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Thanks Thayer. A few people have now said to me that I should consider paying someone to interview candidates for us, which is something we're considering. So seems to be fairly common as a good approach.
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, 22 April 2013 at 10:43, Thayer Prime wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>Hi Ed</div><div><br></div><div>I always recruit for any role through recommendation of folks who've</div><div>worked with the people I'm hiring for my clients. I highly recommend</div><div>that as the best way to find talent - having the stamp of approval</div><div>from those you *know* are good takes out most of the leg work in</div><div>working out skillsets and aptitude, leaving just cultural & team fit</div><div>and financial to worry about.</div><div><br></div><div>If you don't have a large enough network in the area to help you find</div><div>someone in that way, I (personally/professionally) would pay someone</div><div>you know who is the *exact* person you're after to sift and interview</div><div>your candidates for you, or ask their help in finding someone who'd be</div><div>keen to if they can't.</div><div><br></div><div>Best of luck,</div><div><br></div><div>Thayer</div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Ed James (Alt) <<a href="mailto:ed.james.spam@gmail.com">ed.james.spam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Hi all</div><div><br></div><div>We're looking for a Ruby DevOps person to join our team. While candidates</div><div>are pretty thin on the ground, we're a little stumped as to how a</div><div>developer-heavy tech team would interview for this role.</div><div><br></div><div>We're all capable when it comes to doing basic sysadmin stuff, but none of</div><div>us a sysadmins, which leaves us with a problem when it comes to doing a</div><div>thorough interview for the role.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have any experience in this area?</div><div><br></div><div>Alternatively, can anyone suggest any good SysAdmin service providers or</div><div>consultancies? This may also be something we might consider.</div><div><br></div><div>Note: our current SysAdmin works remotely for another company, and he gives</div><div>us approx 20hrs/week of time. We don't have enough work for a full time</div><div>SysAdmin, hence the DevOps description. It's a great opportunity for the</div><div>candidate to learn more about Ruby and Rails.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Ed James</div><div>Sent with Sparrow</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Chat mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Chat@lists.lrug.org">Chat@lists.lrug.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org">http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Thayer Prime</div><div>--------------------</div><div>CEO & Founder</div><div>Team Prime Ltd</div><div><a href="http://www.team-prime.com">http://www.team-prime.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime">http://www.linkedin.com/in/thayerprime</a></div><div><a href="http://www.thayerprime.com">http://www.thayerprime.com</a></div><div>@Thayer</div></div></div></span>
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