We are delighted to announce that after a year of trying, there is a new member of the Edge of the Web family –we have decided to call him Jon (because that is his name).
Jon arrived naturally and is a bonny male weighing in at a healthy 140lbs (estimate).
Company and new employee are doing just fine.
So what does our new arrival mean?
It means we have a shiny new developer with some awesome talents which will expand both our work capacity and range of development skills.
Jon joins us after working freelance in the local area and previously completing his degree in Computer Science at Warwick.
On a more serious note, it took us (significantly) over 1 year, hundreds of C.V.’s and about 20 interviewees to find someone with just the right skills, and Jon was exactly that.
We never expected it to be so hard, and many times we questioned whether we were just being too specific in our requirements.
Along the way, we did meet some very employable candidates with some very interesting and exciting skills. We would like to thank everybody who applied and interviewed and we wish them all the best in their future.
Most of all we would like to wish Jon a happy, rewarding and exciting career with Edge of the Web.
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Hi,
I just wondered if you could share which recruitment method worked best for you in the end. I work for a company based down the road in Leamington Spa and am trying to recruit a PHP developer too.
Cheers
Hi Dan,
We tried lots of “post your job ad here” type services – these were pretty rubbish but I have successfully used Fish4 and Total Jobs in the past. I have a friend who is an awesome IT recruiter and we also posted a job ad on our own website.
In the end Jon found us via our own website. Any of the above methods could have worked and we had a fair mix of interviewees from each. I think the point is that good (really good) people are hard to find, but along the way we discovered some really smart talent.
Nice one – thanks for replying!