Trakstar Hire Blog / Hiring Strategy

Entrepreneurs are unique. They’re a rare breed who reject the stability and comfort of a conventional career to pursue their own passion and ideas. However, many of them don’t stay independent forever. Success, failure or other life milestones can motivate an ex-entrepreneur to dust off their resume and start applying for jobs. If you’re a…

Saul Colt is an award-winning marketer who has worked for brands like Ebay, Zipcar and the Just For Laughs comedy festival. He’s doing a webinar with us to discuss PARE, a hiring method used by thousands of organizations which was developed by Trakstar Hire co-founder Raj Sheth. You probably don’t know me but I assure you…

Startups face many challenges. Besides funding, recruitment can be the difference between a premature exit and a multi-million dollar valuation. These resource-strapped organizations understand that the right recruiter is a competitive advantage. Startup recruiters invest themselves in all parts of the business. They scale teams with the same caliber of care and attention that software…

Facebook receives somewhere in the ballpark of 250,000 job applications each year. With so many applicants, narrowing down the candidate pool is no easy task. But Mark Zuckerberg’s litmus test is really pretty simple: “I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person.” That’s what he told…

If you’re an employer looking to hire on new college graduates this commencement season, you’re in good company. According to a CareerBuilder survey, two-thirds of employers plan to hire from the class of 2016. That’s up two percentage points from last year and the best hiring outlook for new college grads in a decade. While…

Studies have shown that nearly two-thirds of fully-employed professionals, while not on the market for a new job, would be open to discussing new opportunities. The thought that two out of every three employees in your workforce might flirt with the idea of exploring new opportunities can be terrifying, especially if you’re a small- to medium-sized…

Ruts, funks, dry spells, slow seasons… whatever you want to call them, they happen to the best of us. Maybe you’re going through a time of organizational change and it’s a tough adjustment. Maybe you lack access to resources you once had due to economic circumstances. Maybe there’s a family health crisis. Maybe the weather…

A company’s road to success is paved by every new hire. It doesn’t matter the size of the business – a great hire can trigger a host of positive results to both big, international companies as well as to small, local businesses. And the inverse is true of a poor hire. Which type of hire you…

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“For a startup, growing too quickly can produce just as spectacular a failure as growing too slowly,” observed New York Times technology writer Farhad Manjoo. Growing pains are inevitable for any company that’s scaling fast. You’re going to make some mistakes along the way – and that’s just fine. The key is how quickly you…