<span class="Apple-style-span" style>Paul Robinson, that was an epic, excellent post that sums up my feelings exactly. I've been recruiting pretty much non-stop since 2010 and recruiters, whilst constantly on my case, have been very ineffective (that's being polite)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style>. Word of mouth, talking to people, networking with developers, making an interesting product and having a nice workplace is what seems to work in this climate. For start-up/product companies at least - it's different in the enterprise world/City where they hire 'resources'. </span><div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>I've hired nearly 20 Ruby devs over the years and only one has come via a recruiter. And this was a graduate hire from a recruitment firm I specifically called up because I met one of them at a proper geek night. All speculative recruiter calls/emails have come to nothing and I dare say always will because they just don't get it.<span></span><br>
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<div></div><div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>Cheers</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style>Olly</span></div></div></div></div></div>