Offer to the CommunityI am a stakeholder and contributor here who has been following intently and am intimately familiar with what sems to be the needs and desires of this community.
I also happen to be a professional "head hunter" with a registered business. Aviston Technical Services, Inc located in Franklin Park, IL
I have been recruiting for over 10 years. I've owned my own recruiting company for over a year now. You can view my linkedin profile at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/avistontech my companies website (which is kind of basic and not something I focus on) is at
http://avistontech.comI have not been able to help noticing that this community seems to be in dire need of Java Developers, which in my experience are very very difficult to find and place. They are one of the most in demand type of programmers there are and companies pay people like me a premium to find them. If you can find a good Java programmer to work with you it's almost a guaranteed placement as long as you market them around to the right companies.
Most of my experience as a Recruiter has been in filling Technical Positions in the Mfg. industry such as Maintenance Technician, Q.A Managers, Production Managers, etc for Foods, Plastics & Chemical Mfg companies. I have successfully recruited Programmers but mainly these are Control engineers who are able to program Programmable Logic Controllers.
However considering my knowledge w/ NXT and BTC and also considering the fact that I have done some programming myself (mostly C, Javascript and PHP) I think if I had some good details regarding the specific needs for these roles that i could be successful in recruiting them.
Which leads me to the question of whether the community here might not be interested in enlisting the services of someone such as myself to help locate a good Java developer to continue this project when C.F.B departs.
My services are offered on a contingency basis, meaning it's an all or nothing proposition to my clients, either I fill the position and collect my "bounty", which is typically 25% of annual base salary or I don't and I get 0, zip, nada for my efforts. I can offer better rates for retained services.
I have a careerbuilder account and can post an ad for the position (this costs $419 to put up yourself) and also go into the database and seek out candidates with the required skills for the position and contact them directly. I typically spend many hours talking in great detail with each candidate, probing for weaknesses, making sure it's the right fit and is something the candidate would be excited to be hired for. I then present the candidates for interview and help coordinate that as well. I also generally offer a free replacement guarantee, typically 60 days, to ensure the new hire transitions and sticks with their new role and the company isn't left out of a large sum for new hires that don't work out. . I would be open to receiving my commission completely in NXT, which could also be something of a historical event (a recruiting company who accepts NXT) and perhaps a blurb could be added to the marketing literature.
I cannot offer my services for free as it is very time consuming and it is what I do for a living. I could consider offering an attractive rate, perhaps 20% of annual base instead of my usual 25% since I am invested in NXT and believe in the product very much.
So I thought I'd throw that out there. If it's not something the community is interested in no hard feelings. I do very well doing what I do and it's not something I need, in fact I'd have to clear my plate a little to take it on, but I have been putting some thought into getting into this crypto space since it's something I am very passionate about and know a lot about. I recently made some contacts with the developers at WPCS (btxtrader.com) and they have been considering enlisting my services in return for my being compensated in BTC.
If this is something the community would be interested I'd be happy to talk about it in more detail with someone who could authorize such an action.
To those who have bad perceptions of the recruiting industry; I agree with you. There are a lot of crappy ones out there who do nothing more than throw resumes at the wall hoping something sticks and who don't know anything more about the jobs they work on beyond knowing a few buzzwords. I am not like those recruiters. I am very knowledgeable about any position I work with and I work very hard to get it right and find the perfect win/win situation. I have a reputation to uphold and thrive on repeat business with my clients.
I don't like to put my recommendations on my linkedin profile (because my competitors will know that company uses recruiters) but I do have one up there from the HR Manager at Nation Pizza Products in Schaumburg, IL that says:
Brian has presented excellent candidates over the years for '"tough to fill positions". He's always extremely professional, honest, and trustworthy.October 27, 2012, Lori was Brian's clientI'm also a 6 year veteran of reddit and go by the same username there as I do here. Just in case anyone wants to look into my history to make sure I'm legit. I generally keep these two lives separate so pardon any non-businesslike discussions I might have gotten into on reddit over the years.
That is all. Just thought I'd throw it out there. Could be fun and it could be successful.
This kind of professional approach is just what Nxt needs right now in my opinion. I don't know it there is any budget, but you should get in contact with the commitee's for more information and your salary.
