What do most candidate reach-out email campaigns have in common? They are often too functional and fail to spark curiosity and emotion. At LevelUp, we don’t believe in cold calls. When I started here, I quickly realised that our weapons of choice are email campaigns. This got me thinking: How can we write emails in … Read more
It is safe to say that the past year has been a year of change in recruitment for many startups and scale-ups. And these changes will have a long-lasting impact on the recruitment strategies, hiring managers and even candidates for the years to come. However, with 2020 in the rearview mirror, in 2021 there’s a … Read more
You are stuck. You have written a high-quality vacancy, but no sign of many great candidates just yet. Of course, you know you can’t rely on applicants only, but you know you can do better. Like no other I know vacancy writing is tough. In this article, I will share with you my personal checklist … Read more
My whole life I considered myself to be a bit of a geek. Most of my family members work in the tech industry as IT professionals. Because of this, I always thought that I have a better understanding of current tech, programming languages, and “get” the lingo. I was wrong. In January, I joined LevelUp … Read more
Does this sound like an ordinary start to your morning of recruitment? “Please be a good applicant ?.. Ok not you, but maybe THIS one”, followed by “oh well, better luck tomorrow”. I’m curious how many mornings this takes before you improve your job advert content? And more importantly, what modifications do you make? Here are … Read more
Have you ever been to a SOSU event? I recently participated in one with my colleague from LevelUp Ventures, Reggie. I had no clue what I’m getting myself into, as this was the first SOSU I have ever attended, and I must say it was… eventful. SOSU virtual conference happened between the 6th and 9th of … Read more
So you posted your vacancy on LinkedIn, sat back and waited for the applications to come pouring in. That’s one way of doing it. However, Joel Spolsky (founder of Stack Overflow) claims that on average developers only apply for four jobs in their entire career. You’re relying on a lot of luck if you hope … Read more
Over the last year, around 75% of the tech hires made at LevelUp came from applicants, as opposed to earlier years where passive candidate sourcing was the go-to strategy. Nevertheless, sourcing hasn’t lost its value for us yet, especially for roles with low rates of applicants. An effective sourcing strategy is even more important because … Read more
If you are a recruiter, you probably know what a Boolean search is. It’s our holy grail for finding the right talent and narrowing down a list of thousands of candidates to our hiring manager’s requirements. Let me ask you this: since you’ve learned about Boolean, how often have you gone back to it to … Read more
At LevelUp Ventures we would like to present a mini-series on tooling, tips and hacks that have survived the test of time with 10 tech recruiter colleagues. The series is meant to share knowledge and to create an opportunity to learn from each other. TL;DR; this list of top 5 e-mail finding tips is different … Read more
