Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
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Yo. I didn't think I'd have to send this email for at least a few more days, but here we are. Social QA Bootcamp is full. Sold out. Last seat was taken at 7:06 AM CT today. That said, you better believe I'm already thinking about the relaunch 🔥 If you tried to buy the course after 7:06 AM today, you were met with a waitlist signup page. I just updated it to include information about what's next. ​>>> Sign up for the next cohort​ tldr; I'm adding API test automation and test data management with Playwright Not this month, not even next month or the month after. We're talking April or May 2025 for the relaunch. Haven't nailed down a date yet, because honestly, I'll mostly be focused on helping students and losing weight during the next couple of months. Anything I build is going to be for fun. Just wanted to give you a heads-up, though. Sorry if you didn't make the cut this round, but there will be another chance when the 2nd cohort launches. Til then, you've got my emails and whatever other content I decide to cook up. Cheers, Steven |
The Better Vetter Letter
Helping tech recruiters vet client requirements and job candidates for technical roles by blending 20+ years of Engineering & Recruiting experience.
Reader, PART TWO · WHAT YOU SHOULD DO How to get real information and use it Here’s the shift: stop treating the recruiter call as a formality and start treating it as an intelligence operation. You have more leverage than you think if you ask the right questions. okay, maybe not like this The goal is to figure out what the actual deal is: what the company thinks they need vs. what they realistically need whether you’re a real fit how to talk to the specific manager you’re about to meet Ask...
Reader, PART ONE · RECRUITER CONFESSIONS Here’s what’s actually happening on our end Let me be honest with you about something the industry doesn’t like to admit out loud. By the time a job gets posted and you apply, a lot of things that should have been figured out, haven’t been. Roles change mid-process all the time. Budget shifts. Leadership realizes they don’t actually agree on what success looks like. Someone internally gets considered after the requisition is already open. Or there are...
Reader, On Monday we covered who to contact and when. You did the work, found the right recruiter and team. Now what? Let’s talk about the message itself. I read a lot of outreach. And I'll be direct: most of it sounds the same. Not because the people sending it are bad candidates, but because they're following an outdated professional template that signals "I didn't really think about this." I’m guilty of it myself. I have looked back and read outreach for sales activity I’ve done and...