I am looking for a developer. For that I posted an ad that looks like this:

We are searching for a BlahBlah developer part-time in-house. You will be responsible for:

......

Flexible schedule.

 

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected. Thank you.

Job Type: Part-time

Notice this line:

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected.

Then I sifted through applicants and filtered out those who didn't put 'sunshine'.

That trick is supposed to bring me only those developers who are serious and are detail-oriented.

In theory...

Well, I got 50 applicants. Out of 50 only 3 put 'sunshine' and all of them turned to be not as qualified as I wanted them to be.

My ad has been online for a couple of months and I still can't find a right developer.

Do you think I should keep employing this little trick of mine or should I just take everybody and filter them out during an interview part?

I am looking for a developer. For that I posted an ad that looks like this:

We are searching for a BlahBlah developer part-time in-house. You will be responsible for:

......

Flexible schedule.

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected. Thank you.

Job Type: Part-time

Notice this line:

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected.

Then I sifted through applicants and filtered out those who didn't put 'sunshine'.

That trick is supposed to bring me only those developers who are serious and are detail-oriented.

In theory...

Well, I got 50 applicants. Out of 50 only 3 put 'sunshine' and all of them turned to be not as qualified as I wanted them to be.

My ad has been online for a couple of months and I still can't find a right developer.

Do you think I should keep employing this little trick of mine or should I just take everybody and filter them out during an interview part?

I am looking for a developer. For that I posted an ad that looks like this:

We are searching for a BlahBlah developer part-time in-house. You will be responsible for:

......

Flexible schedule.

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected. Thank you.

Job Type: Part-time

Notice this line:

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected.

Then I sifted through applicants and filtered out those who didn't put 'sunshine'.

That trick is supposed to bring me only those developers who are serious and are detail-oriented.

In theory...

Well, I got 50 applicants. Out of 50 only 3 put 'sunshine' and all of them turned to be not as qualified as I wanted them to be.

My ad has been online for a couple of months and I still can't find a right developer.

Do you think I should keep employing this little trick of mine or should I just take everybody and filter them out during an interview part?

What are your thoughts?

Thanks.

I am looking for a developer. For that I posted an ad that looks like this:

We are searching for a BlahBlah developer part-time in-house. You will be responsible for:

......

Flexible schedule.

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected. Thank you.

Job Type: Part-time

Notice this line:

Please put sunshine at the top of your cover letter, otherwise you'll be rejected.

Then I sifted through applicants and filtered out those who didn't put 'sunshine'.

That trick is supposed to bring me only those developers who are serious and are detail-oriented.

In theory...

Well, I got 50 applicants. Out of 50 only 3 put 'sunshine' and all of them turned to be not as qualified as I wanted them to be.

My ad has been online for a couple of months and I still can't find a right developer.

Do you think I should keep employing this little trick of mine or should I just take everybody and filter them out during an interview part?