Recruiting AMA! 

I was (and am) a tech recruiter for 4 years. I’ve scaled a company from 7-35 in a year and hired every founding functional role in a seed stage startup. 

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🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make beautiful, functional, and ethically made candles at humankind.place

Is previous experience working a notable position as an "Engineer" as valuable as having college degrees for Engineering when screening applicants?

Community Manager | @aothecomputer CM | @sarcophagus CM | Previous Engineer @ Intel | Play games that are NFTs at functionoverform.xyz

If you’re more junior (under 5 YOE) it matters. If you’re over 5 YOE, it matters less.

Now that it’s an employers market and there are so many applicants, recruiters need to cut down how many they get. Degrees are becoming increasingly more important to get past the first screening.