[Phpwm] Job Opportunities

[Nick Downton]

We have come across Williams before and the chap that runs it seems
pretty clued up.
Always thought their logo was a bit naughty though!

Apart from that, we have had pretty bad experiences with agencies,
(the worst was when we had one asking us to clarify what a PHP
developer was despite proclaiming to be specialists)

Nick

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Alex Mace <alex at hollytree.co.uk> wrote:
> Sad to say all of our recent hires have come through agents. Even I joined though an agent, although I had previously sent my CV through with a letter and got no response.
>
> We had quite a good experience with Williams Resource - they had a list of set questions to ask candidates that was quite good at sorting the wheat from the chaff. Jon Glas at CV Bay sent us through some good stuff as well.
>
> I've tried posting stuff to here, twitter and other places to no response.
>
> Alex
>
> On 21 Mar 2011, at 10:27, Nick Downton wrote:
>
>> Where do you guys find works the best for advertising positions?
>> We have tried quite a lot of job boards but never really got what I
>> would call a good response. In fact, the job centre always seem to get
>> the most candidates through the door!
>> Also, we are thinking our ad copy may not be quite right. At the
>> moment it is very formal, straight from HR department. We were
>> thinking of going a bit less formal.
>>
>> Currently looking for another two developers, fairly junior for 20 - 25.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Alex Mace <alex at hollytree.co.uk> wrote:
>>> We ended up hiring a couple Graduates as "Junior" Developers at 20k+.
>>> We interviewed quite a lot whose salary demands were in your "Senior"
>>> range, but then found their skillsets weren't able to justify the
>>> demands. Some of that may just be down to the fact that we (at
>>> Namesco) have different demands because we work with the same large
>>> codebase to support a business, so we require a more in depth
>>> knowledge than an agency would.
>>>
>>> Just FYI though, I started as a Junior engineer at £16k 8 years ago,
>>> so I would have expected that to have moved on towards £20k by now.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On 20 Mar 2011, at 09:13, Tim Cumming <tim at cybacat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What did you end up doing Alex?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
>>>> [mailto:phpwm-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Mace
>>>> Sent: 19 March 2011 10:52 PM
>>>> To: West Midlands PHP User Group
>>>> Subject: Re: [Phpwm] Job Opportunities
>>>>
>>>> Good luck with those rates, based on my experience recruiting a few
>>>> people last year, you're going to need it.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On 19 Mar 2011, at 22:38, Rob Allen <rob at akrabat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Tim,
>>>>>
>>>>> We're currently sorting out the spec for a new Senior Developer and
>>>>> I'm hugely relieved to see that the budget we have is about the same
>>>>> as you :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Mar 2011, at 12:18, Tim Cumming wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Due to re-structuring we have THREE positions available that are
>>>>>> being advertised in local media at the moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Senior Developer (supervisory role) - 22,500 to 30,000 pa Junior
>>>>>> Developer - 15,500 to 18,000 pa Designer/Junior Developer - 15,500 to
>>>>
>>>>>> 18,000 pa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For more information, job descriptions and details of how to apply
>>>>>> please go to http://www.cybacat.com/careers/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NO AGENCIES PLEASE!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>> Cybacat Ltd - 0845 833 4447
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