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When is the right time to say goodbye to a new hire that isn’t working out?
At early-stage B2B startups, hiring great sales talent can be game-changing, and getting the commission plan right from the start is just as important as hiring the right person.
Before jumping into temporary work, make sure you do your research, weighing up the pros and cons.
Our founder Simon Benson speaks to HealthTech World about COVID has impacted recruitment in Healthtech and what it means for people looking to work in the sector.
"I was very pleased to sit down with Financial Times last week to discuss the challenges FinTech businesses face in recruiting talent in today's market. Whilst there's a lot of talk about the bigger players making redundancies, there is still plenty of competition among the smaller Series A/Series B companies who are ready to snap up people with experience in scaling businesses."
Today Wilson Grey joined Ecologi, it's a great step towards a more sustainable business model. As a small team, I feel that Ecologi gives us a viable and scalable solution that places us on the right path, it is by no means the be-all and end-all but it's a start.
Ecologi is doing fantastic work not only in helping companies achieve carbon neutrality but also in preserving biodiversity in some of the hardest-hit areas 🐝🌲
Our founder Simon Benson shares his thoughts with Sifted to discuss working from home tips and tricks.
If you’ve ever written more than a few job ads for your business, you may find that after awhile they can start to sound the same and you could fall into the trap of developing a template that you continually roll out without thinking about the content. Once that happens you lose engagement from your audience and if you want to attract the kind of talent your business needs, your job ads need to be punchy, detailed and stand out from the competition.
Along with making your first sale or landing your first customer or client, one of the most exciting milestones for a new startup is making your first hire. Finally, someone other than the original founders will be joining you, helping to make the dream of your future success a reality by putting in the hours and hard work to realise your goals. However, the importance of investing time in this process should not be underestimated. If you thought you’d just place a job ad and sit back and choose from the applicants flooding your inbox, think again.
What is unconscious bias?
Given the recent uncertainty of the job market in the face of COVID-19, the future of what working life looks like has everyone guessing. There appears to be some agreement that flexible working is here to stay and the traditional 5-day week in an office has had its day, but what about the structure of employment?
Whilst remote working continues to be the norm, anyone interviewing for a job in the next 6 – 12 months will most likely be doing it via a video call. Nothing beats in-person, face to face contact for rapport building, but in terms of giving a good interview, video can actually have the edge and help you perform in a much more structured, calm and professional manner.
Onboarding is the process of integrating new employees with your business. Helping them to understand the culture, values and practices that will allow them to become an effective member of the team. However, it is more than just setting someone up with an email account, log-in details for your IT systems and giving them the company handbook to read on their first day. When done properly, the process starts at interview stage and continues up until their probation period ends.
When it comes to benefits and perks, startups have always been creative in what they offer candidates in addition to their basic salary. Equity and shares are often used to attract people who will contribute greatly to the success of a business, benefits such as "unlimited" holiday are used to signal generosity for staff and images of weekly team pizza are all over social media.
100% remote working. Some companies have been doing this successfully for years with headcounts in the hundreds (Zapier comes to mind) but for the majority, it was thrust upon them earlier this year because of global lockdown measures.
Whether you’re considering recruiting remote workers or planning to have everyone back under one roof, if you’re going to be hiring over the coming months you’ll need to do so remotely.
Discussing money and salaries with a potential new employer is not something that should fill you with dread. If you’ve got to the stage where you’re being asked about figures, there’s a good chance that the employer is starting to give serious consideration to the possibility of making you an offer. Whilst this part of the candidate/employer exchange often intimidates people it really doesn’t need to and you can navigate it easily and without causing any conflict if you’ve done your homework.
Congratulations! You’ve taken action to find a new job, improve your circumstances and another employer has recognised your talent and offered you a position with their organisation. The final step now is to inform your current employer, and there’s a good chance they’ll make you a counter offer to stay, but should you accept it or stick with your initial instincts and embrace new opportunities?
The demise of the recruitment industry has been forecast for as long as I can remember, with companies developing in-house teams, the advent of LinkedIn, job boards and social media reaching wider audiences and now AI promising to make the perfect matches between client and candidate. Yet, despite all this, the industry continues to grow, and whilst sectors of recruitment will arguably fall to technology (shift workers for example can be easily matched to roles based on basic skill sets), businesses that require specialist skill sets and senior talent have a lot to benefit from using a recruitment agency.
In an applicant lead market with a skills shortage, businesses need to ensure they’re not only doing everything to attract the best talent, but also that they aren’t making any mistakes in the interview process. This can either be hiring the wrong people or letting the good ones slip through the net.