Hey guys! Hope the grind is going well for all of my fellow fastlaners.
I've been trying to hire a programmer based out of the US for about a month now. I've been posting on Odesk and Craigslist. To say the applicants I've been getting so far have been horrible would be the understatement of the century. So far I've been getting either:
A) A foreign candidate who can barely write in English and clearly didn't read a word of my short job posting
B) A completely socially inept moron who messages me his application containing profanity, or is outwardly rude. Here's an excerpt from a nice little gem I just got from Craigslist:
"I do not work under deadlines. There is never a reason to do such a thing unless you are a punk a$$ employee."
And he sent in his resume and was asking questions about the job. I seriously couldn't believe someone who was trying to land a job would send this to their potential new employer. And I keep getting stuff that's similar to that. :-\
At this point, I've given up hope that anyone applying to my job ads is actually going to take 10 seconds to read it.
I'm wondering where everyone goes when they want to hire competent US employees? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
I've been trying to hire a programmer based out of the US for about a month now. I've been posting on Odesk and Craigslist. To say the applicants I've been getting so far have been horrible would be the understatement of the century. So far I've been getting either:
A) A foreign candidate who can barely write in English and clearly didn't read a word of my short job posting
B) A completely socially inept moron who messages me his application containing profanity, or is outwardly rude. Here's an excerpt from a nice little gem I just got from Craigslist:
"I do not work under deadlines. There is never a reason to do such a thing unless you are a punk a$$ employee."
And he sent in his resume and was asking questions about the job. I seriously couldn't believe someone who was trying to land a job would send this to their potential new employer. And I keep getting stuff that's similar to that. :-\
At this point, I've given up hope that anyone applying to my job ads is actually going to take 10 seconds to read it.
I'm wondering where everyone goes when they want to hire competent US employees? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!
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