Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Ryan was the most talented technologist we had hired at BuildOnline. We hired Ryan at a really young age and without a tremendous amount of prior experience. We had a strategy of hiring people really young because we couldn’t afford to hire too many senior people. Ryan is now in his 30’s (old fart).
David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.
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David Teten
JULY 9, 2012
Often, when startup founders first assemble teams, they hire familiar people – either people they know, or people like them. Those are good reasons to be friends, but poor reasons to hire someone. When you want to hire someone, you should strictly focus on hiring the best possible person for the open job.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. We fought hard to stay in the game.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 25, 2010
In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. We fought hard to stay in the game.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I hired an executive recruiter and had 7 finalist candidates that I interviewed. And in the end I hired him. Small story. I used to work in the UK. He took the issue off the table.
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