How to hire software developers for a start up
- 1. How to hire software developers for a start-up?
- 2. Building a team and delivering high-quality IT products wouldn’t be possible without an effective recruitment process and constant contact with potential candidates
- 3. Job offer preparation When preparing the advertisement’s content, make sure that you include information that will interest the potential employee, but will also be tailored to your needs.
- 4. Job offer preparation Think about what kind of experience will be valuable for your organization.
- 5. Job offer preparation Start by doing needs research.
- 6. Technologies If you have selected a tech stack, that’s great, you can keep going. However, if you aren’t sure, it’s better to use the help of specialists, who will advise you on choosing the best solution for your startup. We offer such solutions and our tech lead can help you choose the technology free of charge.
- 7. Salary Transparency is the basis, so salary information is key.
- 8. Salary If you aren’t sure or are worried that the salary will be too low or too high, we can help you with that matter. We verify the job market around the world on an ongoing basis and we understand the rates perfectly.
- 9. In-house or remote? The decision to work remotely or in-house is not only important for developers. The possibility of creating a remote team allows you to choose from among specialists not only from your country. Tired of looking for software developers for your project? Talk to us, get an estimation for Your software project!
- 10. What can you offer? Consider real benefits that you can give to employees and real development opportunities: medical care, sports card, training, knowledge base, industry literature, participation in conferences, English classes with a native speaker, etc
- 11. What can you offer? During the pandemic, we also took care of remote employees by providing them with furnishings chosen to suit their needs. Therefore, it is worth considering a list of benefits and including them in the advertisements for software developer recruitment.
- 12. Job portals Advertisements on many job portals are often paid, so it’s good to approach them wisely and plan your budget.
- 13. Direct Search Most of the candidates are passive candidates (not actively looking for a job), so there is the need for a direct search. The most popular candidate search tools are...
- 14. Direct Search ● LinkedIn Recruiter ● GitHub ● Facebook ● Internet forums ● Recommendations from other employees ● Job fairs and Slack groups
- 15. Tools Selection More and more advanced ATS systems are useful for recruitment management. We’ve had the opportunity to test some of them because a properly selected ATS allows you to effectively manage recruitment
- 16. Tools Selection ● https://www.lever.co/ ● https://recruitee.com/ ● https://www.traffit.com/en/ ● https://www.pipedrive.com/en/home-page .
- 17. Screening After receiving the candidate’s CV, the next step of the recruitment process is screening — a short telephone call with the recruiter, which allows you to check whether the candidate will meet the requirements for the position and match the values represented by the company.
- 18. Screening Screening usually takes 20–30 minutes and consists of two parts. In the first part, we introduce the company, position and project. The second part is about checking the candidate’s experience and motivation.
- 19. Meeting at the office Preparation for the meeting consists of several steps: ● An email with an invitation, address, directions, estimated time of the meeting, short agenda, etc. ● Soft part ● Technical part with tech lead + live coding ● Summary and information on what happens next, when the candidate will get feedback, etc.
- 20. Be a Team Player There are usually a few people involved in the recruitment’s success. The basis for us is a recruiter with an appropriate mix of knowledge — he/she must know the basics of the technologies we use, be up to date with projects, know the team composition, methodology of our work, development plans, etc.
- 21. Be a Team Player After contacting the recruiter, it is time to meet and talk to the CEO and manager. The tech lead, who is responsible for the technical part and live coding, is also often involved in hiring software developers.
- 22. Want to know more? Read our blog article How to Hire Software Developers for Start-up