Dropbox hires sales execs from Salesforce and Apple to bolster its enterprise push

December 21, 2012 12:51 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

Dropbox has had no trouble convincing consumers to use its tools, but it will need a dedicated sales team to reach large enterprises. To lead these efforts, the company has brought on Harvard Business School alum Kim Malone Scott, who ascended the proverbial ladder at Google and Apple.

Talent shortage pushes Netflix-for-flowers startup to launch its own training college

December 18, 2012 5:53 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

H Bloom's biggest challenge is finding and retaining talent. The company today unveiled its university-like program that offers business and leadership training to junior-level employees in three core areas: sales, operations and management.

Google, Apple, & Microsoft top LinkedIn’s list of most desirable employers

October 11, 2012 12:14 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

LinkedIn has released a new list of the most desirable companies to work for, and the tech sector is clearly favored with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook sitting at the top.

Hire people who annoy you

August 19, 2012 3:29 PM Douglas Merrill

Guest Post If you build a team that looks alike, thinks alike, and wears the same shoes, you will get group-think and generate only one answer. You then have to hope it’s the right one.

Mayer’s first Google personnel poach: not a geek

August 2, 2012 3:32 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has brought her first Google staffer over to Yahoo, as AllThingsD notes: Anne Espiritu, who ran consumer technology PR for Google. In other words, not a geek.

Espiritu seems happy about the move, if we …

DailyBooth finally exits in talent acquisition by Airbnb

July 24, 2012 12:36 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

DailyBooth, the site that challenges you to snap a quickie webcam pic of yourself and share it with the world, has just been bought in a talent acquisition by Airbnb.

“We can confirm the talent acquisition of the Batch/DailyBooth CEO, …

Converting interns to hires has big payoffs

July 21, 2012 8:29 AM Nathan Parcells

Guest Post

Hiring incredible talent, notably engineers, has become a crushingly hard challenge for most startup founders. While hiring seems like a good problem (you’re growing), try searching for a new Ruby engineer for six months, while your traffic takes off, feedback …

Zao: The social hiring tool that automates and gamifies referrals … putting cash in your hand

July 18, 2012 2:42 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Would you suggest a friend or contact for a job at your company? Most people answer yes, making referrals the most tried and true method of recruiting. Now a new tool in the recruiter’s toolbox will allow hiring managers to …

Tech sector layoffs spike to a 3-year high; HP, Sony lead the way in pink slips

July 16, 2012 11:28 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

While startups scramble to hire the best engineers, tech workers at many companies this year have received the dreaded — and perhaps unexpected — pink slip.

Survey results show that layoffs at tech companies in the first half of 2012 …

Hulu’s Jason Kilar says ‘no’ to Yahoo

July 6, 2012 12:52 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar was one of the high-profile names being thrown around in Yahoo’s search for a new CEO, but it turns out he’s not interested in the job.

A Hulu spokesperson sent us the following statement on the …

Funding daily: It’s an “Affinity-Driven Network”, stupid

June 29, 2012 9:09 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Funding news was rather slow today, but then again, it’s the end of the week. And no one wants to release major news with Google is stealing all the spotlight at this week at its Google I/O conference. However, here …

GetHired debuts a daily deal–style email for job-seekers and recruiters

June 28, 2012 3:40 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

File this in the what-will-they-think-of-next category.

Imagine you’re a recruiter or a hiring manager in a growing company. Every morning you get a daily deal email…but it’s not for a half-price massage or $5 off a $10 purchase at your …

Let’s hook up: Path.to expands to find you the job of your dreams

June 19, 2012 10:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The company calls itself the “eHarmony of jobs.” Hot startups like Quora and Evernote, Eventbrite, and Lytro post their positions there. And now that Path.to is expanding beyond San Francisco, maybe, just maybe, your dream job will meet you with …

Square steals Salesforce SVP Sarah Friar, will be named CFO

June 13, 2012 7:27 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Rapidly expanding mobile payments startup Square has hired Salesforce SVP Sarah Friar to be its new CFO, the company announced this morning.

Square is now processing $6 billion in annual payments and has its sights set on international expansion. The …

Solve a puzzle, get a job: Quixey gamifies the hiring process

June 9, 2012 4:42 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Quixey is an app discovery engine with a problem, and it’s not just the odd name.

Like many startups, Quixey’s key issue is finding talent — great talent. The Palo Alto-based company, founded in 2009, has to compete with the …

Hiring by video: enRecruit aims to take the pain out of hiring

May 29, 2012 4:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Hiring well is one of the most crucial things any company does. New start-up enRecruit is launching today to help recruiters and managers use video to hire better, smarter, faster.

The London and NY-based venture, founded by serial entrepreneur Martin …