Lately, the startup and scale-up ecosystem has been buzzing with talks about “candidate journey.” The reason for that buzz is that businesses have started changing their approach towards hiring processes. Maybe you have noticed this as well: while many Founders and hiring managers of smaller businesses tend to think of recruitment as a procedure which … Read more
With another year in the rearview mirror, 2023 is like an open road: empty at first, with some flashing road signs popping up every now and there, but we don’t know where the road is taking us precisely – as of yet. So, what can we do about it? The keyword is ‘balance’: Balancing out … Read more
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
The agency recruiter. The mere thought to most people induces shudders and visions of a smiling, LinkedIn loving individual. And it’s true. Most traditional agency recruiters are sales driven people who value their hiring fee and commission more than someone’s career trajectory. In the traditional recruiting model used by most recruitment agencies, maximising revenue is … 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
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
Who am I? How do I come across to others? Have you ever posed these questions to yourself? Taking stock of who you are at your core helps us understand ourselves. But still, people will have different opinions about you. The question of “who am I” is subjective. What is an employer brand? For companies, … Read more
