This is for businesses and HR folks who are involved in the hiring process. The presentation has some suggestion to improve hiring process and do better inside WordPress ecosystem.

1. Hiring the Right Way in the
WordPress Ecosystem
@rahul286

2. Typical Hiring Process

4. Application
Screening
Interview
Offer

5. Hiring Funnel in
WordPress EcoSystem

6. Application Stage

7. - WordCamps
- wp.org Slack
- make.wp.org
- HeroPress
- PostStatus
- Social Media
Reach Out

8. Career Site
- Corporate Policies
- Pictures/Videos (inside look)
- Sensible Job descriptions
- Glassdoor (even it means negative review)
- Simplify Application Forms & Process

9. Screening

10. The Unlucky Ones! :(

11. - Core Contributions
- Online Presence
- Blog, Portfolio site
- WordPress.org, Github, StackOverflow
- Social Media
- Quality of previous work/assignments
Checklist

12. Interview

14. - Respect! You are not doing a favor to them
- It cost them time and money too
- Offer language choices
- Leave good memories
- Give them a glass of water
- Rescheduling is not a sin!
Be Nice

15. - Open book exam
- Understanding rather than recall & memorization
- Opinion Matters
- Which theme/plugin they like? Why?
- What they like/don’t like? Why?
- God Mode!
Do It Logically

16. Offer

18. What if it doesn’t work?

20. Saying NO
- Offer second chance
- Give feedback (if they want)
- And a chance to argue about feedback
- If you realise, you made a mistake, step back!
- A rejected candidate can also be your brand ambassador!
- Being nice is a good karma anyway :-)

21. Hiring Funnel in
WordPress EcoSystem

22. Applications - Reach Out
Filter - Real Work
Interview - Be Nice
Offer - with respect

23. ☆ Bonus ☆
Set up a concrete hiring process

24. Setup an Internal Site
- Question Lists
- Constantly Updated
- Open Ended
- Interview Process
- Changing interviewer should not change candidate
approval rates

25. Thanks!
@rahul286
rahul@rtcamp.com