Sales in Recruitment Part 1: New Relationship VS New Hire

  • info@synapseint.com
  • June 14, 2017
  • 3 min read

I’ve spent 8 years in sales and 3 years in talent matching. I initially transitioned into talent because of my background in sales, my desire to help companies grow and feel the satisfaction of helping someone along in their career. What I’ve come to see is one of the biggest challenges faced these days, the […]

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How a Recruiter Prepares for a Successful Week

  • info@synapseint.com
  • June 14, 2017
  • 4 min read

A question I am often asked in recruitment is “how do you prepare for a successful week?” Truth be told, this wasn’t something I knew how to do from the get-go. Learning to effectively plan for anything takes time and experience; let alone preparing for a job where you are dealing with uncertainty everyday and […]

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5 Easy Ways to Piss off your CEO

  • info@synapseint.com
  • November 16, 2016
  • 1 min read

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text] Hopefully you’re reading this already knowing that it’s a sarcastic post. I’m not actually going to tell you how to piss off your CEO in the hopes that you do one day, but rather show you what will unnerve him/her so […]

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Top 10 Emerging Startup Hubs

  • Patrick Hines
  • November 10, 2016
  • 1 min read

Normally, you’d think the best place to build/launch a tech startup would be San Francisco or NY, right? These are the “hubs” of the startup scene; they have the resources, the talent, and the ecosystem, right? Wrong! I’d argue there are better cities to be located in since overhead and talent will be cheaper. Here’s […]

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Just yesterday, Karhoo announced the closure of its services as it looks “at the next steps for business”. Just a quick FYI, Karhoo raised an amazing $250M in funding. There’s 2 key takeaways every founder can learn from:

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Growth Hacking: Part III- Techniques for 2016

  • info@synapseint.com
  • October 27, 2016
  • 1 min read

Top 10 Basic Growth Hacking Techniques for 2016 Here’s a quick overview for those who didn’t see our last post (Why every startup needs a growth hacker). Growth hacking has primarily 2 components, first it’s leveraging your partners, brands, influencers, vendors, or any company’s followers/audience that you work with. Second, it’s testing multiple marketing channels […]

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Growth Hacking: Part II- Product

  • info@synapseint.com
  • October 10, 2016
  • 1 min read

First things first, and that’s your product. We’re going to give an overview on the importance of product and how that relates to growth marketing/hacking. It’s vitally important for your startup to create a product people love, a product that will solve a problem, or a product that truly improves the daily life of it’s […]

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What Makes a Good Full-Stack Developer

  • info@synapseint.com
  • October 2, 2016
  • 1 min read

What Makes a Good Full-stack Developer With modern advancements in tech, for example with javascript, more and more developers are able to apply principles they are familiar with, throughout the rest of the stack. On Angel list alone, there are over 5400 startups currently looking for full-stack engineers. Every startup needs good full-stack developers, and […]

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Growth Hacking: Part I- What is it? Why is it Important?

  • info@synapseint.com
  • October 1, 2016
  • 1 min read

What is Growth Hacking? First…Growth Hacking, what is it? It’s not a technique, it’s not a secret strategy that some know and some don’t, it’s a person who uses rapid experimentation across multiple channels to see what’s sticking and what’s not. It’s the ability to collect, analyze, and react with an informed decision over and […]

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Less Cash, More Equity, and Why It Pays Off Every Time

  • info@synapseint.com
  • September 28, 2016
  • 1 min read

So you’re a candidate on the market, and considering what company to call home next. You’ve probably had a variety of experiences throughout your career, each one a bit different than the last, and had your previous role been the perfect one for you, making a move right now might be an afterthought. But alas, […]

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