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
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
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
When did you last scroll through your LinkedIn feed without seeing a top list of something? We live in times where much of the content we see is curated like it’s straight from BuzzFeed. So, instead of calling this blog “The 5 greatest, mind-bogglingly awesome tools I use for recruitment in tech”, I’ll start with … Read more
Sourcing is getting more famous every day. According to HelloTalent, 80% of passive candidates are open to opportunities. If you also take into account that a sourced candidate goes through the pipeline in 45 days (against 52 days for an applicant), I believe I don’t have to further explain why 😉 Holy cr*p; this damn … Read more
Candidates apply without reading the job descriptions. You spend time weeding them out. Precious time. Job seekers nowadays are confused with the million search results they get. A search for “retail jobs Amsterdam” will show retail jobs, tech support jobs, sales jobs, along with ads for tourists in between. Some of those jobs are in … Read more
Slack is everywhere. Not only is it now able to do everything from ordering our groceries to having a chat with us about our work…Slack is now a powerful tool to be used in recruiting. Many recruiting tools are already building native apps to make use of the Slack platform, but more importantly, Slack can … Read more
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