calls, in my experience.
>
> Paul.
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