Lead Time Chats

Jen Kim on How Startups can Hire Better

Episode Summary

Kicking off Season 3 of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Jennifer Kim, startup advisor and founder of Startup Recruiting Bootcamp, about how startups can hire better.

Episode Notes

Kicking off Season 3 of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Jennifer Kim, startup advisor and founder of Startup Recruiting Bootcamp, about how startups can hire better.

Jen and Jean discuss:

• The current hiring environment that has shifted in favor of candidates
• What candidates are looking for when they read your job description
• How hiring highlights false positives in hiring, but overlooks false negatives
• The importance of screening for motivation fit early on when hiring
• What to watch out for when using backchannel and reference checks

Additional Resources

• Startup Recruiting Bootcamp