TalentNet 2016 - "Recruiting at Tech Events"

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RECRUITING AT EVENTSDo you win?

WHY?Surely the job boards have all the candidates anyway?

AMAZING TARGETING The event should know who’s coming, right…?

Let them do the targeting for you!

ENGAGED AND MOTIVATED CANDIDATES

They’ve fought for the budget and time to be there

Keen to learn and develop

Greater market awareness

More likely to be your future advocates

CULTURE AND PERSONALITY MATCHING

How often do you make interview decisions within the first few minutes?

Do candidates engage with your existing team?

How to they approach the problems you wish to solve?

Can you picture them as part of your workplace?

INNOVATION & FEEDBACK Attendees work for your competitors right now

They should be inspired and energised at any good event

Idea discovery

Product feedback

ROI – EVERYONE LOVES THAT, RIGHT?

WHO?WTF do I know about recruiting and events anyway?

JAMES MAYES Recruiter for over a decade

Enterprise – Vodafone, Capgemini, IBM Startups – recruited for over a dozen London firms

Founded TweetJobs Raised seed money, built, scaled, exited

Five years in consulting and advisory Startup team scaling Product management (particularly building Product Culture)

Five years in tech events Mind The Product / ProductTank UXBrighton SwitftStock

THE PREPEnable your team

THE MESSAGE Company or product mission

What you’re hiring for

Key values

Why YOU?

OUTCOMES Types of candidates

Even within a niche market, differing levels of seniority will attend

Freelance? Permanent? Long term pipeline?

Measures of success

Candidates registered

Applicants registered

Initial interviews completed

Hires

DEFINED PROCESS

PASSIVE VS ACTIVE Accepted wisdom &

Pareto both lean towards the 80/20 split

Hires are near-term – but only 20% of available value

Pipeline potentially 80% of total return

HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY?

THE INTERNETZBecause it matters. It just does. Always.

TWITTER CARDS

TECHNICAL PEOPLE LIKE A CHALLENGE

NB: THEY ALSO REALLY LIKE SWAG…

LISTS

SLACK…. ZOMG!

YOUR BIG MOMENTIt’s here. It’s happening. OWN IT.

THE WHITEBOARD

THE SHOOT ‘EM UP

GET PHYSICAL

EVERYONE LOVES CAKE!

GENERATE COLLATERAL

SHARE SOME SECRETS

PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS

NETWORKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

MAXIMISE THE BRANDING

THE VOLUNTEERS - SRSLY!

THE AFTERMATHDon’t just leave me hanging, yo!

DID YOU FOLLOW UP?

THE SECRET SAUCE

ON A MOTHER-F^CKING BOAT, YO!

THANKS!@james_mayesjames@mindtheproduct.com