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8 Assumptions You Should Avoid Making in Startup Recruitment
April 7, 2020
8 Assumptions You Should Avoid Making in Startup Recruitment
Making assumptions in startup recruitment is going to hit you where it hurts the most. Whether it’s the time to hire, your client and the candidate’s satisfaction or the cost per hire, assuming is one of the most frequent mistakes done by recruiters – including me. Starting in industrial recruitment in the UK back in … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Become a Startup Recruiter (And What You Should Know If You Want to Be One)
January 15, 2020
Why You Shouldn’t Become a Startup Recruiter (And What You Should Know If You Want to Be One)
This is an experiment.  As the Internal Recruiter within LevelUp, my job is mostly focused on trying to get interesting recruiting professionals to talk with me and possibly make them choose to work where I work This time I want to try the opposite: making whoever is reading say “Nope! I’m never going to become … Read more
The Ultimate Guide to an Effective Modern Career Website
April 5, 2019
The Ultimate Guide to an Effective Modern Career Website
The career website is the oldest and best-known source of employer branding. Through technology we are changing the way we reach out to job-seekers through social media, internet and smartphones. Yet unfortunately the majority of career website have so far stayed in the condition they were many years ago. A career website is a channel owned by … Read more
4 Ways to Become A Better Startup Recruiter
August 9, 2017
4 Ways to Become A Better Startup Recruiter
As startup recruiters, let’s collectively face the truth – cold calls, spammy emails and faded black suits just don’t cut it anymore. Instead of receiving a spammy or templated reach out message from a LinkedIn Premium account, candidates are looking for recruiters that stand out to them. After all, in today’s tech world the startup … Read more
3 Ways Startups Do Recruitment + 1 That Works
August 8, 2017
3 Ways Startups Do Recruitment + 1 That Works
Recruitment, for startups, is broken. Talent is key to future execution power, and perhaps your only true differentiator. The talent you hire will help build your IP, your brand and will drive your traction. They will prove your business works, will continue working and is scaleable. So, for various reasons, recruiting through the good ol’ … Read more
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (1/3)
August 8, 2017
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (1/3)
You’ve got the funds? Time to Talent! Recruiting is hard, especially for startups. I’ve done everything from corporate recruiting to agency recruiting to some weird type of recruiting in the middle of the two. However, no matter which angle I go about it, I come to the same conclusion: finding and attracting good people is … Read more
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (2/3)
August 8, 2017
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (2/3)
You’ve got the funds? Time to talent! Hello again, my founding friends! In Part 1 of the series, we briefly discussed the first P, that of people. How the people you hire need to fit into the culture you have decided upon, and how the people you already know may be able to introduce you … Read more
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (3/3)
August 8, 2017
Post-Funding Startup Recruitment (3/3)
You’ve got the funds? Time to talent! This is the last and most awesome post of our post-funding startup recruitment series, that will get you started on getting your hiring in order: the last 2 P’s of startup recruitment – perks and product. In the previous posts, we’ve covered: people – leveraging your company culture, … Read more