Hitting the job market after a failed startup can be a daunting prospect. When refreshing your CV you need to account for the time you spent working on your venture. You’ll have to decide if you should mention your failed startup and how to present it. If you’re applying to work at a startup you […]
4 rules for nailing startup job applications
Ever felt let down and defeated after applying to a bunch of jobs and not hearing back? We see applications every day from potentially great candidates who make similar mistakes over and over because they’re simply not getting the basics of applying to a job right. We’d like to ensure you don’t make those same […]
7 high demand startup skills that will get you hired
When you’re looking for a job at a startup, developing and demonstrating the skills that are in high demand will help you stand out from the competition. Here are seven high demand startup skills to make sure you’re ahead of the game: 1. Sales Experience Almost all startups are trying to sell something. However, many […]
5 ways to find unadvertised startup jobs
Wouldn’t it be great if you were the only applicant for a job, or at least one of just a few? That would make your chances of actually getting the job increase. One way to engineer that situation is to find and apply to jobs before they are advertised. There are lots of them (see iceberg) […]
Jumping into Freelance Writing — 5 Top Tips!
Last night at a dinner party I was introduced as a writer, as a publisher and as a businesswoman — all in one breath. This came as rather a shock given that my own knee-jerk reaction to questions about my employment status would be a vague response about ‘pursuing my own ideas.’ The reality is […]
Being a marketing intern: What it’s really like?
Have you ever considered doing an internship in a tech startup? If not, maybe you should. To tell you why, we asked a recent Media and Comms graduate currently studying a Masters in Marketing at New York University a few questions about her job. Agata works as an SEM (Search Engine Marketing) intern at ZocDoc, […]