Generally speaking, some companies might not want to use a recruiting agency because they assume they would mainly provide candidates for either entry-level or temporary jobs. Other people might think that agencies can not provide big benefits to workers. In the vast majority of the cases, both of these assumptions
As people and businesses across the globe have been getting used to remote work, the conventional boundaries have started fading away. With many more startups embracing remote work, we’ve started seeing talent opening themselves to remote work opportunities with companies from the other side of the world. If you’re considering
The ongoing global pandemic has brought about a sudden realization that remote work can actually work. Consequently, startups seem to be increasingly open to hiring remotely. While in many cases that may amount to hiring a neighbor to work from home, many companies are looking across national borders too. However,
We are so excited to welcome Krishna to the Startuplifers Community! A few weeks ago Krishna joined Paladin Cyber, a cyber security startup, as their remote Full Stack Engineer. Before Startuplifers, Krishna pursued a Master’s degree in Pervasive Computing and Communications for Sustainable Development at LUT University. His experience includes working as an
A Startup is a beautiful thing. It very often contains innovation, ideas, dreams and ambitions. But it also means heavy efforts, high risks, uncertainty and challenges, with the most important challenge (after having an idea and being able to turn it into a company) being finding the fundings to run
Onboarding plays an absolutely crucial role in a new hire’s success and happiness, and consequently on their productivity and fitting to the Team. A good onboarding experience is especially important for remote employees, since they don’t have as many opportunities to integrate themselves into the company’s workflow and to its
In this week’s post we get to know Tomi Kalmi, Startuplifers alumnus currently working as a Full-Stack Developer at Compound. In 2019, Tomi joined Chartmetric as their Software Engineer through Startuplifers. Chartmetric is a music analytics platform trusted by the biggest companies in the industry such as Universal Music Group,
What are the best practises when it comes to writing a perfect job description for a startup? A general misconception is that a job description should include as much detailed information about the role and the company as possible. Yes, your job description should include essential information about your company
As part of our 10 year anniversary celebration at Startuplifers, we are sharing inspirational alumni stories from the past decade. In this week’s post we get to know Pauliina Alanen, Startuplifers alumna currently working as a Communications and Marketing Lead at Silo AI. In 2017 Pauliina joined a healthcare data
If you’ve started a startup and got going, chances are that you have come across one of the biggest bottlenecks in any startup’s growth – people. The founding team only gets you so far, and at some point, you must start bringing more people onboard. While there are a lot
