{"id":6345,"date":"2012-03-14T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/static\/blog\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:56:35","slug":"live-from-sxsw-recruiter-manager-disconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/live-from-sxsw-recruiter-manager-disconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"Live From SXSW: Recruiter Manager Disconnect"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I\u2019ve been soaking up the sites at the world\u2019s most popular interactive media conference, SXSW held each year in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 Before the conference I wrote about how recruiters<\/a> can recruit at conferences like SXSW.<\/a>\u00a0 Events and sessions that target a very specific niche audience can be extremely effective in building relationships at conferences even those as large as SXSW where 35,000 people descending upon the conference this year.<\/p>\n

While there are a growing number of recruiters<\/a> and HR presence at the conference, I was still disappointed largely because I uncovered an even bigger disconnect between recruiters and managers.\u00a0 Two of the sessions I attended \u201cRock Stars to Roadies<\/a>\u201d and \u201cTalent Wars\u201d discussed the topic of attracting and retaining top talent particularly those of the developer, engineer, and coder variety.\u00a0 Even in cities like Austin, which is no Silicon Valley, the war for high tech talent is waging especially since Apple will be adding an addition 3,000 jobs<\/a>, mostly of the high tech variety.\u00a0 Companies currently residing in the Austin marketplace are scrambling, bracing, strategizing, and anticipating the increased cost and turnover that will happen at their offices.\u00a0 Austin is effectively becoming the Silicon Valley of the South.<\/p>\n

The lack of HR and recruiter presence at either of these sessions was appalling.\u00a0 When asked, panelists felt that recruiters<\/a> were ineffective at attracting top talent at their organizations and even went so far as to say that unless a recruiter can write code, they can\u2019t be a effective recruiter in the current high demand marketplace. While I understand the developers point of view, I believe they are working with the wrong recruiters.<\/p>\n

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A SXSW Panel. Photo by Blogging4Jobs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another interesting tidbit came from the Talent Wars session where an attendee admitted, he avoids LinkedIn<\/a> altogether.\u00a0 They are bombarded with emails, phone calls, and messages whether they are qualified or not as recruiters<\/a> scramble to get the inside scoop on who\u2019s in the market for a job. Sessions attendees and panelists agreed that rock star engineer talent avoids these online tools altogether.\u00a0 In fact most in demand developers purposely fail to include employment information or skills and qualifications so that they may avoid the flood of recruiters<\/a> who come knocking at their door.<\/p>\n

Feelings like these among the tech industry when it comes to recruiters and HR are far too common. While their feelings may be justified for pushy recruiters<\/a>, the lack of consistency or even understanding of the recruiting, hiring and onboarding process only leads to increased turnover or unlawful hiring practices which I\u2019m positive are happening each and every single day.<\/p>\n

Only through interactions – either at conferences like SXSW<\/a> or by tech recruiters<\/a> themselves who must make an enormous and obvious effort to change the stereotype – will the disconnect move to discussion where building trust and relationships are a priority.\u00a0 Are you with me?<\/p>\n

Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR is a HR consultant, new media strategist, and author who writes at Blogging4Jobs<\/a>. <\/em>Jessica is the host of Job Search Secrets, an internet television show for job seekers. Photo Credit Blogging4Jobs<\/a>. <\/em>
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