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…
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marenkate
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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…
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…
The Five Disciplines of Hiring
Hiring is a full-time job. The irony is that the people who need to hire the most (and the fastest) are usually those who are already slammed with their current…
On-Demand Talent Acquisition
For when you need the right person, yesterday. Avra Talent pairs each client with a dedicated team of recruiting specialists, augmented by domain experts with real-world experience in the roles…
The Early Stage CEO’s Secret Weapon: How to Hire an Operations Assistant
Recently I discovered an entrepreneurial secret weapon, in the form of a new role we created at AVRA, the “Operational Assistant.” First, I’ll set the scene. In a little more…
Ikigai and the Four P’s: How to Get Paid, Enjoy Your Work, Solve Problems, and Find Purpose
Most working adults will dedicate half their waking lives to a job. If that thought elicits a deep, internal groan, then you’re probably not in the right job. This could…