The shortage of skilled workers has been rising continuously in recent years. To be able to hire and retain scarce talent, we need to improve the quality and speed of the hiring process. Here’s how we do that at madewithlove. I. Finding talent 1. Take care of your job...
The first step to overcoming biases is recognizing that they exist and that no one — no matter how educated and open-minded they are — is free of them. Biases can influence our decisions in numerous ways. If undetected, they can lead to suboptimal hires and, perhaps worse, unequal opportunities. Today, we...
If you are reading this right now, chances are high that you have a job interview coming up shortly. Perhaps you are not nervous because thanks to today’s talent shortage, you may choose between 4 or 5 job offers served to you on a silver platter every single day....
Since the pandemic began, we all have experienced the pleasures and pains of remote working. Fully remote jobs have become so increasingly popular with job seekers that some of them are even willing to pay for job boards that only allow fully remote job postings. However, some companies are still...
Recruitment was not the easiest business to work in during the first year of the pandemic. The first things that come to mind when thinking about how COVID-19 affected the economy are massive layoffs in various economic sectors, small businesses closing down, and a lot of uncertainty in general. A...
These are strange times for everyone. Imagine starting out in a new remote job when all you’ve ever been used to is going to an office and seeing all your colleagues face-to-face every single day. A new job: exciting! Meeting all your colleagues only through a screen: scary? It...
Onboarding can be a stressful time for a company, doubly so for a remote company. At madewithlove, we focus on proper documentation so that new employees can self guide their onboarding. Here’s the schedule: Day 1 * Get acquainted with the team * Meet your assigned buddy (see below) * Read the...
Every time a popular book is turned into a movie, an outcry of disappointed book lovers follows. While some adaptations really are terrible, what often happens is many of those book lovers fall into the trap of expecting the movie to give them the same experience as the book. Movies...
Do you know that feeling when you are about to open an important email, knowing you will either really like or really hate what you are going to read? It’s a feeling that we think many applicants have when awaiting feedback on their technical assignment during our hiring process....