Stephen Oldroyd started his career at Goldman Sach's investment banking division working both in London & New York. Following on from this, Stephen completed an MBA at INSEAD and is now Head of Strategy at Adzuna & the General Manager of Work in Startups. Adzuna operates a search engine for classified ads with over 10m visitiors per month and has been backed by Smedvig, Index & Passion Capital. Adzuna acquired Work in Startups in 2018, which is the UK's largest & fastest growing startup jobs platform.
In this episode, we are joined by Stephen Oldroyd taking us through the end-to-end process of startup hiring including creating a job specification, ensuring it gets maximum exposure and then subsequently filtering through the applicants. We will be discussing:
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The importance of the first hires in a business
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How to write an engaging job specification
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Using multiple platforms/job boards to maximise exposure
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How to use social media effectively
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Key considerations when budgeting for recruitment
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Applicant tracking systems (ATS) and candidate screening
Index:
- Intro
- 1.20: Background to Adzuna & Work in Startups
- 4.15: Importance of first hires
- 4.45: Writing a good job specification
- 7.50: Emphasising the uniqueness of the company
- 11.00: Power of job perks
- 12.30: Using job boards to get maximum exposure
- 15.30: Screening CVs
- 16.10: Using social media to promote the job ad
- 18.50: Using your own network
- 19.40: Putting money behind recruitment
- 23.50: Using keywords to optimise the job ad
- 26.45: Industry overview & hiring strategy
- 28.10: Applicant tracking systems (ATS) & when to use them
- 31.40: Wrap-up