[johnumbaugh]

CareEvolution | Software Dev | Ann Arbor, MI | ONSITE, REMOTE, VISA, https://www.careevolution.com/

What we do actually matters.

It's estimated that 250,000 people die in America annually because of medical errors. That makes it the #3 cause of death, just behind heart disease and cancer (http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/47663618...). This is a major societal catastrophe - and it needs to be fixed. Part of the solution is the long-overdue modernization of our nation's health IT infrastructure. This is CareEvolution's mission - to create better patient outcomes by modernizing - and connecting - our health IT systems.

There are many interesting things to do at CareEvolution, including mobile (iOS and Android), web, platform, integration, devops, analytics, ETL... and lots more. This is a place where you help define what it is you want to do, and how to help the world.

We're a small team - still under 100 people (and all technical!) - but our platform manages health data for over 100 million people.

Check out our job listing at https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/148257/developers-for-healthc... .

Visit our website at https://www.careevolution.com/ - or visit our recruiting portal at http://letsfixhealthcare.com/

Submit resumes to [e-mail]

[um304]

The most important part:

"Note: this job is open to US Residents only. Foreign nationals can apply but only if you live within the US."

[throway_foo_bar]

I applied once about a month ago, through SO, as linked in this post. I did not get a response, not even a cursory one. As you can see in that thread [0], someone tells care evolution that their link is dead. They do not get a response. Basically, this organization is pretty bad at engaging. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth as an applicant. It takes time on both sides; hiring and applying. Not taking the time to respond to applicants or potential applicants looks bad, and discourages interest.

[0]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15150831

[johnumbaugh]

Original poster here.

As someone else suggested in this thread, we do get a pretty incredible volume of applicants. If it's clear from the resume that it's not a match, we generally don't contact the applicant. In an ideal world we would prefer to get back to each person who submits a resume - but the volume is such that we have decided not to do that.

However, we do carefully read every application. And once we engage with an applicant, we always respond and we respond promptly.

[throway_foo_bar]

Hey John, thank you for responding. I hope you take this as feedback, for I truly have no grudge or bitterness about it. If you looked at my resume and decided you're looking for something else, that's totally fine. I want to empathize with your role as an employer, and I ask that you do the same for me. As a candidate, I am applying to a dozen different places, amidst a busy life. Some communication helps keep everything together. It doesn't even have to be human but 1. Acknowledge receipt of my application. 2. Confirm that you've moved on to other applicants.

At some point, as your company grows, your recruiters may trawl the backlog of past applicants and decide to give me another look. It then becomes a question of how I remember my interactions with you. If you didn't have the time or systems to give me even the most cursory of feedback, you best believe I won't have the time to give you that either. So sure, there are hundreds of names, flying at you. But those names are people. A templated rejection letter is really the least you can do. Most applicant tracking systems support this.

[iamkhush]

Totally agree with you here. All of this is automated these days.

[jshc]

if you have to use a throway foo bar, whey do they need to get back to you? It's as a curtsey but don't think it's necessary. It's possible job hunters just spam resume for no reason. To me, a template reply is no better than a no rely.

[throway_foo_bar]

> if you have to use a throway foo bar

Ad-hominem.

> It's as a curtsey but don't think it's necessary.

The job hunt process is lubricated with politeness. Both employer and employee should want to make a good impression on each other; like on a first date. I can't imagine a situation where courtesy was more necessary than that. More so, when it costs next to nothing to send out an AUTOMATED email

1) Acknowledging receipt of an application and thanking the candidate. [Enables the candidate to keep records in a busy life]

2) Informing them you've moved on, and how soon they are allowed to apply again [Typically >3months].

[cpfohl]

For what it's worth, when you post a good job on HN you get well upwards of 200 applicants... I'm not with Care Evolution, but I sympathize with them.

[throway_foo_bar]

I empathize with them as well. But I hope my comment showed that there is a pattern of undesirable behavior here. Moreover, you shouldn't be reposting a job posting while still, presumably, working the backlog of candidates from a month ago.

[milofeynman]

Anything with REMOTE gets 50+ applications a week over at angel.co. There are also a lot of junk resumes to sort through in every job. You have to sell yourself well or have a network of connections who can put in a good word for you.

[pfd1986]

Just a suggestion: your guys would benefit from a "who are we" section in your website. =)

(Sorry if it's there and I missed it.)

[johnumbaugh]

I don't think you missed it. Our corporate website is definitely geared towards marketing to potential customers, and not as much to candidates.

I think the most concise expression of "who we are" in terms of mission and values is probably our recruiting site - http://www.letsfixhealthcare.com/.

Our StackOverflow company page ( https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/companies/careevolution ) may also give you a sense of the vibe at CareEvolution.

Thanks for the comments!

[milofeynman]

What percentage of your employees are remote?

[zeugmasyllepsis]

I don't recall where, but while going through one of the links above I saw the numbers:

45% on-site, 55% remote

[johnumbaugh]

Yeah those numbers are a little outdated... just counted, we have 90 folks total and very close to 2/3 of my colleagues are remote.