Hiring Questions

My startup's products will primarily be purchased by women, and thus I'd like to hire a sales and marketing director who is a woman. Is it against the law for me to advertise this position that I'm...

Hiring

asked Jan 5 '11 at 13:13

Jeff
51 points

Couldn't find a Jobs section on Bright Journey. Maybe there should be a section here where startups can post their openings.Which early stage startups are hiring software engineers in the Boston area?

Hiring Boston Startups

asked Mar 19 '14 at 01:14

Steve Halsted
45 points

Context: We are a small 3-developer company that sells Windows desktop software for small businesses on our website. We believe that we need both: "Marketing" - i.e. one-to-many interactions,...

Marketing Sales Hiring

asked Mar 5 '10 at 04:00

Polemarch
301 points

I'm a non-technical founder who has been able to get by with outsourced consultants on ODesk for a while.But now that revenues are growing, I want to hire one or two PHP coders onsite. I've posted...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Startups Software Engineers

asked Jun 9 '14 at 18:10

Sonya Dave
19 points

How should a small startup organize their hiring pipeline? We're a team of 8 so don't have a dedicated HR person. Way too early for that. So we keep an excel file to manage candidates we interview....

Recruiting Hiring Organization

asked Jun 11 '14 at 14:56

Michael Brown
14 points

I have been running a success site for the last 6 years by myself. Most of my revenue comes from AdSense and CPA offers. While I've had years in those past 6 where I could have easily hired one or...

Solo Entrepreneur Hiring Employees Small Business

asked Jun 12 '14 at 15:40

Wilbert Wood
12 points

We have a Hong Kong company and are trying to launch. We have limited funds but are thinking of hiring someone and paying in shares. However, we don't want to just sell shares and watch our new...

Hiring Legal Agreements Shares Vesting

asked Jun 17 '14 at 09:16

User33966
11 points

What's the best way to say no to candidates who clearly aren't a good fit for the company?It's as awkward for me to do as firing someone. I would like to do it in a way that doesn't reflect bad on...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Rejection Glassdoor

asked Jun 16 '14 at 23:45

Connie Banes
12 points

What are some challenges you've faced and advice for hiring your first employee at an un-funded, solo founder startup?I am about to launch my product and need to hire a sales person to help with...

Recruiting Solo Entrepreneur Hiring Employees

asked Jun 17 '14 at 22:56

Maria Fagundes
7 points

Does anyone have any experience hiring VAs to do smaller / administrative tasks at their startup? Where did you hire them from and what are common tasks you delegated to them that made you life...

Hiring Odesk Virtual Assistants

asked Jun 23 '14 at 12:43

Christy Saine
11 points

Especially in marketing, a lot of sales people have certifications from Google, BrainBench or smaller providers like ExpertRatings.Are these certification programs worth anything in terms of...

Recruiting Hiring Credibility Employees

asked Jun 25 '14 at 19:42

James Campbell
12 points

We are trying to scale our bootstrapped startup and one of the roles I always see startups hiring for are product managers. What roles and tasks should a product manager at a startup be responsible...

Hiring Employees Product Management Scale

asked Jul 5 '14 at 16:12

Wesley Ramirez
2 points

Before hiring someone, most startups try to find out as much as possible about them by hitting Google and checking their publicly available social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,...

Recruiting Hiring Social Media Employees Hire

asked Jul 8 '14 at 16:55

Carl Rosas
12 points

How important of a signal is the grades and college GPA of a software engineering candidate if they already have 1 or 2 years of experience?Should startups even ask for grades / transcripts of...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Software Engineers Recruiters

asked Jul 10 '14 at 19:49

Nancy Fuller
12 points

I don't have much knowledge about programming, but I have a good idea and the resources to develop it. I'm looking for a programmer, but I don't know which programming languages he or she must...

Co-Founder Hiring Software Engineers Programming

asked Jul 12 '14 at 00:27

Nicolás Fernández Llorente
6 points

During an interview, when asking candidates if they have any questions, if they first question they ask is about their salary, is that a negative?Would be an indication that they haven't bought...

Recruiting Hiring Interviews Salary Hire

asked Aug 4 '14 at 13:58

Alvin Smith
14 points

We are looking to hire our first two employees and have no prior experience in recruiting.What are the most important things that we should look for in a candidate?The first would obviously be...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Interviews Hire

asked Aug 6 '14 at 15:42

Dennis Fidler
2 points

Should you ask for college transcripts or a copy of the college degree when hiring software engineers? Wouldn't it be easy to just lie on the resume otherwise and state you have a PhD from Harvard?

Hiring Interviews Education College Engineers

asked Aug 30 '14 at 18:13

Darin Swint
11 points

I want to create a minimum viable product for my startup idea. The concept is fairly complex which will require rails developers who have a lot of experience.The app deals with the financial...

Hiring Developers MVP Freelance Ruby On Rails

asked Jun 5 '15 at 16:28

Angelica Hole
6 points

We're have a tough time finding any good designers to hire for our startup. Most of the good designers are usually more interested in working at VC funded startups in the valley or more established...

Hiring Design UX Contractor Designers

asked Jun 10 '15 at 09:55

Keenan Bachelder
15 points