Finding Great Technical Talent Today

More than ever before, technology workers are in demand throughout the world. The recruiting of IT professionals is a competitive business, with each company and staffing firm trying to match the right technical talent with the open positions.

How do you know that the candidates your recruiter is sending you are a good fit for your job openings?

Most professional recruiters working today have HR backgrounds or are veterans of other industries and may indeed be accomplished salespeople. But are these folks in touch with the latest trends in technology? How do you know that the candidates they send you are a good fit for your open reqs?

If you haven't worked with a recruiting firm, maybe you've instead thrown your best programmers at "the candidate" and waited to hear their impressions. Do you know if your developers are asking anything but technical questions? Chances are if the programmers you send to interview a candidate are like most IT professionals, they're very uncomfortable asking questions other than those that require rote memorization of arcane technologies. Forget about delving into a candidate's work experience:

  • Does the candidate ever stay at one job for long?
  • What goals has the candidate set for themselves?
  • What outside interests might help the candidate in this position?

Unfortunately many recruiting firms operate on the principle of "throw it against the wall and see if it sticks", sending multitudes of poorly-screened candidates at their clients. And even when a technical candidate is screened, what kind of an interview process is it? Does the average recruiter have the background or know anything about the technical environment of the company other than a few acronyms from a job description?

Simply put:

  • The average recruiter doesn't know enough about technology to ask the pertinent questions
  • The average IT professional only wants to ask technical questions and avoid potentially "messy" personal questions
AET will help you find the perfect employee for that critical technical position.

AET was founded by IT professionals, all of whom have been interviewed at some point (or many points) in their careers. Our own internal sampling of interview post-mortems show that professional recruiters usually miss key opportunities to ask useful questions, both technical and non-technical. And programmer-led interviews are similarly unhelpful in that no right-brain topics are ever broached.

Accelerator Enterprise Technologies was formed to address this "sweet-spot": Our recruiters are IT professionals first, but equally comfortable discussing the work habits, outside interests and employment history with a potential candidate. Our proprietary screening process insures that you are only sent the most qualified and desireable applicants for your open positions.

So the next time you find yourself in search of the perfect IT employee for that critical opening, give AET a call at 800.309.7298 and let us take the pain out of recruiting!