In September last year over a couple of pints we decided it would be a good idea to start a recruitment company for Ruby on Rails developers, run by… developers.
I for one was getting pretty sick of the constant calls from recruiters who knew little to nothing about the technology, or about what was needed to create a good strong motivated team. On the whole I think it is fair to say that recruiters are primarily focused on money, commission structures, and making a fast buck. As long as the developer they place stays at the company for long enough, they get their commission, the developer gets a job, the company gains an employee, and everyone is happy, or are they?
Given the current market situation, recruitment has become much more of a dog-eat-dog world with recruiters no longer able to negotiate sole agency agreements with companies, and developers being offered the same job by five different recruiters. Who to go with? Or do I approach the company directly? Recruitment feels very intrusive and it is a far cry from what it should be…
In comes Ruby50. We are working on a way to make this different, on a way to restructure recruitment in our sector. What do we want from a recruitment firm, as both employers and employees. From an employee perspective, I think the recent article by Peter on Rubyinside here sums it up pretty well. From a potential employee aspect I just simply don’t want the hassle, don’t want to talk to someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about and keeps on mentioning MySQL and AJAX and terminologies that make no sense for the job I am going for, here’s a good one from a recent job I read:
“Rails developer needed with understanding of MVC“
WTF????!!!
So if you actually want to chat to people who understand your technology, and understand how to run a sucessful business in Ruby on Rails, give us a call today. We won’t pester, intimidate or be pushy. And better still, our rates are very reasonable, and fully transparent, with no strings attached!
Check us out at Ruby50.com
Jason Green — March 17, 2009
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Stephan Tual — March 17, 2009
I think this is a fantastic idea!
I had a few horror stories when I was looking for a job before Terapad. My favorite one was when the recruiter told me my profile had been declined because my resume didn’t include “HTML” and this “HTML” thing was required, see?
So much for 13 years web development including Java, CF experience then
Mark Tucker — March 17, 2009
Hey Jason, hook me up dude! I’m stuck here in Java hell day dreaming about ruby.
Shane — March 18, 2009
“recruitment company for Ruby on Rails developers”.gsub(/ on Rails/, ”)
He he, very specific. The right tool for the job be damned
nogeek — November 17, 2009