cybersecurity

This is basically a forum. So, people will comment on their experiences.

I can give you a response on both sides, me as a candidate and me as an interviewer.

How do you validate the responses here?

I’m not sure what you mean?

As a candidate, I have a couple of trusted recruiters I prefer to work through.

I found them through trial and error, and peer recommendations.

As an employer, every year I call and buy lunch for at least about a dozen potential future employees, to remind them that my team exists and that I think they could be a good fit. These are mostly past employees of mine, but may include folks I've met through my professional network, at professional networking events, or peers that are currently growing out of other roles toward the roles I need.

I sell my team and organization hard, during intverviews, to candidates that come in cold, but with relevant experience.

Sometimes I can hire the exact folks I spent years recruiting. Sometimes I get lucky and hire someone with the relevant experience who just happened to apply. Sometimes neither of those groups are interested in a job change, and I hire someone inexperienced but trainable.

yeah. just had a respond to rtr and I can't even get them on the phone. its like, hey, how about a little convo before we go all exclusive.