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45 <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="http://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/2017/07/what-are-the-es.html" rel="bookmark">What are the essential duties for a technical recruiter?</a></h2>
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49 <abbr class="published" title="2017-07-10T09:39:43-08:00">July 10, 2017 9:39 AM</abbr>
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61 <p>I think it's odd that most recruiters do not seem to know what they essential
62 duties are. Just looking at it quickly one would think that a recruiter's job
63 is to find <strong>qualified</strong> candidates. In the field of computers
64 this often means looking at buzzwords and matching them up. But it's more than
65 buzzword matching (http://jobscan.co can do that for you). It's really knowing
66 the technologies behind the buzzwords to know that, for example, <a
67 href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software)">Jenkins</a> is
68 essentially the same as <a
69 href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Cloud">Electric Commander</a>
70 whereas <a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> is not really at all like
71 <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/">MongoDB</a> though they do share the characteristic of both being databases,
72 one uses SQL and the other is No SQL.</p>
74 <p>I get way too many "offers" by recruiters - typically Indian recruiters -
75 for positions that I would have thought I was not qualified for. For example,
76 the client will say that 3+ years experience with AWS is <strong>required</strong>
77 and I do not have any AWS experience yet (I've played around with it at home
78 and have taken some online courses but it's clear the client wants 3+ years
79 of actual experience not classroom experience). But the recruiter will
80 contact me nonetheless. Or a recruiter will approach me for a Salesforce
81 developer job. The word Salesforce appeared on my resume once. I helped the
82 Salesforce team integrate into JIRA via a plugin. I configured the plugin and
83 verified that Salesforce was talking to JIRA. I did absolutely nothing in
84 Salesforce itself. I would think that a Salesforce developer would know
85 Salesforce in depth. This is a waste of my time and their time and really
86 a waste of the client's time.</p>
88 <p>I realize that the recruiter may be thinking "Hey, I'm not sure that this
89 particular guy is totally qualified but I do see Salesforce on his resume.
90 I'll reach out to him and ask questions". Then I would think he email, rather
91 than being just a form email, would be something like this:</p>
94 Hi, my name is <name>. I saw your resume says you've had some Salesforce
95 exposure but it's not clear to me how much experience you actually have. I have
96 a Salesforce developer position described below. Can you tell me if you have
97 enough experience and if you are comfortable with the job requirements?...
100 <p>But they don't do that.</p>
102 <p>I have toyed with the idea of faking experience so as to compel the
103 recruiter to get me an interview and then go in there and simply say
104 "I don't know any of that stuff and I don't know what Mr. Recruiter said I
105 did" just to discredit the recruiter to show their clients that this
106 particular recruiter is not properly screening (or screening at all for that
107 matter). Something needs to be done, IMHO!</p>
109 <p>Case in point: Working with one <a
110 href="mailto:arvind.alagapalli@araucariatechnologies.com">Arvind Kumar</a>
111 of <a href="http://araucariatechnologies.com">Araucaria Technologies</a>,
112 he approached me for an AWS Cloud Engineer position that has the following:</p>
115 <h2>Qualifications:</h2>
118 <li>5+ years of progressive experience with large, complex information systems</li>
119 <li>3+ years of experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS 3+ environments</li>
120 <li>Vast experience with transitioning physical plant to AWS environments</li>
121 <li>Must have strong LAMP & Tomcat Java experience.</li>
122 <li>Experience in automation and testing via scripting/programming.</li>
123 <li>Strong experience with Ansible. Experience with SVN and Github (preferred)</li>
124 <li>B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent (preferred)</li>
128 <p>Yet nowhere on my <a href="http://clearscm.com/resume">resume</a> would
129 you find 3_ years of AWS experience, nor transitioning physical plant to AWS environment. Have no experience with
130 Ansible, nor SVN or Github. This is not to say I couldn't excel at these
131 technologies as I pick up things quickly. And I do have experience with
132 things like Clearcase, Perforce and git (just not Github or SVN). And I have
133 taken some AWS courses but I would not claim to have 3+ years of experience
134 or even 1 year of experience because my experience is at home, not at a client's
135 site in a production situation.</p>
137 <p>As a result, why would anybody trust Arvind's word at all? Why would
138 anybody work with Arvind or other recruiters at Araucaria Technologies knowing
139 that their quality control is very sub par?</p>
141 <p>Recently I found this Tech Recruiter job on DICE. Some of the essential
145 <li>Identify the client's business and cultural nuances, as well as define
146 the position, its functions, challenges selling points, and viability.
147 <b><u>Uncover the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities of the ideal
148 candidate</u></b>.</li>
150 <li>Coordinate with Program Managers and Account Managers to <b><u>ensure quality delivery to client's requisitions</u></b>. Work with sales team
151 on account development and account management.</li>
153 <li>Actively market <b><u>qualified candidates</u></b> to new and existing
154 clients. Utilize sales techniques to expand business through research and
155 prospecting and turning client inquiries into job requisitions.</li>
157 <li>Assist with the design of a sourcing strategy to uncover both passive
158 and active candidates through existing and new sources in order to
159 maintain an <b><u>effective pool of candidates</u></b>. Utilize
160 electronic process in recruiting and placement to <b><u>maximize
161 efficiency and time saving</u></b>.</li>
163 <li><b><u>Target the most qualified candidates and screen resumes to
164 identify potential matches</u></b>.</li>
166 <li>Present opportunity to candidate and conduct in-depth interview to
167 <b><u>determine suitability and interest of candidate. Identify, evaluate,
168 and summarize relevant technical experience, knowledge, hard and soft
169 skills, and abilities in relation to job requirements</u></b>.</li>
171 <li><b><u>Submit qualified candidates</u></b> and respond to client
175 <p>So as you can see recruiters should be qualifying people
176 before emailing candidate who incompetent recruiters such as Arvind
177 obviously have not qualified.</p>
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190 <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="http://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/2017/04/dealing-with-re-1.html" rel="bookmark">Dealing with Recruiters</a></h2>
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194 <abbr class="published" title="2017-04-24T21:29:08-08:00">April 24, 2017 9:29 PM</abbr>
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206 <p>Sorry, I guess I need to vent. One of my biggest complaints as of late is so<br />
207 called "professionalism". You know, you call up some support group and you're<br />
208 trying to get things straightened out, frustrated from being on hold for 20-30<br />
209 minutes navigating the voice mail call menus (there are apps to assist for that<br />
210 so this is not just me!), trying to fix a problem that was basically caused<br />
211 because company A fucked up and you're now fixing their problem. You utter <br />
212 something like "Fuck you mean I need to wait for 4-6 weeks for this to be fixed!!!"<br />
213 and they retort with something like "Sir, please! Be professional". You know what<br />
214 asshole! Being professional is about actions not words. Your actions were <br />
215 unprofessional thus causing me strife and frustrating resulting in me blowing<br />
216 off steam and uttering the word "FUCK", which you've heard a million times before<br />
217 and you know what is going on here. Look if you were fucking squeaky clean then,<br />
218 and only then, you might have a point but you don't.</p>
220 <p>Recruiters are the worse - especially Indian recruiters fresh off the boat! Typical<br />
221 things that I encounter are things like a recruiter will call me up, apparently <br />
222 not be able to hear me well (or so they claim) then they hang up. Literally hang<br />
223 up on me. Do they call me back? No. Do they call and leave a message? No. Can I<br />
224 call them up? Sometimes. Other times I get a message saying "This Magic Jack <br />
225 subscriber is not here" or it's a general number and I need to know their <br />
226 extension. Well I don't know their extension BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FUCKING BOTHER<br />
227 TO LEAVE A DAMN MESSAGE! Or I get to their voice mail and their mailbox is full.</p>
229 <p>Think about this - a business who depends on being able to communicate with<br />
230 the candidates and they do not have a way to take a fucking message, they do<br />
231 not have the professional business courtesy to leave a fucking message nor <br />
232 insure that they can be contacted. They've left a dead end trail. No, I'm not<br />
233 the fucking unprofessional one - you are.</p>
235 <p>Then you have things like this <a href="https://www.ziprecruiter.com/ojob/50feb857b4c56bcc613b9be1e535ea5d?u=e7ATHjqi_6u95ZN3U9gF0g6mRifuYqBUz5OyYrWniZFfLFZpVOjIYxvIrn3V5bbxh3D_ZfKFxtfuhAgb5vEK717KnZEl5uhByVZ5pc99N6Lk58ZMMJq6OaB25SIcnKu3CSJGBKUV4nfZlRGT0qEqfFKebeQVN7IdPZEiQ3u1sbPgsgn0lAYnI0UCO2Pd3yoRLXeA0Px6kFJZAcupDvN4rvhNdNrbcqAzAKdXBxGevqKbQhv2JFOGy7fxHPB0vBUMcPhtHdkMFDM2SRWENeHtZ7zkKPh2wo2ZgOIyWQ0tW70nLywu_K3G8uj3j5_7--gYIZjKGOJfkrlnzrqrifwGnp4879-i6Hph8TI7pymWeCPZAKAGHSrhKA-gHf8gShNoguOxGZdowM_FlUZfgaXAcTUjNabDaFhUfZcvRHrZmENF8OXMve7VgPAhl1OO7lhZwum7zPdYOtJrQWMphj_J0RAz72s2Eqz-Gmftljk2GLVuuNsWMmlDxaFS12FGO4J9n9vVPLndiUTp38EJ1r2pzenI9gt6A0kQPKR35E9bCFojNYvVBj4PgDhUJxppz9dsQyAvsNjEqPRnAMCOMxnGkunuxl4zi72QIB-4ZatpMN1_pZSFkLmWBS081xoxoC55oho609CANvPjFJxDrrlDEESMrplEJg16xtwqp1_GlgoaQ4_0u1o7Lr88IrP6nuY1GsdDvCkM-arKf353dkjQQo5fz21mbFWNERkQoW_TNELSPIfejwjyUMtt7AZtBANItZibcipdOCi3Nl0DqcP3Ku2cGyhomXQW6RiXh6w9A_vnJc5aOhBOGxS_f25eDskUs8NkhUROBUdrYg97CaaoZJx1RG25rNZoRPa-W68_q2am-Gx5pGLPhs6WDqMg3S5UiVASgguJQAH1iTb15A5Z__utwvpH08CgSY-zrg1gBWIpUNoN4zisUSmxPjEKfUM6TixfEd2RqXZ3Qqr-o9u3G8GlSZO3liyi72JUzb8k-oLTyeJX574GoRaKU1UzJnlGY6A5ppLfB5udxqyh6kSwPYaaJIDH7CBvgKt4qQV0I2VzeYKuMf1ZHx_mk3rGvgFeNq1-WyeotMFq3S_rzd5Vyg" title="Zip Recruiter Link">Zip Recruiter link</a>, <br />
236 which sends you to <a href="http://www.tillster.com/careers/?p=job/owq84fwS&__jvst=Career%20Site&nl=1" title="here">here</a>, which sends you <a href="http://www.tillster.com/careers/?p=job%2Fowq84fwS%2Fapply&__jvst=Career%20Site&nl=1" title="here">here</a>, <br />
237 which now requires you to fill out forms. Other places require a login and<br />
238 even a series of 4-10 pages to "fill out your profile" with an account that<br />
239 hell I don't even want!</p>
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252 <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="http://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/2016/11/new-banking-par.html" rel="bookmark">New Banking Partner</a></h2>
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256 <abbr class="published" title="2016-11-21T20:32:16-08:00">November 21, 2016 8:32 PM</abbr>
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268 <p>Sorry I've been taking my time responding. Truth be told the reason is,
269 although you might not believe me, I don't actually like complaining! I'd
270 much rather have nothing to complain about. But my personality type is
271 also that I will not sit idly by when I have problems I shouldn't have to
272 and/or can see improvements that can be made.</p>
274 <p>I have been making a list and I've decided to keep it on my server so
275 I can amend and update it as time goes by.</p><p>However, the following is
276 something I'd like to have taken care of quickly (it was #4 on my list but
277 that may shift around a bit when I finally publish):</p>
280 <li value="4">I've had a problem logging into this centresuite.com -
281 a totally separate website to manage my one business credit card. My
282 account had been locked. I called up and complained. I was told that
283 somebody - perhaps you - was supposed to get back to me to resolve the
284 issue. It's been <u><b>almost 3 weeks</b></u> now, no followup, no phone
285 calls, no email, nothing!</li>
288 <p>Basically I've had not been able to log in to that site to pay my
289 business visa. Please fix, contact me or whatever as my next invoice is
290 about to be paid and my plan was to pay that off then.</p>
292 <p>See "Continued reading" for the real skinny!</p>
294 <p><b>Note:</b> You do not want to become like my last bank
295 <a href="/WF">Wells Fargo</a></p>
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316 <abbr class="published" title="2016-05-03T22:15:15-08:00">May 3, 2016 10:15 PM</abbr>
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328 <p>Looks like I'm moving to LA! Or more precisely Marina del Rey. I have a<br />
329 new contract with ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names <br />
330 and Numbers - the people who hand out internet IPs and DNS). That's <br />
331 exciting! Silicon Beach as they say. And I'll be closer to San Diego, <br />
332 my guitar playing and non-guitar playing friends out there. Perhaps <br />
333 Randal and I can ride share to Mexico on occasion. Shout out to my <br />
334 friends in Mexico! Hey Ed! You zombie chaser you! And Charles...</p>
336 <p>Marina del Rey seems to be a wonderful place - right by Venice Beach, <br />
337 Santa Monica as well as other beach communities. And my new place looks<br />
338 fantastic with ocean views...</p>
341 Right by the marina:</p>
343 <p>My mother always said she envisioned me living by the beach. Well Mom,<br />
344 this is as close as I've come so far! Miss you Mom! It's the <i>Wild, <br />
345 Wild West... Doing my best</i>!</p>
347 <p>Everybody take care and have a great summer!</p>
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360 <h2 class="asset-name entry-title"><a href="http://defaria.com/blogs/General/archives/2016/03/contractor-pay-.html" rel="bookmark">Contractor Pay Rate vs Company Bill Rate</a></h2>
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364 <abbr class="published" title="2016-03-17T12:23:45-08:00">March 17, 2016 12:23 PM</abbr>
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376 <p>If a recruiter is telling you he's only making like $10-$15/hr above the rate he's offering you then he's probably lying. The industry standard is anywhere from 20-75% markup. This means that for a rate of $90/hr the staffing firm is billing the client anywhere from $108/hr to $150/hr.</></p>
377 <p>From <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://peopleticker.com/bill-rate">http://peopleticker.com/bill-rate</a></p>
378 <blockquote><span>Typical markups range from as low as <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>20% to 50%</b></span> or more<br /> </span></blockquote>
379 <p>From <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234665">http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234665</a></p>
380 <blockquote><span>In general, niche markets (e.g., IT) produce higher markups than do traditional staffing markets (e.g., clerical). Veigele notes that occasionally her firm's markup can approach <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>75 percent for a computer company client</b></span>.</span></blockquote>
381 <p><span></span>From <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eremedia.com/fordyce/heres-how-to-set-your-contract-staffing-rates/">http://www.eremedia.com/fordyce/heres-how-to-set-your-contract-staffing-rates/</a></p>
383 <p>Once you have an hourly pay rate for the contractor, you can use an average multiplier to calculate the hourly bill rate for the company. The location of the contract assignment can affect what multiplier you use. If you are placing someone in New York the multiplier would be higher than Michigan. <b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Multipliers usually range between 1.5 and 1.8</span></b>, but they can go much higher for healthcare professionals and hard-to-fill positions.</p>
384 <p>Our tracking shows that the current average multiplier for technical and professional contract staffing throughout the United States is 1.60. For the past 10 years it has ranged from an average of 1.51 to 1.67. (Excluding healthcare contract placements.)</p>
385 <p><strong>Note</strong>: The multiplier is defined as the quotient of the company bill rate divided by the employee pay rate. A simple example of a 1.5 multiplier would be a scenario where the bill rate is $60 per hour and the pay rate is $40 per hour. The common term for multiplier is also "mark-up."</p>
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403 <abbr class="published" title="2015-10-05T07:22:18-08:00">October 5, 2015 7:22 AM</abbr>
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416 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/188262992/">Lalaine</a> 7:17 AM<br>
417 Sent from EXPLORE the BAY<br>
418 Kindly delete my pic pls</p>
420 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/10426135/">Andrew DeFaria</a> 7:19 AM</p>
421 <p>OK. Sorry. Didn't mean to "steal your soul"...</p>
423 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/188262992/">Lalaine</a> 7:31 AM</p></p>
425 <p>The picture is not a good thing to display buz it looks like I was annoyed with you or with the event, but I was not. I was just caught off guard.</p>
427 <p>If the pic did not show that kind of expression, then I would not mind nor would I request that you delete it. I wish you had asked my permission first when posting this 'kind' of picture. The concern is, not only it got posted and it's in everyone's emails, which such picture can be misjudged.</p>
429 <p>Please also ensure to delete every copy of this in your mobile gallery or any postings you've made on other sites (if any...). I trust that you'd respect my wishes. Thank you and have a good day.</p>
431 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/10426135/">Andrew DeFaria</a> 8:14 AM</p>
433 <p>But you were annoyed at me for taking that picture. That's why you looked that way.</p>
435 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/188262992/">Lalaine</a> 8:31 AM</p>
437 <p>I was not annoyed. Pls reread my email, I was caught off guard. I did still talk with you even after - remember? Did you see any annoyance in that. You've joined us quite a few times after and I was still talking with you cordially. My attitude did not change. Besides, I did not know that you actually took it cuz I started walking away and did not expect that you would post it either - if you did take it. I assumed wrong. I'm not comfortable when men are taking a 'solo' pic of me and esp a stolen pic. Yeah, it made me so uncomfortable that's why I showed that expression... Hope it does not happen again.</p>
439 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/10426135/">Andrew DeFaria</a> 8:47 AM</p>
441 <p>What I said was exactly and literally true. You were annoyed at me - <b>for taking that picture</b>. Not you were annoyed at me personally and would never speak to me again. You just didn't like that I took that picture. That's all I was saying. And it was why I still talked to you and hung out with you. I found you "exotic" and lovely which is why I took the picture. I thought you were a bit pouty in the picture but I thought it looked cute nonetheless so I posted it. Sorry it bothered you. I removed it and I can assure you I will take no more pictures of you.</p>
443 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/188262992/">Lalaine</a> 9:51 AM</p>
445 <p>I was just really uncomfortable. I find it rather odd. See, I had bad experiences from a few men before who stalked me. A while back I had to file unwanted harassment even at work and it all started by men taking a stolen solo pic of me. I'm not saying ur gonna be like that, but I'm traumatized... We can all take pics in a group. Thanks for the compliments. God bless.</p>
447 <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/members/10426135/">Andrew DeFaria</a> 9:55 AM</p>
449 <p>Thanks for thinking of me as a stalker first before thinking of me as just a nice man. Made me day!</p>
453 <p>The bitch then proceeded to attempt to get me thrown out of the group. My opinion: Seems like she's has issues and should not be approached. Smells like a Fatal Attraction to me. Beware!</p>
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470 <abbr class="published" title="2015-01-21T16:33:25-08:00">January 21, 2015 4:33 PM</abbr>
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482 <p>I get a lot of calls from recruiters. Many are not that professional. Many don't have anything to offer me of worth. How do deal with such people? Here's my system. If you've been redirected here then you've failed the test.</p>
484 <p>What's the test? Well recruiters work with a script - so I have my own. My first line of defense is to direct them to email me the job requirements. I do this for a few reasons:<br />
486 <li>To have a record of it</li><br />
487 <li>To see if the recruiter is blacklisted</li><br />
488 <li>To see if the recruiter is responsive enough to deal with simple instructions</li><br />
491 <p>You see I have my own spam filters that I've used for well over a decade now. I filter based on From address. Anybody who is not in my system gets a bounce back message telling the sender how to register with MAPS - my home grown spam filters. If the sender is on my blacklist it means that I have not had good results with this person and thus I will no longer do business with them.</p>
493 <p>Now most recruiters can't figure out this simple system that quite frankly my 85 year old aunt has no problem with! At first I thought that my bounce back message was being filtered into the recruiter's spam folder. But lately I believe that it's probably in their inbox but unread. If you've ever seen the typical Outlook user they have thousands of messages in their inbox and hundreds of them are unread. So this tells me that if I were to do business with this recruiter and I had say a problem with invoicing or receiving payment I might have my email in their inbox unread for days. I don't do business with people who are unresponsive and effectively are ignoring people. Sorry if you have a workload - I do too. And I manage to manage mine. Learn to manage your own.</p>
495 <p>If the recruiter figures it out and simply clicks and types in their name to register with MAPS the email will be delivered and I will promptly respond with my standard response asking them to quote me a rate. IFF the rate is acceptable I'll talk with the recruiter.</p>
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