Want to get an Awesome Tech Job?

So while working on the NerdAbility platform we have been talking with some of the top London start-ups to understand what they are looking for in an employee and also a colleague. This really showed that yes a great resume is still important, but what they really want to see is community engagement and contributions. On the web this can take many forms, whether it is joining in discussions on forums, helping out with StackOverflow questions or commiting to projects on GitHub.

Over at NerdAbility we have decided to summarize some hints and tips into a quick blog post.

You can read  "6 Steps to Getting an Awesome Tech Job" here:

http://blog.nerdability.com/2012/08/6-steps-to-getting-awesome-tech-job.html

The Quest for Better Tech Recruitment

No one is really at fault with the problems in the current recruitment process. We know it's really tough to hire tech people, as its a specialist skill blended with a touch of creativity and art, so how in the world can a potential employer/recruiter realistically asses whether we can actually do what we claim?  Enter NerdAbility. NerdAbility is online resume builder that allows users to sign up, and then connect their resume with their blog, stackOverflow profile, GitHub account, etc - the end result being you have a living CV, everytime you get up-voted on StackOverflow, or commit to an open source project you are working on in GitHub, it gets reflected in your resume. So now, you can share a resume (all users have a publicly facing url that they can tweet/facebook/email to recruiters) that really shows what you have achieved, and employers can go ahead and see your code you have commited, or see how you solve problems by your answers on StackOverflow.

There are plans in place to continue building more awesome code repository integration, integrate with social sharing and networking sites and do other cool things to help you pull together all the cool things you do. The interesting thing is that all of this data is already public, but its just spread across a ton of different sites, a NerdAbility profile allows you to go "here's my stuff, check me out".


We also want add an opportunity for companies to make profiles and start pitching why they are great, what they are doing and why people would want to go work for them (plus of course, they will be able to list job openings).

We are based in London, we will be first targeting the UK and Europe to get wicked-cool startups and hi-tech companies on board, but if you are based outsite the UK still come on over and join the party

http://nerdability.com
So much awesome, so little cv!