1st Meet-up.

The very first Luxembourg Tech Recruitment Meetup took place on Feb 21, 2018, and it gathered an audience that consisted of professionals in IT Recruitment, software developers and those who are simply interested in this field.

Matt Aberham, a Senior Recruiting Manager at Amazon, kicked off the event with his engaging career story, followed by the details of how technical recruiting at Amazon is done in general: where they look, what they look for, how they evaluate, and how they close. Did you know that Amazon has chosen a technology agnostic approach for its technical hiring, which means that their goal is to hire simply the best computer scientist independent of the technology stack they have been working with in the past?

Then Valentina Brysina, IT Recruitment Lead at Docler Holding, shared some insights about how she makes use of the latest and greatest tools to achieve outstanding recruiting results. She was persuasive that it’s a must for an IT Recruiter to keep pace with the new stuff out there, and to be on the social media platforms where the talent, you are trying to recruit, is. As Valentina stated, “The biggest risk that one may take is to stay the same and not to try anything new.” She mentioned several tools that she enjoys working with and highlighted the importance of storytelling across the social media platforms.

Yuliya Ramanenka wrapped up the session by sharing her experience on how to conduct a salary negotiation with the candidates coming from outside of Luxembourg. She pointed out the importance of non-monetary aspects and how by building the relationships with the candidates, a recruiter should bring up the advantages of Luxembourg depending on what matters for a given candidate.

All the speakers have shared the specific examples and cases from their experience, and have demonstrated that adopting new approaches and trying different methods is the way to stay on top of the recruitment game.

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