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Andrew Davis will discuss how best to deal with recruiters. He will provide
insight into what makes recruiters do what they do, and how to use them to your
advantage. This talk won't be an apologia for recruiting as much as a candid,
pragmatic discussion that will help you get what you want from the transaction.
If you think most recruiters are on your side, come prepared to be disabused.
And if you already harbor hostility toward this breed of salescritter, please
come and share your perspective -- but also be open to hearing the "rest of the
story". You'll earn more, curse less, and feel more powerful for the experience.
Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis was a Tech Writer of sysadmin and developer docs for 8 years before
starting Synergistech Communications in 1995. Synergistech was a respected
recruiting firm for Technical Writers and similarly skilled professionals in the
Bay Area until its 'hibernation' in late 2001. Andrew is now readying Synergistech
"v2.0", which he intends to be even more successful -- this time as a full-spectrum
IT recruiting firm, not one focused only on information developers. To this end, he
is currently working for a Monster.com spinoff called Hudson Global Resources,
finding and filling requisitions for all kinds of IT professionals on the west
coast. What he's learning, besides the meanings of countless acronyms, is how most
recruiters really operate. Not pretty.
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