The stupid recruiter

Ok, there are many ways to determine the skills and fit of a candidate some good and some bad. Adam Barr refers to a very old post from Joel Spolsky on some bad recruiting tricks. Both are very interesting to read, even though Adam slams Joel, Joel does provide some interesting perspectives on things.

On a side note it is interesting to see that Adam wrote his item this month, while Joel in March 2000. I wonder if the timing of the pieces has anything to do with the approaches? Joel's was before the DotCom bust? Probably not, but an interesting thought.

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