Recruiting Questions

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

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

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

I'm the business co-founder in our startup and creating processes to keep things running smoothly and being able to focus on sales.Should startups have a process in the place for hiring? If so,...

Recruiting Founders Business Startups Process

asked Jul 21 '14 at 15:03

Ralph Setzer
9 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

Releasing a website soon to connect ordinary people, students, business men with teachers and professionals, how do I recruit the teachers and professionals?

Recruiting Website

asked Jun 22 '15 at 02:46

C Wakeboard
11 points

For startups, if a potential candidate comes for an interview wearing a suit, is that a flag that they might not be a cultural fit?

Recruiting Culture Hiring Employees Interviews

asked May 30 '14 at 22:45

Ellen Davenport
7 points

What are the common overhead costs associated with full time employees?I've heard that if a developer's salary is $100K, he actually costs the company $150K.I can't see where all the expenses would...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Expenses

asked May 3 '14 at 15:12

Jade Livingston
14 points

When hiring software engineers, should you place more weight on the expertise of the specific language or framework you are using, or overall skill and experience.i.e. A great engineer with 10+...

Recruiting Hiring Engineers Software Engineers

asked Apr 18 '14 at 00:12

William Jensen
14 points

Is it better to have software engineering candidates code during the interview or let them do it from home?Since most engineers are introverts, my guess would be that allowing them to code from...

Recruiting Interviews Engineers

asked Apr 1 '14 at 14:59

William Thomas
7 points

With talented people being so hard to find, why do startups still struggle for months trying to hire someone in their city?

Recruiting Hiring Remote

asked Mar 31 '14 at 21:12

Pablo Rosa
19 points

What are the most often occurring things that developers do due to which they don't get hired?

Recruiting Hiring Jobs Engineers

asked Mar 29 '14 at 21:57

Kara Tyler
2 points

I'm hiring a software engineer and have gotten a boat load of resumes. I can easily rule out the obvious ones based on geography (since I can't afford to pay someone to relocate).What are some...

Recruiting Hiring Engineers

asked Mar 28 '14 at 17:29

Rufus Joyce
17 points

How can you take calls and go for job interviews without your current employer suspecting that you're planning to leave?

Recruiting Jobs Interviews

asked Mar 26 '14 at 11:14

Richard Hyslop
20 points

How does a self-funded startup with traction hunt for a good CEO who can help grow it to the next level? VC-funded startups have an advantage since it's the VC who actively sends potential...

Recruiting Hiring CEO Startups

asked Mar 22 '14 at 15:44

Edgar Ellison
35 points

Almost everyone complains about recruiters hammering them with calls and emails. If I were to call several startups, before I could finish my sentence after saying the word "recruiter", they'd...

Recruiting Hiring Human Resources

asked Mar 21 '14 at 13:11

Gregory Justice
30 points

What are the worst things that you can do to scare away highly qualified people when they come across your job listings online?Conversely, how do you entice someone to become interested and submit...

Recruiting Hiring Jobs

asked Mar 17 '14 at 21:10

Glen Sepe
10 points

We have just finished and launched our web project. It is a kind of social platform for companies one of its tasks also enable companies to publish jobs advertisements. Every country would have a...

Recruiting Legal Business Permit

asked Oct 11 '13 at 23:44

Disconnect25
16 points