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Hiring Without In-Person Meetings

The Sourcery works with several distributed companies that never require in-person meetings when hiring. Below are some of the reasonings, tips, and best practices on why it makes sense and what to prepare for when hiring remotely.

Why Video Can Make More Sense:

Revealing: Pick up on non- verbal cues.

Recordable: Objective and accessible to others in the hiring process.

Economical: Significant cost saving over on-site.

Transferable Success:

Capture The Essence: Isolate what you look for when making a hiring decision. Replicate the process. For example, you might have an engineer show off code, or have a creative walk through his/her design file.

Culture & Behavior: Inquire about his/her values, what they look for in a company, how they interact cross-departmentally, and then have the teams that would collaborate with him/her interview as well.

Video Best Practices

Technologies

Communicate expectations (Platform, etc.)

Interviewing Team

63% better hiring with two team members.

Timezones

Pay attention to time differences.

Branding

Candidate experience and building your brand.

Questions

Inquire to invoke real experiences.

Preparations

Environment and questions. (Imagine a good versus a bad answer)

Active Listening

93% of communication is non-verbal.

Look Into The Camera

Invoke authority when speaking.

On-Board Remote Hires

Onboarding & Equipment: Have your onboarding package ready to ship or send digitally.

Put Extra Effort Into Ramp Up: Some managers swear by 90-day plans mapped out on Trello boards or in Asana.

Confirm The Right Tools: Fast internet, video conferencing platform, and project or task management tools should be a no compromise.

“The Sourcery is always there when we need them. They can scale up or down in response to demand. The Sourcery doesn’t take a success fee. We only talk to pre-screened candidates who fit what we’re looking for.”

— Jared Friedman
(CTO & Co-Founder at Scribd)

“We knew we needed help. We decided we might as well try this recruiting thing. We were able to hire a string of engineers in a very short time. The Sourcery took a ton off our plates immediately. Like In-House Recruiters, but better... It's hard to juggle the work to build the product and hit the milestones while also managing the hiring process.”

— Zack Rosen
(Co-founder & CEO of Pantheon)

“They Made Me a Better Recruiter. Over the years, I’ve placed more than 20 software engineers through The Sourcery. They do a fantastic job of minimizing hiring overhead. I was okay at recruiting before I met them. Now I actually consider myself a pretty good recruiter.”

— John Witchel
(Tech co-founder )

“The quality of candidates we were getting from The Sourcery was really meaningful. We didn’t just fill our first couple of roles, we got strong team members who still work with us today.”

— Cole Shiftlett
(Head of People Operations )

“Be patient. You don’t have to settle. Great people are hard to find. They don’t just sit around waiting by the phone. They’re already busy. They’re probably fully engaged on several things already. Embrace the fact that to find people, there’s going to be a lot of work. Working with The Sourcery will be a much more efficient use of your time. There’s no magic solution, but The Sourcery knows how to do it the right way.”

— Josh Tyler
(VP Engineering & Design)

“I’m a recruiter who likes to fill all of my own roles; I have the competitive streak. But once The Sourcery stepped in, it was a huge relief. I could focus on the jobs I already had.”

— Michelle Idziorek
(Head of Recruiting)

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"We were able to hire a string of engineers in a very short time. The Sourcery took a ton off our plates immediately. Like In-House Recruiters, but better... It's hard to juggle the work to build the product and hit the milestones while also managing the hiring process."

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