how to improve the developer candidate experience
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@StackCareersUK @angelanyman #TheCandEs
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How to improve the developer candidate experienceEMEA Candidate Experience Symposium and Awards
Stack Overflow Population
ParisLondon
New York + +
UK developer job market
of developersare employed
98.5%
of developers want less recruiters to
contact them
51.4%
What matters the most
Building something that matters
Quality of colleagues
Work / life balance
1. How to contact a developer
vv
Stack Overflow Careers Message
LinkedIn InMail
Phone Call
Great Tolerate Hate I don't have an account
2. What makes developers respond to a message?
Message is personalised
59.7%
Salary information is provided
56.8%
Code or projectsI've worked on are referenced
43.5%
3. What is most important when evaluating a job opportunity?
Details about the product or projectI'd be working on
54.2%
Office location
53.0%
Tech stack
42.5%
4. Who do they want to speak to?
vv
My potential manager
A developer who would be on my team
In-house generalist recruiter
Headhunter (contingency recruiter)
Like Tolerate Hate
5. Improving the candidate experience
Introduce me to the team
50.7%
Show me the space in which
I will work
42.8%
Prepare me forwho I will be
speaking with
34.3%
Key Insights for 2016
Forget professional programming education
Forget traditional CV’s
Think like a developerThink like a developer
Forget professional programming education
Forget traditional CV’s
Thank you!careers.stackoverflow.com
@StackCareersUK @angelanyman #TheCandEs
linkedin.com/in/angelanyman