hirer

It's NOT a hirer's market; what planet are you living on!

It seems to be really great for the hirer and not so great for the potential hiree.

Perhaps you should interpret it as feedback that its not a hirer's market.

Really, the hirer failed the interview, but I wanted out of my current job.

Because it would be really convenient for you, the hirer, is not a good answer.

Yes, hirer, I have a github profile, and yes, you'll probably be disappointed.

BTW, a local hirer would be able to get much better work for his $25 per hour than a New Yorker can get via elance.

As a hirer I can tell you, if you can code in any language just create a cover letter and resume that proves you can code.

As a hirer at a startup, I am far more interested in ability to learn than in current skills.

If not someone, somewhere, must have hired a non A class person, thus the hirer themseves couldn't have been A class by the original statement.

This might concentrate the hirer on the resume rather than the ancillary information.

It's also the biggest hirer of workers under precarious conditions such as fixed time contracts.

It's a statement about the competition you'll be facing as a candidate, not the hirer's actual judgment of a candidate.

An MBA is not a negative hiring signal strictly because the hirer is thinking about opportunity costs.

Perhaps your context differs, but as a grey-haired hirer of MS and PhD technologists into commercial positions I have learned at least two things.

I care about the "people in tech" pool containing as high a percentage of the "qualified people who could be in tech" as possible, as both a hirer and a buyer/user of tech.

For example, recruiters and employers typically have more information than job candidates do...If I can get to the point where I understand the market as well or better than the potential hirer, I'll try to make an anchoring first offer.