HR & Leadership
The Rule of Four (or Five): One Way "People Analytics" Shaped Hiring at Google

How investing in “people analytics” has dramatically changed Google’s hiring process — and saved the company time and money in the process.

by Carlie Smith
Startup Strategy
Streamlining the Interview Process: 5 Common Challenges and Solutions

An organized, efficient interview process is key to your company’s ability to hire quickly and effectively. Here are five common challanges and solutions to help you tighten up your process.

by Carlie Smith
Startup Strategy
The Perks of Being a Proactive Recruiter

In the tech world, the bulk of hires are made through proactive outbound recruitment. The key word there is proactive. If you’re waiting for the right candidate to come to you, you’re going to find yourself with a lot of open positions to fill.

by Carlie Smith
Startup Strategy
You Made a Hire: Now What? What Your Company Should Include in Your Onboarding Process

You may have just made the perfect hire, but guiding him or her through an effective onboarding process for new hires is key to increasing productivity and retention.

by Carlie Smith
Startup Strategy
Recruiting 101: How to Sell Top Candidates on Your Job Opportunities

In such a competitive talent market, tech companies need to learn how to sell candidates on their job opportunities. Find out what you need to break through.

by Carlie Smith
HR & Leadership
Quick Guide to Extending Job Offers Top Talent Can't Refuse

Once you’ve sourced, interviewed, and selected your top candidate, the hardest part of the hiring process is over, right? Not exactly. In fact, how you prepare for and extend a job offer to your top candidate may make or break your entire search.

by Carlie Smith
HR & Leadership
How to Conduct Effective Reference Check Interviews

Have you found a candidate who could be “the one”? Hold the phone. Before you pull the trigger there is one more crucial step to take: conducting thorough and effective reference check interviews.

by Carlie Smith
HR & Leadership
The 7 Recruiting Metrics You Should Be Tracking

Want to improve your recruiting process? Then it’s time to start harnessing the data your team naturally generates during each and every candidate search.

by Carlie Smith
HR & Leadership
Hire Smart: Simple Steps to Better Phone Screening

Looking to save time and resources by streamlining your hiring process? Use this simple checklist and examples of sample phone screening questions to quickly identify the best candidates while filtering out the rest.

by Carlie Smith