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How Startups Can Build a Recruiting Machine
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Thursday April 7, 2016
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Kiran DhillonContent Marketing ManagerLever@kirandhillon4
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David SkokGeneral Partner Matrix PartnersForEntrepreneurs Blog@BostonVC
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There used to be two essential startup skills. Now there’s a third.
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Two core startup skills
Build a product with great product/ market fit
Build a sales and marketing machine
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● Explosion in startups● Low growth in skilled workers● Software is eating the world - everyone wants developers
What’s changed?
Demand now significantly outstrips supply - especially for technical talent
And recruiting has undergone its own revolution...
The hires that most impact your company’s performance aren’t looking for a job
Enter the third crucial startup skill
Build a recruiting machine
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Build a product with great product/ market fit
Build a sales and marketing machine
Sourcing & Sellingare the key new skills
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Recruiting well takes the entire village
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The catch: your village probably didn’t study recruiting at college
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The recruiting funnel
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CandidatesHighly
productive employees
Sourcing Evaluate & Sell
Close Train
Top of
funnel
Middle of
funnel
Sell Onboard
Top of funnel:What makes it so hard?
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Sourcing Selling
Q. When should you hire your first recruiter?
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Q. When should you hire your first recruiter?
A. Earlier than you think.
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1. They can bring more focus to your sourcing efforts
2. They’ll sell your company better than an outsourced recruiter would
3. They can build out a better candidate experience
Note: you may still need to enlist the help of a headhunter for exec roles. If you do, choose carefully.
3 reasons to hire a full-time in-house recruiter early
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A full-time recruiter does NOT mean you’re off the hook
“I have seen some companies get into trouble when team members think that having an in-house recruiter means they can now ‘pitch this problem over the fence.’
I tell clients (from CEO on down) that they are all part-time recruiters. Ensure that the CEO in particular visibly embodies this behavior.”
Jordan BurtonFounder, Burton Advisors LLC
Former Partner, ghSMART
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Referrals are much easier in the digital age
● Sit with employees and review networks from all past jobs
● Offer referral bonuses
● The biggest motivator for your team: a strong mission/vision
Sourcing passive candidates
Sources we like:
● AngelList - startup hires
● GitHub, StackOverflow - developers
● Dribbble - designers
● Sourcing.io - engineers
● Xing - select European talent
● LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter - all
● Conference speaker lists - all
For more tips on how to source a quality pipeline, download our free ebook: lever.co/ebook-sourcing
Why you need a strong talent brand
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Companies with a strong talent brand have
43%lower cost per hire
20%faster rate of hire
Source: LinkedIn
How to articulate your talent brand
● Consider your brand as experienced by your employees. What makes you different/ special?
● Keep in mind what motivates your target talent, e.g., technical talent:
○ opportunity to solve technical problems○ co-workers they can learn from○ opportunity to contribute to open source○ cool mission○ culture they can relate to
● Think about channels to showcase your brand
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Promoting your talent brand will boost your recruiting efforts
bit.ly/hubspot-culture1.8 million views to date
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A few thoughts on getting to Developers
● A key lesson we've learned is that engineers cannot be recruited
○ They are completely overwhelmed by LinkedIn messages and recruiters calling them a billion times
■ Especially if they're senior○ They do not respond to these messages○ We've tried a number of recruiters and they basically don't work○ We now have a dedicated in-house recruiter and we don't have her recruit engineers
● Building a technical brand and getting the team out there seems to be the only real way to have success with this community
From one of my Portfolio Companies
Know what you’re looking for in your hire
Example: key competencies expected for a Matrix Partners associate
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Middle of funnel:Who’s selling whom?
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1. Need to sell at each stage, while also evaluating
2. Need to nurture candidates
3. Need to manage your process
Byproducts of the passive candidate age
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A great candidate experience secures hires and creates advocates
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We incorporate three types of interview into evaluations
Type of interview Approach
Screening interview Initial evaluation to make sure candidate passes the bar for consideration
Topgrading interview Chronological history of the career, to understand successes, failures, and results achieved by the specific individual.
Focused interviews Conducted by team members to ensure candidates possess the core competencies.
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A few keys to successful interviewing
● Screen thoroughly to focus on top candidates
● Build rapport; mix evaluating with selling
● Assign focus areas to each interviewer; structure your feedback form accordingly
● Dig into the bad stuff, butdon’t be judgmental
Reference checking is imperative, especially for senior hires
Don’t Do
● Rely solely on references provided by the candidate
● Find other references who are mutual connections
Recommended reading: bit.ly/reference-checking
● Let the reference drive the call
● Expect the reference to proactively raise negative points
● Lead the call; probe for exact details on the candidate’s achievements
● Find ways to frame ‘weakness’ questions to get accurate answers
How to manage your process?
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Bottom of funnel:It ain’t over ‘till it’s over
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Bring in your heavyweights
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7 ways your VCs can help you hire executives
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1. Thinking through org design and timing of key hires
2. Help with job description, especially for ‘first of its kind’ exec roles
3. Figuring out compensation
4. Sourcing candidates
5. Tracking down backdoor references
6. Interview support
7. Selling!
Onboarding:Invest for productivity
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Onboarding is absolutely critical
For more details, see see www.forentrepreneurs.com/onboarding
Hubspot Sales example
Why we invested in Lever
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Sourcing & Sellingare the key new skills
Why we invested in Lever
Traditional ATSEvaluate & sell only
LeverSource, nurture, evaluate & sell
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Recruiting well takes the entire village
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Get your whole team hiring
“With Lever in the hands of all Mattermark employees, we've cut our time to hire for open roles in half.
Everyone from our team is sourcing candidates, referring friends, and contributing to hiring discussions.
Hiring is now a team effort; I can train new employees about how to use Lever in two minutes. It's incredibly intuitive.”
- Natasha, talent lead, Mattermark
Thank you! Questions?
For more information:www.forEntrepreneurs.com
Browse our webinar library:
https://www.lever.co/recruiting-resources
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