Startup Jobs for Dummies! – Myths, facts and opportunities
One of the sessions that would be useful for the start-up community at the NASSCOM Product Conclave is on “Hiring in Startups”. More details on the session are mentioned below
Proposed Agenda
- Opening talk by a successful start up – “When to hire who” – A case study
- Talk by a senior person working at a start up– “Giving up a job at a large corp for a start up”
Some of the topics which would be discussed in the panel are:
- Best practices in hiring
- Deep dive into case studies presented during the opening talks
- Myth busters
The track will also have a Start up fair – networking opportunity for start ups and potential employees
Key beneficiaries
- Start ups who have open positions needing to hire and looking for leads
- Early stage Start ups looking to understand how to approach hiring
- Potential employees, who are interested in working for start ups, and wondering where to start.
Key benefits
If you are a start up, looking to hire
- Learn from the experience of other start ups, about the top hiring issues they face and possible solutions
- Learn from case studies on when to hire the key people within the organization, who can help propel your organization to the next level
- Ask our panel of start ups, if you have specific questions on hiring
- Get the employees perspective on joining or working for a start up
- Know where to go for your future questions on hiring
- Networking with other start ups and potential employees
If you are an employee
- Get an overview of what a start up life is like, how to evaluate start ups
- Ask our panel of start ups and employees at start ups, if you have specific questions about joining a start up
- Take a look at exciting startups and who they are looking to hire. If you are interested, exchange cards
- Know where to go for future reference
- Get more information on your favorite start-ups. A chance to talk to many of them in a single evening
Criteria for start ups to participate in the Start up fair
- Start ups with Series A funding or Angel funding of 50L and above
- Number of open positions > 1 (at least one should be senior or middle level management)
The panel members for the session are:
- Ashish Gupta – MD at Helion Ventures
- KJ Singh – Principal Architect at Tejas Networks
- Kran Anandampillai – Director Engineering (Application & Voice Product Unit) at OnMobile
- Dr. Vishwanath Ramachandran, CTO of Webaroo
Interested Start ups, please send the following details to sindhoor(at)yahoo.com
- Name
- Since
- Size of employees
- Funding (if public information)
- Brief description of the company
- Number of current open positions
- Job Description of open positions
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