[BALUG-Talk] Idea for a BALUG talk/presentation: (HR) Panel discussion on (recruiting/hiring/job seeking ...)

[jim]

good idea if you can find the right 
panelists 


On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 05:22 -0800, Michael Paoli wrote:
> Idea for a BALUG talk/presentation: Panel discussion on ...
> 
> So, ... how's this sound for a potential BALUG talk/presentation
> (love it, hate it, would change it such-and-such way ...)
> 
> HR Panel discussion: getting the right job/candidate in an
> up/down/sideways economy, and other interesting/juicy bits
> 
> Panel of N folks (probably between 5 and 7 total), plus a
> moderator/facilitator, topics/areas to include, e.g.:
> o up and down economies:
>    o finding great jobs in a down economy
>    o finding great candidates in hopping (e.g. dot com boom) times
>    o retaining good employees in hot fast-moving economies
>    o what needs to or should change when the Linux/IT job market is
>      up/down/sideways/strange and what does or should stay the same?
> o in all that hiring/contracting process:
>    o things companies do right/wrong
>    o things HR departments do right/wrong
>    o things hiring managers do right/wrong
>    o things agencies/recruiters do right/wrong
>    o advantages/disadvantages of using recruiters/agencies
> o finding the good (or good fits), and sorting out the bad (or bad fits):
>    o companies/"opportunities"
>    o agencies/recruiters
>    o candidates
> o in recruitment/hiring process, most
>    excellent/horrible/strangest/funniest things you've ever seen done by:
>    o company/employer
>    o hiring manager
>    o recruiter/agency
>    o candidate
> o ... and if folks want to suggest additional questions/topics to the
>    panel or particular members of the panel in advance, or time
>    permitting at the event, we could also take those, or a select set of
>    them.
> 
> Panel composition: I'd propose something like this:
> o aim for about 5 to 7 folks total (+ 1 moderator/facilitator)
> o recruiters/agencies - absolute maximum of 2 from the same agency or
>    (ownership) related set of companies; only allow more than 1 if
>    they're quite distinct roles (e.g. client rep (non-recruiter) vs.
>    recruiter (not a client contact) or quite substantially different
>    roles/positions with little overlap in functionality).  Also,
>    diversity in agencies is good (e.g. large vs. small, or relatively
>    distinct specializations, etc.)
> o hiring managers, HR personnel - no more than 1 from any given company,
>    try to cover a reasonably diverse representative set (different nature
>    of companies, sizes, etc.)
> o if/as relevant, one or two folks with substantial experience in the
>    business (e.g. as candidates, hiring or non-hiring managers,
>    responsible for screening candidates, etc.).
> o general: everyone on the panel should have "substantial" industry (at
>    least IT, preferably
>    Linux / Open Source / Unix / DBA / network / programming ...)
>    experience - say, likely minimum 5 years, preferably 7 (or 10) or more.
> o it's BALUG, so emphasis should be on the Bay Area and Linux (and
>    more-or-less reasonably related fields/areas) ... but not necessarily
>    to exclusion of information on and comparison to other markets.
> 
> So, ... how's that sound?  Like/love the idea, dislike/hate it?
> Thoughts/ideas/feedback on such proposal?
> 
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