by Chris Mills | Apr 13, 2020 | Benefits, Recruiting
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...
by Aswin | Mar 12, 2020 | Recruiting
For a year now, we’ve helped organize tech-focused Meetup groups in the D.C. metro area. Attendance has been continuously rising since we started, but we’ve seen a drop recently with the caution around COVID-19. Last October, we helped organize a DC Python Meetup that...
by Chris Mills | Nov 15, 2019 | Job Hunting, Recruiting
Experienced software engineers and developers are in high demand. Many of them get daily messages from recruiters. Unscrupulous recruiters spam emails and LinkedIn accounts, call cell phones, and dump job posts into community forums and other places they aren’t...
by Chris Mills | Nov 11, 2019 | Recruiting
The best option might be the one you’ve never heard of. Your startup’s first engineering hire might have been your roommate or a friend from CS class. Your next few team members were probably from your network too. What happens when you’ve exhausted your network, but...
by Chris Mills | Nov 11, 2019 | Job Hunting, Recruiting
Software startups in DC face a candidate market shaped by the DMV’s unique geography and history. After working with startups for 12 years, I can’t say there’s any other tech hub like the DC Metro Area. Software startups that don’t understand what makes DC’s tech...
by Chris Mills | Nov 11, 2019 | Recruiting
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...
