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By Mark Knowlton<\/em><\/p>\n

TechScreen was first launched in 2016 as a way to give IT recruiters a more reliable means of engaging with hiring managers and candidates. We are proud of our track record of helping clients qualify IT candidates and requisitions over the last 5 years, but today\u2019s extraordinary times are artificially impacting employment levels among recruiters.<\/p>\n

We recently rolled out a formal training program: TechScreen Certified, a 12-module course intended to help recruiters understand complex technical concepts in a way that helps them use the information to more effectively qualify candidates and requirements.<\/p>\n

We are about to release a new program meant to help recruiters who have been impacted by current conditions. We are offering up to 20 recruiters a chance to get a free pass to join the certification program, which comes with the free use of our screening platform for a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost every day, I see a post on social media of some recruiter with significant experience looking for a gig,\u201d TechScreen CEO Mark Knowlton said. \u201cIt is heartbreaking to see it happen with such regularity, especially when it is someone with a family. I saw one this week that was short, but I am sure it is something many people feel\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s just the effect of the pandemic or is it really me who\u2019s incompetent? It\u2019s frustrating and makes me wanna question my worth.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ugh. The only thing more upsetting about seeing a post like that is wondering how many other hundreds (or thousands) of experienced recruiters feel the same way but just didn\u2019t post it.<\/p>\n

Veteran recruiters \u2014 many of whom seldom or ever have had gaps in their employment \u2014 are staring at sustained joblessness. Since today\u2019s cycle is not being driven by factors that are easy to predict, it adds an element of anxiety as to how long conditions may persist.<\/p>\n

We are offering our Certification training program for free for up to 20 recruiters as a way to give recruiters a boost \u2014 professionally and emotionally \u2014 to help them to compete and thrive in a difficult market. One of the common knocks the IT talent community has for recruiters is that they don\u2019t understand technology. Recruiters are not engineers, but it is pure rubbish that they can\u2019t be trusted to do an initial technical screen if they are armed with the right information and approach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was a career-changing Journalism major who was allergic to Math. The first time I heard the term \u201cTCP\/IP\u201d at my first agency gig in the mid-90s, I thought my head was going to explode. I began a journey down the tech path 2 years into my recruiting career, learning by painful, piecemeal repetition and memorization. I may not write code for a living, but ask any developer I have screened in the last 15+ years if I understand things like Garbage Collection in Java, Copy Constructors in C++ or Code Access Security in C#. This Glass Door post makes the point, but suffice to say that I have taken 25 years of painfully acquired knowledge and insight and baked it into 3 months\u2019 worth of focused training specifically for IT recruiters.<\/p>\n

The problem with current recruiter training is that it is put together by technologists, who have not spent 10 seconds in the shoes of a recruiter. We start by taking a complex core subject and helping you envision what it is and how it works. We explain the OSI Model by comparing it to ordering pizza delivery, TCP\/IP by comparing it the USPS, and 3-tier Application Architecture to parts of a car.<\/p>\n

Recruiters who want to qualify for this free program can visit this page on our site and fill out the web form. You will see a button to \u201cSign Me Up\u201d, so tell us why you would like to be able to do a true deep dive technical screen on an IT candidate. Show us your passion and vision, because the best 20 replies are going to get enrolled in training that will change the trajectory of your career.<\/p>\n

That comment may seem a bit bold, but our clients have been piling up ironclad evidence in the form of actual outcomes with their customers:<\/p>\n