Companies may be complaining that they can’t find folks with the skills they need, but some policy wonks insist America is producing more than enough tech-savvy grads. What’s going on? By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) For founders, the tech talent shortage is a constant headache. For some policy makers, it’s a reason to revamp [...]
Posts Tagged "Recruiting"
How I Learned About Company Values the Hard Way
April 11, 2013 – 7:00 am
Staff turnover challenges taught KLUTCHclub’s founder the value of clearly communicating company values. Here she helps other entrepreneurs avoid her error. By Julie Bashkin (Founder & CEO, KLUTCHclub) KLUTCHclub is a health and wellness company that delivers healthy snacks, beverages, supplements, fitness accessories and personal care products to our members monthly. We are celebrating our [...]
The Secret to Our Success: Hiring Moms
March 28, 2013 – 7:00 am
Mauria Finley learned the value of recruiting moms from stints as an executive at eBay and PayPal. Now she’s putting that insight to use at her new startup Citrus Lane – and it’s paying off big time. By Mauria Finley (CEO & founder, Citrus Lane) In recent weeks, two news stories from prominent business leaders [...]
How to Attract Guys to a Woman-Centric Startup
March 26, 2013 – 9:00 am
The co-founders of RocksBox and a male designer on their team talk about the challenges of attracting super talented guys to a female-founded jewelry startup. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) What do the best developers and designers look for when they’re choosing where to take their talents? For many, it’s a matter of working [...]
How I Turned My Recruiting Solutions Into A Company
October 18, 2012 – 8:00 am
Despite the challenges and because of our successes, the platform is constantly growing, changing, and remaining competitive. At heart, however, Scavado is still doing what it was always created to do: finding the best talent. By Lori Fenstermaker (Founder, Scavado) People often ask me why I started Scavado. The answer is that I didn’t mean [...]
Did You Really Miss That Opportunity? (Startup Recruiting)
August 4, 2012 – 6:00 am
If someone is asking for your services, ask for a partnership opportunity, an equity percentage or simply a return for your effort. By Adriana Galue (Co-Founder, Mint Consulting) There is a new business model available today. It involves recruiting talent at low or no cost. I know several talented people who are currently “doing internships” [...]
Women 2.0 Discount On San Francisco General Assembly Classes (Taught By Clare Baley, Anna Pereira And Poornima Vijayashanker)
August 2, 2012 – 9:00 am
Save 10% on General Assembly’s classes in San Francisco with discount code “women2″. Women 2.0 has partnered with General Assembly to offer a 10% discount on classes popping up in San Francisco this summer! Mobile apps are hot. If you are interested in learning the basics of Android development, the Writing Your First Android App [...]
The Recruiter Honeypot
June 27, 2012 – 10:44 am
“External recruiters are an inevitable necessity for startups. But after seeing all of the emails that those external recruiters generated in subsequent years, I wish Meebo had switched to in-house recruiting sooner.” By Elaine Wherry (Co-Founder, Meebo) In late 2009, I created an online persona named Pete London – a self-described JavaScript ninja – to [...]
In War For Talent, “Brogrammers” Will Be Losers
May 11, 2012 – 8:00 am
“The rise of the brogrammer joke and its ensuing backlash has some benefits: It helps talented women choose worthy employers, it gives a name and face to a problem that plagues the industry and it publicly shames some of the most sexist offenders.” By Gina Trapani (Founder, ThinkUp) In 1999, Google’s Marissa Mayer almost didn’t [...]
Recruiting A Designer To Your Early Stage Startup (Hint: It’s Not All About The Perks)
February 7, 2012 – 1:37 pm
By Dana Rosenberg (Startup Enthusiast, Self) For startups, the design element is becoming more important than ever. Consumers are developing an appreciation for design that is driving their purchase and engagement decisions. Simultaneously, the expanding global market for mobile and interactive web services is creating a need for designers to take on new interfaces and [...]
