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TalentVine Blog

Hiring Technical Talent on the Sunshine Coast

Posted by Justin on 26-Oct-2017 14:51:04

 

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Topics: candidates, Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring for startups, employee needs, how to hire, startup hiring

What Tech Candidates Want

Posted by Rohan Davidson on 20-Sep-2017 08:54:03

The information and communications technology sector is an incredible phenomenon. It has exploded in relevance and importance to almost every industry in just a few decades.

When it comes to attracting the best candidates in ICT, you've got to bring something to the table that they want. It is an extremely competitive industry, with some incredible talent that can greatly impact on any organisation's bottom line.

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Topics: candidates, Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring for startups, employee needs, how to hire, startup hiring

Hiring Fast: The Key to Winning Great Candidates

Posted by Rohan Davidson on 11-Sep-2017 14:10:18

In developed markets, the average time it takes to fill a role has been increasing since 2001.

This is a problem.

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Topics: candidates, Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring for startups, hiring tips, how to hire, lean hiring, streamline hiring

The Downsides of Hiring for "Cultural Fit"

Posted by Rohan Davidson on 06-Sep-2017 10:48:27

It sounds simple, right? Hiring people who align with your organisation's culture will ensure everyone stays happy and productive.

Organisational culture is important. This is a widely recognised fact, and despite the fact that few of us ever get it perfectly right, most people are at least conscious of the need to focus on developing the right culture.

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Topics: Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring for startups, hiring tips, company culture, Culture, how to hire, how to interview

Startup Recruitment Strategies: Keep Pace with the Best

Posted by Rohan Davidson on 09-Aug-2017 11:54:14

Startup people think differently. We want scaleable growth, and we want it quickly.

Sustainability comes second. We'll work it out when we get there. First, we need numbers.

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Topics: hiring for startup, hiring for startups, Hiring for Startups, company branding, lean hiring, startup hire, startup hiring, startup recruitment, startups

Interviews are NOT Exams

Posted by Rohan Davidson on 18-Jul-2017 09:22:33

An interview isn’t an exam. Give your candidates a chance to prove themselves.  

The candidate interview and selection process is, for the most part, cumbersome, outdated and frankly wrong. Too many of us treat interviews like some kind of exam.

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Topics: Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring for startups, hiring tips, employee needs, how to hire, how to interview, lean hiring, startup hire

Employers Don't Hate Working With Recruiters

Posted by Justin on 19-Oct-2016 19:24:30

There is a perception in our industry that people hate working with recruiters, but we know without a doubt that this is not true. 

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Topics: Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, Hiring for Startups, hiring tips, how to access recruiters, employee turnover, how to hire, lean hiring, recruiters, recruitment

Startup Recruitment in Australia

Posted by Justin on 11-Oct-2016 12:10:34

Startup recruitment in Australia, or anywhere in the world for that matter, are faced with the same issue. No spare time to filter through hundreds of applications on Seek or LinkedIn, no spare cash to outsource to a specialist recruiters. At the same time, there is an imperative need to have the best technical talent in your team in order to build that next unicorn of an app, website or piece of software.

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Topics: Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, hiring tips, recruitment, startup, startup recruitment, startups

Candidate Promoters and Detractors

Posted by Justin on 18-Mar-2015 05:34:41

For the six years I lived in the UK, I spend a lot of unwanted time on public transport. Given my compact height, a considerable amount of these rush-hour journeys were spent with my nose at armpit level which taught me the art of holding my breath like a champion free diver.

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Topics: candidates, Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, branding, company culture, Culture, employer branding, marketplace, recruiting, recruitment, recruitment marketplace, startup hiring, talentvine, top talent

TalentVine: Keeping The Dream Alive

Posted by Justin on 28-Aug-2014 04:41:17

With TalentVine, employers and recruiters receive value so everyone wins! Ah, a win-win. That's what I learnt from Stephen R Covey's '7 Habits of Highly Effective People'.

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Topics: Recruiting & Hiring, hiring for startup, Hiring for Startups, Culture, recruitment, recruitment marketplace, startup hire, startup recruitment, talentvine