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Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by wyclif »

subrat_rout wrote: post #80
ztratar wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely willing to take self-taught programmers. In fact, in our experience thus far, we've found self-taught people tend to get better results when coached/mentored.

I am a self-taught programmer but I find hard to crack the entry level full stack developer position in SF bay area. Almost all startups are looking for a senior developer (at least 3-4 years experience). So I am in a catch 22. Do you guys have plan to coach newbie developer for junior level position?

I ran into this same problem: everybody only seems to want senior talent. There's a chasm between intermediate and "unicorn" that needs to be bridged. I hope these guys can improve that situation.

It's tough to find good mentoring when you're a n00b to intermediate.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by soham »

Hey Zach, great start.

Founder of http://InterviewKickstart.com here. We do something similar, but with two differences:

1. We do it from a bootcamp angle. Candidates join us for rigorous (re)training in CS fundamentals.

2. Our revenue comes from candidates and not from companies. That helps us stay on candidates' side.

Let's grab coffee some day? We're in South Bay.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by dblock »

I think this is the first time in a long time that I see a startup that aims to solve the hiring problem with something other than technology (with people), so my sincere congratulations.

As a CTO of a successful startup, I would sign up as an expert if you were a non-profit in a heartbeat - and I don't mean that you don't charge your clients, just a B corp or something that aims to solve this problem without getting rich. If you are successful and have a solid network that works, you will still prioritize paying clients over non-paying ones, no-matter how hard you try not to. Convince me otherwise?

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by KZeillmann »

ztratar wrote: post #2

Woah -- wasn't expecting the quick upvotes! :) Creator here (shamefully submitted myself, haha). Happy to answer any/all questions or ramble on and on about the problem. We basically think there needs to be a legitimately trustworthy service out there. Something that acts more like a a career coach instead of a position spammer. Something that understands your needs and specific situation. Along the lines of "doing t…

Looks like you're based in SF. Do you primarily work with West coast based companies? Because I love where I live right now (unwilling to relocate atm), and that limits my options quite a bit.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by gwbas1c »

I agree that the hiring process is broken; but when I look at this, it just comes across as ordinary recruiting with some (snaps fingers) pizazz.

How do you help the hiring companies choose the right candidates?

In my experience, the best recruiters are those who bring in ideal candidates without being pushy or overselling. Do you have some objective way of ranking candidates? Do you filter out unqualified candidates?

(Snaps fingers) PiZZaZZZ!

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by soham »

dblock wrote: post #93

I think this is the first time in a long time that I see a startup that aims to solve the hiring problem with something other than technology (with people), so my sincere congratulations. As a CTO of a successful startup, I would sign up as an expert if you were a non-profit in a heartbeat - and I don't mean that you don't charge your clients, just a B corp or something that aims to solve this problem without getting…

Hi there,

At http://InterviewKickstart.com, we're trying something similar, but from the other size viz. Candidates.

Our hypothesis is, that if someone showed candidates how to prepare rigorously for interviews, how good engineers actually do things, and how to think about things the right way, then they'd avoid making several mistakes in interviews and at work.

We're taking a very hands-on detailed human approach. Because interviews are more like a date, than they are like a test.

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by ztratar »

gwbas1c wrote: post #95

I agree that the hiring process is broken; but when I look at this, it just comes across as ordinary recruiting with some (snaps fingers) pizazz. How do you help the hiring companies choose the right candidates? In my experience, the best recruiters are those who bring in ideal candidates without being pushy or overselling. Do you have some objective way of ranking candidates? Do you filter out unqualified candidates…

Haha, Pizzzaz!

I think there's a spectrum when it comes to recruiting -- some recruiters are good at their job, no doubt, but the majority of people get left behind by the industry. Helping people become better versions of themselves simply isn't a value recruiting firms hold dear.

The best recruiters, as you said, take already ideal candidates and figure out how to sell them on their companies in an authentic way.

We flip the model around and start with the candidate, no matter where they're at. That's not just a "snap fingers pizzazz" - that's changing the core process.

We'll build tools internally to rank candidates and companies eventually, but right now it's goodm old-fashioned human power! (We have a couple tools already built, but nothing game changing is live)

Re: Jobstart – Personalized, expert guidance to land your next software job

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Post by kartikkumar »

Looks like a neat service. Just as a point of information, should I assume if I don't get a response that my submission has been rejected? Would be nice to get a replying if submissions are not taken into consideration just to know not to wait.

Good luck with expanding the service to other cities!

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