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mshafer
Post subject: Question to Kirt Posted: Thu May 04, 2006
5:31 pm
Colonel
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:49 pm
Posts: 29
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Agree with you whole
heartedly on kicking recruiters off this forum, but I think there might
be real benefit to allowing folks like myself who need RF talent to
speak directly to folks in this forum - not only about jobs I have open,
but to share with folks how to best prepare for interviews, grow their
skillsets, ect.
A recruiter is really out for themselves, while
most engineering managers, like myself, have a goal of finding people
who will be happy, successful, and productive on their teams. Managers
truely want a "win win" as a result of discussions here and don't profit
directly like a recruiter would.
Thoughts?
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Kirt Blattenberger
Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006
11:57 am
Site Admin
Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:02
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Posts: 308
Location: Erie, PA
Greetings mshafer:
I apologize for not seeing your post until now - don't know how
I missed it since I'm on the forums often each day.
To answer
you question, I used to allow and encourage open postings of job opportunities
on this Employment forum but have determined empirically that doing
so benefits no one. My conclusion is based on the fact that for about
three years many – and I mean many – employment agencies and companies
wrote to me asking permission to post openings on the forum, with a
promise of providing some sort of gratuity if someone was placed. Not
a single penny or even a word of thanks was ever received. So, if we
assume honest recruiters, then my conclusion is reasonable.
Here
is a direct test of my theory*: Have you, in your months of posting
here, ever hired anyone as a result of this venue? If the answer is
“no,” then once again my theory is confirmed. If the answer is yes,”
then…well…you get the picture.
I work a full-time engineering
job and provide RF Cafe as a service to fellow engineers and hobbyists
during evenings and weekends. Many, many of my hours are invested weekly
to keep RF Cafe as useful and efficient as possible – including eliminating
predators on the forums (not referring to you). Just as Sprint expects
a return for its professional services, I expect a return for my services
– sometimes in cash, sometimes in gratitude – that’s what motivates
everyone to work hard.
This not is not an attack, but merely
a full and honest repose to your question. The fact is that you have
provided good responses to some posts, albeit most are understandably
Sprint-centric. Maybe we can work a deal. If you would agree to be the
official Moderator for the Employment form, whereby you monitor and
provide feedback to posters (as time/expertise permits), I will allow
you to conduct your Sprint-related recruiting efforts here. I think
visitors would definitely benefit from an employer‘s perspective, as
well as vice versa. What say ye?
Thanks for writing.
*
Please be sure to answer my question in your response.
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mshafer
Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:05
pm
Colonel
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:49 pm
Posts:
29
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
I have hired directly 4 individuals
through the use of RF Cafe' and have tried to contribute the best advice
I can give to fellow RF Engineers regarding their future employment
regardless of if it's with Sprint....My time, like yours is limited,
and I am unfamiliar with the LOE to moderate a group.....maybe you can
educate me on that a bit.....I encourage all of my engineers to actively
participate in RF Cafe' and to share key learnings with their fellow
RF Engineers worldwide.....love the website and the loyal following....I
would like to know how RF Cafe', potentially Sprint, and other companies
could partner to help influence the applicability and depth of certain
curriculums offered by Universities across the country? I review 500+
resumes per year and it surprises me how varying new grads are prepared
for the world of RF, CDMA in particular...some schools do a superb job,
others don't even touch it....thanks again for your hard work and dedication
to this site....it's a goldmine of very talented folks
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Kirt Blattenberger
Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006
4:29 pm
Site Admin
Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:02
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Posts: 308
Location: Erie, PA
Greetings mshafer:
Thanks for the insight about your success through this forum. Unfortunately,
it kind of confirms my suspicion that some of those who claimed to never
have received any useful leads were being "less than honest," to put
it in a kind way. I know from feedback of RF Cafe visitors that they
have received job offers as a result of contacts made here - that is
a big part of the reason that I cut off posting by recruiters. It is
a sad reality that even people who deal in our profession would willingly
expolit the hard work of others and not offer up any form of gratitude.
It goes a long way in explaining the disgust that most engineers have
with recruiters.
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Kirt Blattenberger
Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:38 pm
Site Admin
Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:02 pm
Posts: 308
Location:
Erie, PA
Greetings mshafer:
Sorry, I forgot to respond to
the part about what kind of useful information you could offer here.
One bit of information that I am certain many people would like to see
is a list of schools that you, in your experience, are exceptionally
good at preparing engineers for a career in the wireless telephony field.
You alluded to such a list in your posting. A list of those that are
particularly bad would also be useful. I get e-mails from students -
sometimes still in high school - wanting to know which schools will
help prepare them best, and similarly which ones are the most highly
esteemed by employers. Any insights into what's "inside the head" of
an employer/hiring manager is valuable to prospective employees.
There are probably inane laws or company regulations that prevent
you from posting such a list in an identifiable manner (due to your
public affiliation with Sprint), but there is nothing keeping you from
exploiting the anonimity of the Internet and posting under an assumed
name.
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RF Cafe Progenitor &
Webmaster
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shettysaab
Post subject: concur
with MikePosted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:30 pm
Lieutenant
Joined: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:40 pm
Posts: 3
Kirt,
I concur
with Mike with the effectiveness of this forum for recruitment. I am
very good example for that. This forum not only helps new grads like
me meet recruiter but also gain valuable knowledge related to the field.
Just a small piece of information...I dunno if you are aware of
this but the thread i started about Qualcomm Interview is the most watched
thread. I started under anonymous name of "GOOGLE" seems somebody changed
that to Qualcomm Wannabe.
Manoj Shetty
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Kirt Blattenberger
Post subject: Re: concur with MikePosted:
Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:27 am
Site Admin
Joined: Sun
Aug 03, 2003 2:02 pm
Posts: 308
Location: Erie, PA
shettysaab
wrote:
Kirt,
I concur with Mike with the effectiveness of this
forum for recruitment. I am very good example for that. This forum not
only helps new grads like me meet recruiter but also gain valuable knowledge
related to the field.
Just a small piece of information...I dunno
if you are aware of this but the thread i started about Qualcomm Interview
is the most watched thread. I started under anonymous name of "GOOGLE"
seems somebody changed that to Qualcomm Wannabe.
Manoj Shetty
Greetings Manjo:
Thank you for letting me know about
you being the original poster. I changed the name from "GOOGLE" in order
to avoid a terms of use violation that could exist due to the presence
of the advertisement that appear on the website. The very prominent
"GOOGLE" could be construed as an endorsement that does not exist. If
you would like me to change it to your registered screen name, "shettysaab,"
I will be glad to do so.
You definitely started a popular thread
and I thank you for it. Let me know what your preference is.
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RF Cafe Progenitor &
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