Insights for Mission-Driven Hiring
Talent, tech, and startup strategies from the hatch I.T. team.
Top Venture Capital Firms’ Newest Tool: Recruiting
Innovative Venture Capital Firms increasingly provide more than just funding. One of the most significant developments in the new platform model for venture capital: recruiting. Startups need funding, and VC Firms often provide it. If a startup fails, its backers lose...
2022 DMV Sunny-Side-Startups
Welcome to the first Sunny Side Startups List. In this list, we’ve highlighted a dozen high-growth DMV startups that we think any job-seeking technologist should keep their eyes on. As a firm that started in Virginia, the DMV list is one that we hold especially close...
What Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) really is, and why it’s the best-kept secret for startups.
If you don’t know about Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), you might be spending too much time and money on low-quality hires. You’re probably missing out on a turnkey solution that’s allowed some of our clients to leave competitors in the dust. Unfortunately, RPO...
6 Tips to Optimize Your Technical Hiring Process
If you’re a startup looking to grow your technical team, you understand how challenging it can be to hire great engineers. Most quality candidates drop off before reaching the final round of interviews. After all, skilled engineers are in high demand and receive...
Recruitment Process Outsourcing Leads The Return To A New Work Environment
If you are not sure exactly what recruitment process outsourcing is, check out our previous article on how RPO has revolutionized hiring for startups. All caught up? Great! The future of work policies ranges from a full return to in-office, to a hybrid approach of...
2021: In A World In Flux – Get Ready To Flex
The first signs of spring and the increasing good news of more vaccine availability to a growing number of Americans offer a glimmer of hope that we are finally leaving 2020 behind and stepping into a brighter future. But it is a future filled with questions: What...
How the Pandemic Changed Employee Benefits from Prix-fixe Menu to “Buffet”
Jenny was our first remote hire at hatch I.T. She interviewed at our Northern Virginia headquarters and planned to move to our newest branch in Durham, North Carolina. Then the pandemic hit, and she found herself trapped in New York City. Our new Durham office was on...
How to tell if you failed a job interview: The next steps test.
So, you finished a job interview. You have no idea if you’re going to get the job. You don’t think you bombed the interview, but, they didn’t hire you on the spot either. You seemed to get along with the interviewer pretty well, but you stumbled a couple of times too....
The new rules of job-hunting during COVID19
“I didn’t know Steve liked pink!” you think in surprise, the first time you see him at home. “Wow, Natalie sure is messy!” For many first-time remote workers, video-chat is a sneak-peek into the homes and private lives of people you used to only see at the office. Our...
Employer sponsored healthcare – for your pet?
Remote work and ping pong used to be limited to a handful of tech startups. Today, companies offer quirky benefits to stay competitive. Hatch IT is a developer-friendly startup with a membership model that helps other startups scale engineering teams. We analyzed our...
DC Do-Good List 2020
Our first annual list of tech nonprofits and volunteer opportunities for software engineers, coders, and developers in the DC metro area. Are you a software engineer, coder, programmer, or developer in the DC, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) metro area interested in...
Why we’re betting Raleigh, NC will be the east coast’s second biggest tech hub by 2025.
A tech talent analysis of East Coast cities was so compelling, we’re opening a second office there. Location matters, even for online tech companies. Plant your headquarters in the wrong town and you’ll miss out on business connections, events, and talent. The right...