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My old way of hiring devs in Detroit was costing me real money
For years, I'd just post a job ad and wait for resumes to roll in. After a bad hire last fall that cost me about $15k in lost project time, I switched gears. Now I go to the meetups at TechTown and actually talk to people before we even post the role. It's slower, but the fit is way better. How do you find good tech talent here without burning cash on bad matches?
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brianreed17d ago
Fifteen thousand dollars on one bad hire is a brutal lesson to learn.
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paulw5317d ago
My buddy Mark hired a sales guy who seemed perfect. The guy spent his first week ordering fancy new business cards and a custom desk chair. He closed one tiny deal in three months, then left, taking a big client list with him. Mark said the whole mess, salary and lost business, was over twenty grand. It just crushed his small team for almost half a year.
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anna49117d ago
That's a smart shift to meeting people first. The real cost is often way more than just salary and lost time. A bad fit can poison team morale for months.
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