Are you the One they are looking for??

Are you the ‘Right Fit’ for a Start up?

It’s an exciting time to be part of a startup, not just as an employee but also as a recruitment consultant! Startups are popping up all over the city with new ways to change the world, and they are aggressively looking for the best talent to help turn their goals and vision into a reality.

While they need someone who has the technical skills and abilities to do the work that needs to be done, but what they look for is beyond the résumé. Sometimes a candidate looks good on paper, but so many other factors trump their experience.

Having worked with startups since last 6 months now, here are three key areas which I think take consideration while hiring for a start-up:

1. Compensation

Today’s stars and seasoned veterans often find it hard to adapt to lean startup budgets. They may be accustomed to working within well-established organizations with big fat budgets. They may also be accustomed to being showered with over-the-top perks and privileges from the corporate world, which don’t exist in a real startup. Startups have to run a tight ship financially. After all, they have worked hard to secure their funding, and their investors are counting on them to give them a good return for their money. If you want to work for a startup, it’s best to leave your sense of entitlement at the door.

1. DRIVE

By their very nature, startup entrepreneurs are hungry for success. They are highly motivated, ambitious, and eager to get the job done and done right. They never define limits, hours, or roles. They will do whatever it takes. Any employee that joins a startup needs to share the same hunger for their own goals, and it’s important that they feel the company can help them reach those goals. They must show that they are go-getters that have the drive to succeed, and be willing to go the extra mile whenever necessary.

1. EXPECTATIONS

Let’s be honest. The reality is that startups are hard, very hard. There is a lot of work to be done. And given that startups have fewer staff to carry the same load usually taken on by larger teams in corporate environments, everybody is expected to do whatever is needed to get the job done.

There’s no room for "that's not in my job description" in a startup.