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No business can be grown, or product be made, or unicorn startup go public on the NYSE without it. Hiring is a foundational element of every company. Done right hiring the best people for the right roles, can be an unreplicable competitive advantage for your firm. Done wrong, mis-hires can, at best, cause loss of productivity, frustration and monetary losses—at worst, hiring the wrong people, or not hiring the right people, can destroy even the most promising company. Hiring well is part art, and part science. It is a process worth investing in, obsessing over and constantly improving on. If you can hire, then retain, the best people—there is no limit to what your company can achieve.
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…
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…
List Your Startup on AngelList (how-to)
As a startup, AngelList (angel.co) may be the first time an investor stumbles upon what you’re doing. In the last few years, it’s also become a hub of startup talent…
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…
Applicant Tracking System – Take the Pain out of Hiring
Whether you’re a fully remote team, or a startup with offices in the oh-so-trendy SoMa district of San Francisco, the majority of the hiring process is now managed digitally. From…
Avra Talent Testimonials
We have many goals and values here at AVRA Talent, but one of our main core values is transparency. As the world of work is constantly eyeballing the loyalty of…
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…