While recruiting tends to be one of the most important tasks of startup founders, most founders are not recruiters. While on the surface recruiting is rather simple – you interview people and try to hire the best ones – there’s quite a lot to actually doing it systematically and properly.
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
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,
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
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
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
If you are a startup founder, or working for a startup, chances are that you’ve encountered one of the biggest challenges keeping startups from their desired growth and development trajectories – the difficulty of bringing in new talent. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that as a startup, you’re
As a non-profit career services organization working closely with emerging talent, diversity and inclusion in recruitment is a core part of Startuplifers’ values and strategies. We are committed to creating an equal job market for everyone. However, when trying to implement the best D&I practices there are problems we face
We decided to get to the bottom of how and where the talents in the Nordics want to work. As companies across the world adopt different methods that help employees to continue day to day work safely, we were curious to know how all this was received. So we surveyed