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By: Taazza makes our first hire! « Taazza newsroom

Taazza makes our first hire! « Taazza newsroom — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:10:13 +0000

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By: Vinod

Vinod — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:43:07 +0000

Although people find it very exciting to join a startup company anticipating tremendous growth opportunities, I would like to warn people to check the company properly before joining as I have been a victim of the same.

I was working for an organization of repute. Expecting huge growth in a startup, I joined K2 InfoEdge Private Limited that promotes a portal Skills4U.com. The CEO of the company Mr.Manoj Nagaraj utilized my Services in the capacity of Sales & Marketing Manager for one month. After completion of one month, he did not pay me Salary due to which I had to quit the organization. The organization had the malicious intention of just utilizing my rich experience of working with a well known company that was in the similar line of business for a short term and no intention of retaining me as an employee of K2 InfoEdge Private Limited.

Please refrain yourself from associating with companies like K2 InfoEdge Private Limited/Skills4U.com that cheat people to the core.

By: So, you want to hire for your startup? - @ infinity, plus 1

So, you want to hire for your startup? - @ infinity, plus 1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:57:26 +0000

[...] So, You want to work for a startup? is an interesting post by the founders of Taazza targeted at people who want to join a startup. Having worked in a starup for more than two and a half years and having known other people who have done so for even longer, I can easily appreciate the post; it is great advice and I would second it. Most, if not all of the things they say in the post are bang on. This is very unfortunate, in my honest opinion. I’ll try to explain why I think so in this post. [...]

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zobie's blog // So, you want to work for a startup? — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:34:45 +0000

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By: pcushing

pcushing — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:13:21 +0000

Great post. I’d also add something about contacting startup founders for a job — be yourself. Be your interesting self. Applying for a startup isn’t like applying to a corporation. A corporation is staffed by an HR team that is looking for someone to fill a role elsewhere in the organization. Startups are looking for someone to sit next to them, side-by-side, day-in-and-out. You should be invested in their startup in your application and interesting enough that they wont mind you coming into the office in your old t-shirt and messed up hair. Take a chance and say what you’ve always wanted to say to a company you liked, and ignore what your career counselors have taught you.

Also, I’ve written a post about startup job websites that’s worth taking a look for anyone who’s interested: http://enterventure.com/blog/2008/09/11/10-startup-job-websites/

By: chrisco

chrisco — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:48:39 +0000

Nice. Here’s another post along these lines: http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/so-you-want-to-work-for-a-startup-really/

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:15 +0000

Great work, very interesting content, keep up the good work kind regards mark