Erin Distributed teams, Dreary business details, Hiring, Running a business 2
I’ve put out lots of job postings for Ruby on Rails developers in my day, and yet I’ve never used the 37 Signals Job Board because, well, how do I put this delicately? The 37 Signals team is renowned in our little corner of the world, and deservedly so. Their philosophies and products have changed [...]
We just went through another round of hiring here at 12 Spokes. We always get a flood of applicants for open positions, and of course, all the stereotypical job-seeking advice applies here—write a cover letter that addresses the individual job posting, keep your resume to one page, yada, yada, yada. There’s one stereotypical piece of [...]
Erin Distributed teams, Dreary business details, Hiring, Running a business 0
Don’t get me wrong. I love our remote team. I feel like we’ve put together an awesome group of the best talent we can find across the country. Everyone’s an awesome communicator, so getting the point across is just as easy when we’re 1,000 miles away as when we’re across the table from each other. [...]
Erin Distributed teams, Hiring, In the Field 5
True story: Last year, Trey was conducting a phone interview with a developer. It was going badly. Five minutes in, Trey was thinking, “There’s no way I’m going to hire this guy.” The interviewee’s voice was flat, his answers were uninspired, and he just wasn’t fun to talk to. When you’re bombing an interview in [...]
Erin Hiring, Running a business, Web Design & Development 0
Or rather, “software development.” It’s nice to read articles with headlines like this one: “For Software Developers, A Bounty of Opportunity” Of course, as a business owner, I recognize that there are two sides to the coin: when you’re in a hot industry, it can be tough to keep hot talent. Still, that’s the kind of [...]
Erin Hiring, Running a business, Web Design & Development 0
Update: I’ve changed my tune and am sold on the 37 Signals board. Last month, we needed to hire some good Ruby developers. In the past, we’ve listed our job postings free on Craigslist and Rubynow, and we’ve always gotten dozens of responses. Moreover, we’ve hired really great people that way. But Rubynow began charging [...]