Recruiting for a corporation is so incredibly different to recruiting for an expansion stage technology startup. In a Fortune 500 company, it’s normal for a requisition to take weeks — even months — for final approval. There are so many layers of red tape involved that when you know it’s approved, it’s there to stay…
Read Full Article about In Startup Recruitment, Agility is RequiredCould a weak employer brand be your greatest enemy in the war for top talent? If internal branding is important to effectively sustaining the growth and nurturing of your overall brand, shouldn’t that also impact the volume and quality of the talent pipeline that goes along with it? Last week, my colleague Brandon Hickie laid…
Read Full Article about Is Your Internal Brand Attracting Top Talent?Some of the most important hiring tips hiring managers can heed when involved in startup recruitment are related to the prevention and handling of counter offers. Few things are more frustrating to hiring managers and recruiters than when they have spent the time and money to find the top candidate for a position, extend them an…
Read Full Article about Hiring Tips: Prevent Losing Your Top Candidate to a Counter OfferToday I was speaking with an HR Director at one of our portfolio companies and we discussed the idea of writing more creative job descriptions for several of their searches. While a standard job description which outlines the role, responsibilities, and qualifications necessary for an applicant may yield the candidates you are looking for, job…
Read Full Article about Recruiting Tips: Creative Job DescriptionsThanks to Google, Apple, Twitter and other big names, we all assume that Silicon Valley is the best place to launch a startup right? Truth be told, although the Greater San Francisco area is pretty great, it isn’t the only obvious choice anymore, at least not these days. Due to high costs of living paired with some…
Read Full Article about Where Are The Startups?A study in late 2010 by Jobvite found that nearly two-thirds of America’s workforce (some 77.5 million people) was ready to leave for another job. If, while involved in startup recruitment initiatives it is common for you to post a job description to job boards and wait for resumes to come in, listen up! Don’t forget…
Read Full Article about Key Motivators of Passive Job SeekersInternet startups across Silicon Valley are struggling to compete for talent amid the investment frenzy gripping Facebook, Twitter, and Zynga, with many smaller companies beefing up pay and recruiting and wading into the private-company share market to keep pace with larger rivals. College graduates in startup-saturated San Francisco are now given salary-and-bonus offers anywhere from…
Read Full Article about Startups Winning via BenefitsWhen I started out in venture capital and startup recruitment I knew there was more to my role than just understanding the job description in my hands. I quickly learned that because venture capital and startups are so “hot”, I had to be prepared to answer some basic questions: 1) What series funding has this portfolio company received? 2)…
Read Full Article about VC Recruiters, Be Prepared to Answer These Questions!Last week, I discussed the idea of creating an employee value proposition in order to hone in on the reasons why potential candidates should want to work for your company. But why should someone want to work in the particular role you are looking to fill? When you are putting together your job description for an…
Read Full Article about Why should a candidate want your open role?This has been a big year for OpenView Venture Partners, OpenView Labs, and the People team! Throughout the past year, I worked directly with management teams at many of OpenView’s thirteen expansion stage portfolio companies to offer hiring tips and to support and lead startup recruitment initiatives. Here are Five of the People team’s accomplishments in 2010……
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