Tech Recruitment Accelerator - Spring 2022

Tech recruitment is more than calling candidates and approaching them on Linkedin. It is more than promoting jobs on social media. It is more than a desk job. It is a career path to choose when you are seeking great development opportunities, challenges at every step of the way, and experiences that require you to be up to date with all the exciting things happening in the IT market. It is a job that, before you know it, develops into a career and will get you connected with an extended network of professionals working in all sorts of industries. From here, the career opportunities are endless, it is only you that will have to decide which of the many you choose to focus on.

It’s a people-person type of job. Always in contact with smart candidates, you are going to have the satisfaction of guiding highly-skilled people to make the change that’s going to take their career to the next level.

It’s an analytical-mind-problem-solving-lover type of job. Every role, every candidate, every recruitment experience is different. It is a job that will keep you engaged and on your toes every day and will challenge you to find the best solutions for the situations you encounter.

You can see already how much we love it and how much we believe in our mission to create innovative recruitment solutions and to deliver memorable, pleasant, and efficient experiences for the IT specialists that put their trust in us to guide them towards future employment. And because we are a team of tech-savvy individuals with a strong background in Organisational Psychology, we want to share as much of our knowledge as possible and pave the path for the next generation of talented and dedicated tech recruiters. And this is how the idea of an Accelerator came to life!

Yes! Let’s select 6 of the most promising young candidates and walk them through what tech recruitment is. Let’s prepare them with the basic skills necessary to strive and thrive in the market and show them how it feels to be surrounded by a supportive, professional team that aims for collective growth and continuous development.

What to expect from the Spring 2022 edition of the Tech Recruitment Accelerator

For 6 weeks you are going to be equipped by our mentors with the technical and practical skills you need as a technical recruiter. It’s going to be an intensive learning experience, with time equally divided between theory acquisition and hands-on applications of the information acquired. We’re going to walk you through the processes of sourcing candidates, approaching them, and using tools to ease your work, all while learning about the specificities of different IT roles and the characteristics of a variety of tech stacks.

We value your time and dedication and we know that, especially in the beginning, when things tend to be a little confusing, we all need that extra motivation to keep us going, this is why we were 100% sure from the beginning that we want this to be a paid internship. We work with some of the best tech companies and, although we are a recruitment company, we want to deliver the same employee experience and benefits as our partners from the IT market. We understand the importance of acknowledging the efforts of our team, investing in their personal and professional growth, and building a strong organizational culture that keeps employees happy, satisfied, and motivated (which inevitably leads to them being productive too).

At the end of the Accelerator, we are going to offer to the 2 most performant participants a full-time position at Human Direct, followed by providing them the great opportunity to enroll for the “Sourcing Specialists” Social Talent certification, which is recognized globally and will make their resumes stand out from the crowd in the competitive market of tech recruitment.

Short FAQ

1. How is the payment going to be made?We are going to make a fixed-term employment contract for the 6 weeks of the Accelerator.2. Can this internship count as the internship requested by your university?Absolutely yes, we can sign the internship convention for your university and it will for sure be a more complex learning experience than many are lucky to have.

A word on the HD blue tribe

1. We are the leading IT recruitment company in Romania and CEE, dedicated to the IT industry

Our office is located in the heart of Cluj-Napoca, also known as the Romanian Silicon Valley. For 10 years now, we help IT companies grow and develop with the outsource IT recruitment services that we offer. We love what we do, and to keep up, we need talented people like you on board! We are everywhere, with hundreds of jobs available on Linkedin, Glassdoor, Indeed, etc.

2. We do „IT recruitment with a human approach”.

You’ve guessed it, that’s where the name Human Direct comes from. We appreciate effort, passion, and dedication that we see in talents we recruit - these are the key ingredients that we put into our everyday work. We highly value authenticity, sincerity, transparency, and unity in our relationships. These values are reflected in the relationships we create and maintain with the candidates.

3. We are colorful.

We’re a team of 18 colorful personalities who take the sense of humor very seriously and are in a good mood most of the days. We value the differences that make us who we are both as individuals and as a team. One more splash of color would definitely make a great addition to the Human Direct painting! Are you a green? Are you a neon blue? Don’t tell us: you’re a fuchsia!

4. Big brains, small egos.

Working in IT recruitment is highly fulfilling, and we love it. One of the main reasons for us loving it is the fact that we are working with modern tools and solutions, and we’re continuously improving in order to keep pace with the rapidly evolving IT companies. Our focus is our partners' growth. Our success is defined by the best opportunities that we create for the professional achievement of our partners and candidates.

5. Scientists at heart.

Talent Science is at the core of our motivation. Having an IT or tech background ourselves, we embrace diversity, understand the managers’ hiring objectives, their business, and the mission of the developers’ team. At the same time, we understand the developers and their motivation. All these dimensions can be translated into numbers to guarantee the recruitment success of our clients and our candidates.

What We’re Looking For

Now that you’ve gotten to know us a little bit better, here is what we’re looking for. To be more precise, who we are looking for to make our team even better. These are the main two things we’re keen on finding:

1. A person interested or passionate about IT, who would like to learn continuously about apps, IT projects, or products on a daily basis and share this knowledge with very skilled and intelligent specialists in the IT field. In a sentence, someone really into the IT world and everything technology-related.
2. Someone curious about getting to know people in IT better, to „crack the code” of their personalities, literally. Sort of like a master personality hacker. You got us!

Key Traits

What we would like to find in you:

• People-oriented – want to understand the candidates and have the curiosity to follow their profile
• Interest and affinity towards IT - the ability to understand technology and to keep up with the technology trends on the market
• Intellectual charm - The most obvious thing you need to learn when joining a new project is the tech stack of the project/product, and you must understand the tech stack quickly
• Proactive – address the interview questions directly, be curious, want to learn more, and evolve
• Sense of humor – this is something that makes our teamwork; some candidates can have a sarcastic sense of humor
• Good general knowledge – being knowledgeable in different areas of life will help you during interviews
• Can handle difficult situations – working with so many different people can sometimes lead to misunderstandings that we need to handle like pros
• Skilled in conversations – have a way with words, and help the candidate open up with the good vibes you’re putting out; a rich vocabulary is also a must
• Able to approach sensible topics – negotiating a salary offer and handling counter offer discussions; money related topics
• Patient – the kind of individual who loves solving a Rubik’s cube or playing chess; a recruitment campaign can take a while
• Academic background in Psychology or in a related field would be appreciated
• Excellent written and spoken English and Romanian
• Self-Motivated, flexible, resilient, enthusiastic and joyful

We believe that your vibe attracts your tribe. In this sense, our most crucial want is that you find yourself in our culture and truly resonate with us. If that’s you, we’re eager to meet you!

If we managed to spark your interest so far (and we really hope we did), and you think this is an internship you would like to apply for, we highly encourage you to check the more “technical” job description on our website before following the steps below.

How to apply

Apply with your updated CV on this link. Do not forget to write a short motivation letter :) We are looking forward to hearing from you!