Hiring for a start-up
Hiring an employee for your startup is one of the biggest milestones you will achieve. Besides your main duties of fund raising, product development and finding new clients to sell, you need to find the whispering candidate for you dream team. The responsibilities, duties and skills of the person will be as important as well as his fit to your company culture. Over all you will want to make sure to maximize the employee’s value to your organization.
Here rises some questions to answer first as a founder;
What positions should you fill first? How do you build the right hiring infrastructure for your business? How do you win over candidates who are hesitant to work for a startup?
Crucial start-up roles
As a startup, you likely lack the time and resources to hire dozens of employees. Instead, you’ll want to prioritize positions that are most critical to the success and growth of your startup in its early stages. A few of them include:
- Chief executive officer (CEO)
- Chief operating officer (COO)
- Chief Technical officer (CRO)
- Chief marketing officer (CMO)
- Chief revenue officer (CRO)
While all startups need to make sure that the key pillars of the organization are in place, key roles differ from business to business. Be sure to hire for your startup’s greatest long-term needs.
For smaller needs that may not require a full-time staff member, consider outsourcing those duties to third-party on a part-time or contract basis—whether it’s an independent contractor or agency.
If you want to give your startup a recruiting advantage, consider partnering with a recruiting company such as Talenttr. Whether it’s prioritizing your hiring needs or finding the whispering candidates for your startup, we can help.
