Hiring Questions

Is it better to make the decision to hire based only on revenue growth? Or if you saved enough money to pay another salary for 4 months, would it be better to grow first and try to increase our...

Hiring Employees

asked Nov 2 '09 at 11:14

Max Cameron
56 points

I work as an architect in a successful product company. I am passionate about doing something of my own like building my own IP. Right now i do not want to just quit my job and do something of my...

Hiring Part Time

asked Nov 6 '09 at 19:18

Siddharth
88 points

With no budget for hiring a full-time HR person, what is the right way to develop HR policies as my startup grows.

Hiring

asked Oct 18 '09 at 09:41

Anup
547 points

You've got an early software project, it's reasonably popular. There's no known limit to the product's potential size or usefulness. You've just gotten funding. How many programmers do you hire?

Hiring

asked Oct 22 '09 at 14:14

User1056
136 points

I've used a variety of personality profiles to gain additional insights on job candidates, regarding work and communication styles, energy levels, focus, drive etc etc. I have used the DISC Online...

Hiring Employees Interviews

asked Oct 24 '09 at 12:22

Manuel M
263 points

At some point, we all exhaust our networks and need to look externally for talent. We're planning to do some specific recruiting around front-end and "all-around" dev folks in the next few months...

Hiring

asked Oct 13 '09 at 02:04

Randfish
1,001 points

I'm in the process of evaluating resumes for a web marketing / project management position. I've never considered myself very good at interviewing. Beware, my question is multi-faceted, so don't...

Hiring Contract Employees

asked Oct 13 '09 at 13:52

Dlynton
1,057 points

I know this sounds like a silly question, but... do startups use temp agencies? We're attending a trade show next week and I'm concerned that our staff won't be able to handle the critical...

Hiring

asked Oct 15 '09 at 00:34

Jake Bf
106 points

So you have decided to hire some interns... You don't have much time to go to a college/university and get the word out... where do you find the best interns for software development? I know of...

Hiring Interns

asked Oct 15 '09 at 08:55

Ricardo
4,815 points

SO you have a list of resumes for potential software development interns, what do you ask them to make sure you get the best one(s)?

Hiring Interns

asked Oct 15 '09 at 09:06

Ricardo
4,815 points

In this economic climate, competition for jobs is stiff. What should a smart, hardworking recent graduate of a business school program do to try to get a job that will give him the experience he...

Marketing Sales Hiring

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:18

Jason Evanish
83 points

There are a number of avenues to go for hiring, like LinkedIn, traditional Craigslist, Monster listings, etc. I personally use Startuply.com (YC '08) for a lot of the hiring that I do. It's proven...

Hiring

asked Oct 11 '09 at 02:33

Mark Bao
604 points

Joel Spolsky is always writing about how companies should treat and offer the best to their developers in order to be able to get the best of them. As a startup, when the time comes and you do need...

Recruiting Hiring Incentives Developers Engineers

asked Oct 10 '09 at 12:44

Ricardo
4,815 points