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Recruiting field notes
Ten Years
Ten years ago I took my first gig in recruiting. The idea was to spend a few years understanding the industry, then figure out what I really wanted to do in tech.
Dog days
Maki visited the Lookahead Search Sydney office a couple of times this month. If you’ve seen anything I’ve posted on the internet, you’ve seen her already, but here’s a photo anyway:
Setting the correct zoom level
Recently I’ve had more than a few conversations with people who are questioning their career choices.
One Year On
Today marks one year since I’ve gone from a front end developer to be a technical recruiter at Lookahead Search. In my previous jobs, making it to one year just felt like another day. But this time it’s different. It feels more significant because it was a career change.
Team offsite
Last week, we spent a few days in the rolling green hills of Berry, NSW for a team offsite. The days were spent doing brown bags, retrospectives and planning. The nights involved eating too much and relaxing together.
Lookahead Search now hires technical leaders
Hannah, Matt and I will be working together on hiring executive roles in Sydney and Melbourne. We’re best suited to hiring software engineers who have graduated into technical leadership positions.
Bittersweet Goodbyes and Looking Ahead
I attended my first Railsgirls and Ruby Conf nearly 2 years ago. I still remember the time I first shipped that half baked Rails application and shared the URL with my friends, that excitement I felt way back then was the beginning of something that would never go away; the drive to learn and to build things.
The Importance of 1:1 Catch Up
Hiring a good team of people is hard, which is why retention is very important.
RubyConf Australia v2016 Recap - Seaworld, Gold Coast
The 2016 version of RubyConf AU was an absolutely awesome time. There were some amazing talks, great musical performances, fantastic social events, and an overall feeling of inclusiveness and love within the Ruby Community.
Asking for a pay rise
The potential foreseen awkwardness surrounding asking your boss for a pay rise is often enough of a deterrent for most people to avoid the conversation entirely. The average boss can be known to forget to bring this up with their team. If they haven’t hired in a while, they could be disconnected from market rates, too. So, you may need to take it into your own hands.
Lookahead Log
Feb
A Ruby renaissance? Reams of Rails roles racking up.
Jan 2021
Most clients debating their remote vs on-site split.
Dec
2020. We did it. Happy holidays, friends!
Nov
Welcome to the team, Sarah!
Oct
Happy 7th birthday, SydCSS! 🥳
Sep
Highest demand for Node.js developers that we've seen.
Aug
New site! Send your feedback while the code is fresh in our minds :)
Jul 2020
Noticing an increase in hiring activity. Nearly back to pre-Covid levels.
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