How to Hire an Epic Executive Assistant
A week doesn’t go by without someone asking me if I have a great Executive Assistant or Chief of Staff candidate on standby from an eager would-be employer. The short…
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How to Not Drown When Hiring Your Startup’s First Few Employees
So you’ve raised your seed, or have gotten enough traction to bootstrap your own growth. Congratulations! Now it’s time for your startup to hire it’s first few employees. You’ve hit…
Hiring Remote Employees: A (Nearly) Unlimited Pool of Top Talent
Whether you’re talking to the founder of an early-stage startup or the VP of Marketing at a mid-sized enterprise, the topic of hiring always brings up the same discussion. “We…
13 Lessons on Hiring the Right People from Founders and Investors
Over the last two years at Avra Talent, we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to a lot of smart people about hiring best practices. Today I wanted to share some…
How to Create a Company Playbook
As a remote-first company, it’s essential to have one place that documents our processes, outlines our values and is continually updated to reflect any changes. But whether you are remote, or…
Avra Talent’s Connectors Program
At AVRA one of our core values is alignment. This value impacts the way we run our searches, hire and promote our people and interact with our clients. We strive…
Why Successful Startups Invest in Human Capital
Close your eyes for a moment and visualize your perfect work environment. It’s probably a picturesque place with killer benefits, an awesome work-life balance, surrounded by people who make you…
How to Craft a Compelling Offer Letter
So you’ve found what appears to be the perfect candidate for your startup’s open role, yay! You may feel elated at the prospect that all those tasks will soon be…
The Pros & Cons of Working Remotely
With the explosion of freelance work and the gig economy, in a culture that is prioritizing freedom more and more over white-picket fences, there are many factors to be weighed…
What Working Remotely Really Means
With the explosion of freelance work and the gig economy, in a culture that is prioritizing freedom more-and-more over the security of “traditional employment,” working remotely can seem like a…