Specialists in the field of information technology are in great demand today, and the need for them will only grow in the coming years. Finding developers, testers, analysts and administrators for companies of various profiles is a non-trivial task even for experienced recruiters. Decent specialists require a special approach: the recruiter needs to be familiar with the industry, have basic knowledge in the IT field, and build communication differently. How to learn to speak the same language with IT specialists, writes Egor Yatsenko, one of the most authoritative Russian IT recruiters, an enthusiast and popularizer of the new profession. He friendly and ironically explains how to quickly find and convince candidates, talks about the secrets of effective recruiting and patterns that he learned from his own experience. But most importantly, this book will help beginners and even experienced recruiters maintain their sanity in any circumstances.

“As soon as such an industry as IT appeared, recruiters had to look for specialists for it. Most often, the same tools and means were used in the work as in conventional recruitment, which was not always advanced and technologically advanced. What can we say - even the database of candidates was often not maintained.” “What conclusion does this suggest? Fuck recruiters. To hell with companies that employ unprofessional recruiters who confuse Java and JavaScript (yes, this is a very old joke, but even in 2022 there are people who think that they are the same programming language)." "Once upon a time, when I was looking for a recruiter for my company, I decided to “scientifically” create a profile of the candidate and describe all the qualities and skills that he should have, explaining how I would evaluate these qualities. The result was a list of 43 items. Just think: out of 43!”

For whom: For recruiters and HR specialists, HR specialists, both those already working in the hiring of IT specialists and those still planning to move into this field. Graduates of universities (and not only technical ones), as well as applicants, and representatives of other professions who have decided to retrain, can become interested in the profession of an IT recruiter.