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"We’ve got our own recruiting team." Absolutely – and they’re probably doing a fantastic job! 🎉 But here’s a thought… Many fast-growing startups I know for a fact have stellar recruiting teams. Yet even a well-oiled machine needs an extra set of hands now and then, especially when: 🔸 A sudden growth spurt turns a smooth operation into a sprint 🔹 Heavy hiring targets leave your team racing against the clock 🔸 New markets call for local expertise that’s hard to develop overnight 🔹 Those big-picture objectives demand a bit more than your current bandwidth Think of me as an extra engine on your jet – not replacing the pilot, just adding more power to get you further, faster. 🚀 If your internal recruiters are feeling the strain or your team needs specialized support to tackle new challenges, I’d love to explore how we can lighten the load and help you reach your goals. Recruiting is never one-size-fits-all. Let’s chat about how we can help amplify the impact of your existing team!

"We just got $60M in funding!" That's what a founder told me last week, beaming with excitement. Then came the harder question: "How do we hire 50 people without slowing everything down?" Here's what most don't realize: Each stage of startup growth is like running a completely different company: ➤ 1-20 people: Everyone's a builder ➤ 20-50: Systems become crucial ➤ 50-250+: Scale is everything The difference between success and stagnation? ↳ Your talent partner. The best ones: ➤ Cut hiring time in half ➤ Need 50% fewer interviews per hire ➤ Know the VC/PE world inside out Because rapid growth doesn't mean rushing. ↳ It means being strategic. Now ask yourself... Would you rather review 8 candidates per hire (industry standard) or 4 (our benchmark)? Time saved = Growth accelerated P.S. Do you want to scale your talent with efficiency? ↳ Let's chat Steve Bartel Ian Roughley Samuel K Would love to get your thoughts since this is your world. 💯

We’re back with another installment in our Startup Leader's Guide to Hiring Success! Today, we’re diving into the first step of implementing a successful hiring strategy — crafting a clear and compelling job description. This is more than just a list of skills; it's the foundation of your entire hiring process. Come back tomorrow for an in-depth look at the key elements you need to include to attract the right talent. Download the guide on our website → https://lnkd.in/g-Pi782h #HiringStrategy #StartupSuccess #GrowthMindset

Attn: everybody! 🎉 This is Anneli Scopazzi kicking off Boulevard Recruiting’s initiative for recruiters to post twice per week on the company page starting next week through the holidays! Alan Leung will kick it off, then Brian Tully, then we’ll pass the baton. ➡️ Please follow Boulevard Recruiting if you aren’t following already! We are a people business, both individuals and relationships are important. Like any great recruiting process, our interview process filters for our values: #joy and #excellence. Striking the joy-excellence balance is tough. Our posts aim to show what that looks like, striking the joy-excellence balance over and over and over and over. By #excellence we mean in recruiting, and particularly in startup scaling. We have a good insight into the startup ecosystem, we are working with 20 startups currently. We’ve worked with close to 100 in the history of our company. So, we’ve seen lots of founders, investors and hiring teams. What does it look like when scaling is done excellently, and when does it need tightening? ❗️To protect privacy, any client detail will be totally anonymized. Recruiting is a #joyful experience, particularly when we get the offer accept. Moments leading up to the offer accept can be very painful. How do we celebrate the day to day wins, and not just the big wins, to stay motivated. We hope our posts will be a mix of insight, education, and simply fun too. We want you to get to know us, and hopefully someday we get to know you. 💙

Startup CEOs, listen up! We all love saving cash, especially on recruiting fees, right? But let me drop a truth bomb - skimping on hiring could cost you more than you think. Here's the deal: If you've been trying to fill a key role for over 3 months using just your network and you're still coming up short, it's time for a game-changer. Consider bringing in the big guns - a trusted recruiting firm with a solid track record in the exact area you need (think product, engineering, sales, you name it). Let's be clear: If a role is truly critical, waiting more than 3 months to fill it just doesn't add up. Maybe it's time to rethink how crucial it really is. If it's essential, act like it. Get the help you need and get it filled! Bottom line? Don't let key positions sit empty. It's not just about filling a seat; it's about powering up your team and blasting full speed ahead. Time is ticking. Let's get those critical roles filled and keep moving forward!

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁. The missing piece for most failed businesses is not getting their Talent piece right. In nearly 3 decades of hiring senior Technology talent I’m still astonished how many CEOs and Founders consider hiring key talent into their business as a walk in the park, treating it like you would a DIY project at home, and the job that I do as literally money for old rope. The most successful CEOs I know position themselves at the centre of their talent strategy. They build effective in-house systems and processes to deliver and manage talent, while establishing long term partnerships with specialist 3rd party search firms who get to know their business and culture inside out. Are you happy with your talent strategy? ☎️ If you’re not let’s jump on a 10 minute call and I’ll share some insider industry tips to get you on track: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵/𝟭𝟬-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲-𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 Until next time people. I’m Warren Beazley, #TheCTORecruiter 🚀𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗧𝗢𝘀 & 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 🏅𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 📝𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗧𝗢𝘀, 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 & 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 🔔𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 💡𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

We’re growing FAST here at Puzzle so we asked our recruiting extraordinaire Marissa Mata for some hiring tips. Grab your pen and paper, you’re going to want to take notes for this one. Here are Marissa’s 3 tips for scaling your team fast 👇 1. Use an all in one ATS that is designed for startups. It’ll help with sourcing, scheduling, feedback, and onboarding. It’s WELL worth the investment and will pay itself back with 1 key hire. 2. Utilize AI to automate certain hiring tasks. It can help you refine job descriptions and even review candidate backgrounds. 3. Most importantly… incentivize referrals! Marissa could not emphasize enough how helpful this is when you trying to build out a great team quickly. Hope this helps! ✍️

Founders deserve more and they should ask for more. The lowest hanging fruit that I believe Founders should take more advantage of is getting an investors help with recruiting. Why? 1. 20X Improvement in Top of Funnel When our team works directly with portfolio companies on target hire outreach we've seen connection rates 20X that of the Industry Average. Luckily our talent team has created a fine tuned machine to drive this process for portfolio companies. 2. Higher Close Rates Oftentimes having one of your investors hop on a call with a candidate can improve your probability of closing them. It not only provides the candidate with a different perspective, but shows them that you and your VCs truly take this process, this person and winning seriously. As Alex Pall mentioned a couple of weeks ago on linkedin, he has personally hopped on 100 calls working to help candidates for our portfolio company Dandy. That's on top of another 100+ that I know we also did and doesn't include tons more from other backers. I mention this because Dandy had to hire hundreds of people over the course of a couple of years. If the company struggled on their conversion rate from offer to close, which I've seen plenty of companies who do, then they never would've been able to grow as quickly as they did. While we'll never know if all the calls we did actually improved their conversion rate, what I can tell you is the Founders didn't want to leave it up to chance. Put us investors to work!

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👉 Recruiters: ALWAYS BE CLOSING! When did we stop teaching the fundamentals of Recruiting? → At every stage of the process, every touch point, every conversation, always check in with the candidate to see if they're interested in the role. I promise you that this process will dramatically increase your close rate. → Or you can say nothing, wait until the end, and be so far removed from the initial candidate conversation that you have zero insight or leverage to close them. 👍 Let's get back to basics and hone our craft, folks! I guarantee it will improve the candidate and client experience. →If you don't believe me, check out my conversation with Diane Prince, a true industry expert, on #thePOZcast. She shares so much professional and personal wisdom. This industry vet exited her past agency for $28 Million! So she did something right! 👉🎧 LISTEN UP! https://lnkd.in/eykcG_q8 🔥 THIS IS #THEPOZCAST > GET INVOLVED 🔥 🏆 This episode is brought to you by our friends at Wellfound! → Wellfound is the #1 startup community dedicated to connecting startups with the world's top started-seeking talent. Our new solution, RecruiterCloud, allows startups to automate their entire recruiting process—sourcing, screening, personalized outreach, interview scheduling, and more—all in one place and fully customized. It's hiring made easy. 👉 Get a 2-week free trial here:  https://lnkd.in/e8NHZfjX.