This dog is cute. Maybe it caught a bit of your attention. But that’s a short-lived win in hiring. Images of cute dogs on your company LinkedIn aren’t enough to get yourself a kick-ass team. …

Before I started working in early stage startups, let alone in a People & Talent role, I hadn’t spent much time thinking about interviewing. I quickly got quite the education though. Fast-forward to now, through the ups and downs of interviewing anywhere between five to fifteen people a week, I…

Out of the many levers you can pull to add applicants to your hiring funnel, I feel revisiting your job specs is a good place to spring cleaning your hiring process. Here’s a quick guide on what you need to get right in order to write a great job spec…

Here’s my download on how to rock a reference check and why it’s important to integrate this as a core part of your recruitment process. Why Reference Checks Matter 🎯 In my view, reference checks are a crucial part of hiring success. You are hiring someone for their strengths, not their lack of weaknesses. Everyone…

This ten minute exercise is like a five bullet-point guide of who you are and how you like to show up for your team and the workplace. I’ll refer to this as a “Personal User Manual”. …

Here are a few learnings, seven in fact, I’ve collected on building a great first impression when interviewing a candidate. Remember, this is as much a sales game as learning if it’s a fit - on both sides. 1 | Keep the Pitch as Snappy as Possible Of course the fresher your venture is, the trickier it is justify…

Here’s my download on how to make the best of your first “get to know” interview in high volume recruiting, keeping your calls to just 20 minutes a pop. Your Five Step Structure to Ace the Interview Tasked with filling a role is often stressful. Question marks come up, difficult decisions need making. In an early stage venture…

Being part of building a team up from scratch has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences for me since moving to Berlin almost six years ago now. Living through a team coming together with all its highs and lows, no week was ever the same. …

I wrote in an earlier article here about why I think a lot of us struggle with responsibility especially in a work context. I know there are instances where I could have stepped up and taken more responsibility, especially in difficult conflict situations. Benefit of hindsight perhaps. But I know…