Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/17zdNQj. Martijn Verburg and Zoe Slattery explain how to make the best use of community resources to find the ideal employee as well as sharing some horror stories.Filmed at qconlondon.com. Martijn Verburg is the CTO of jClarity and has over 12 years experience as a technology professional and OSS mentor. He has presented at JavaOne, Devoxx, OSCON, FOSDEM, QCon, etc. @karianna Zoe Slattery is currently working as a freelance software developer having previously enjoyed a long and varied career at IBM. @zoe_slattery

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Kim Ross (@kimbertles)
Martijn Verburg (@karianna)
Kudos to Zoe Slattery (@zoe_slattery)
Session ID: 3861
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4. noHR Hiring - who are we?
• Kim Ross
– Indie game developer & freelancer with a passion for big data
– Hired & managed game teams where every member is essential
– Has made hiring mistakes but also found some gems
• Martijn Verburg (aka "The Diabolical Developer")
– CTO of jClarity - Java performance tooling for cloud
– Co-leader of the London Java Community
– Has hired (and sadly) fired many talented folks
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6. noHR Hiring - What are you looking for?
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What are you looking for?
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7. • Audience pic
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8. noHR Hiring - What are you looking for?
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Let's define a role
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9. noHR Hiring - What are you looking for?
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1. Personal qualities
2. Cultural Fit
3. Practicalities
4. Technical
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10. • ***Amusing Pic to go here***
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11. noHR Hiring - What are you looking for?
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Can HR help?
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12. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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Assessing candidates
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Curriculum Vitae
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14. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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15. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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16. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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Data structures and algorithms
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17. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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Coding tests
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Public Contributions
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20. noHR Hiring - Assessing candidates
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References
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21. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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Why should they work for you?
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22. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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Job Adverts
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23. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
• "Minimum three years of experience working with Agile
methodologies; Solid experience with UML; Scrum
Master certification; Five years of Java development
including EJB, multithreading, hibernate and Spring;
Good knowledge of Puppet or Chef; Minimum of two
years of experience with TDD and any mocking
framework (preferably Mockito); Previous investment
bank experience; Strong academic records. Fantastic
opportunity to work with a very talented team in a great
working environment. Great benefits."
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24. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
• "We expect our developers to do much more than just writing code
– Help our clients to achieve their real goals—questioning the
requirements, understanding why they are asking for it and how it
contributes to their real goal.
– Deliver new features every few days.
– Develop a one-button-click infrastructure to deploy the applications into
production.
– Share knowledge by pair-programming with other developers.
– ...........
We don't like heroes and hierarchy. Our developers are the ones
conducting all the interviews. Since we benefit so much from the open source
community, we expect that all our developers are involved with community work,
either contributing to open source projects and writing blogs, or attending user
group meetings. This is our way to give something back."
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25. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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Interviews
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26. • ***Show me the money pic here***
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27. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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How do you manage people?
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How does development/IT run?
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30. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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Challenge / Interest level
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31. noHR Hiring - What are you offering?
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Work Environment
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32. noHR Hiring - What can HR do for you?
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HR (aka Legal Compliance)
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34. noHR Hiring - What can HR do for you?
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Keeping you legal
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35. noHR Hiring - What can HR do for you?
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Organise the process
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36. noHR Hiring - Agencies
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Let’s talk about recruiters...
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38. noHR Hiring - Community hiring
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If only there was a better way..
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41. noHR Hiring - Community hiring
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Use Community Resources
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Conferences & Meetups
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44. noHR Hiring - Case Study
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www.recworks.co.uk
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45. noHR Hiring - Community hiring
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Remember Biz is Biz
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46. noHR Hiring - Finally
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It is extra work
But it's worth it!
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47. Thanks!
Kim Ross (@kimbertles)
Martijn Verburg (@karianna)
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