After she was laid off in September, Jenny Richards didn’t expect to spend more than six months trying to find her next job. She had worked in product management roles… Read More
GeekWire is expanding with the launch of a new business unit focused on technical recruiting, led by respected Seattle entrepreneur Jason Greer, a technical recruiting veteran who previously co-founded software… Read More
Concerns about an economic slowdown, fueled by factors including inflation and a declining stock market, are starting to be felt by individual tech job seekers as some companies start to… Read More
As it strives to be “Earth’s Best Employer,” Amazon will have to settle for “top U.S. company,” at least according to LinkedIn and its annual list of the 50 places… Read More
The average tech worker in Seattle makes $158,000, a 4.6% increase from last year, according to new data from jobs site Hired. Seattle commands the second-highest average tech salary in… Read More
A new Seattle startup is gaining traction and investor attention for its business idea that rethinks the job candidate referral process. Candidate is helping early-stage startups across the country fill… Read More
The COVID-19 crisis is changing the way companies recruit new employees — and Seattle startup Humanly is hoping to ride the trend with its HR technology. Humanly has raised $800,000… Read More
Leaders from across U.S. technology industry are condemning new restrictions on employment-based visas imposed by President Donald Trump this week. Tech employers say they use work visas to recruit employees… Read More
In a lot of ways, it doesn’t make much sense to leave a high-paying job at a big tech company and join a scrappy little startup. You’ve got a fat… Read More
For all of the talk around bringing more diversity to tech, black and Hispanic employees remain vastly underrepresented at some of the world’s largest tech firms. Tech leaders from Twitter,… Read More
Amazon is hosting a ‘Career Day’ on Tuesday across six cities — Seattle, Arlington, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville — in a bid to fill more than 30,000 job openings.… Read More
LinkedIn can be a valuable resource for hiring managers sourcing potential candidates. But oftentimes it isn’t enough — and that’s where SeekOut is stepping in. The Seattle-area startup today announced… Read More
In a startup environment where heavy funding, bold bets, and rapid growth are the norm, Crelate stands out for its modest, slow-and-steady approach. The recruiting software startup just raised $5.3… Read More
Back in 2005, when tech veteran Peter Wilson joined Google to build its fledgling Seattle-area outpost, recruiting was straightforward. As the first in a new wave of Silicon Valley tech… Read More
Inhospitable work cultures, isolation and lack of upward mobility. With the job market as strong as it is today in the tech industry, it’s unthinkable that anyone would tolerate those… Read More
When Ken Moss started at the video game company Electronic Arts a little more than four years ago, he was one of the only EA employees working out of PopCap Games… Read More
Ardine Williams knows a lot about job interviews. She was an HR leader for years at Intel before briefly retiring in 2014. She soon joined Amazon Web Services and went… Read More
Jansi Kumar immigrated from India to the United States in 2016 because of a promise. She would be allowed to work. Her husband was already living in America on an H-1B… Read More
Amazon was approved for 2,515 visas for foreign-born workers in fiscal year 2017, outpaced by only one other company in the highly competitive H-1B lottery. That’s a 78 percent increase… Read More
A recent survey of tech professionals around the world about which company they would most want to work for produced a few surprises — including in Seattle, when it came… Read More
For startups needing to hire employees, it can be tough to compete against the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and other tech giants that offer lucrative salaries and benefits large companies… Read More
Amazon’s wishlist for its second headquarters in North America includes “a stable and business-friendly environment,” “locations with the potential to attract and retain strong technical talent,” “a diverse population, excellent… Read More
After years of watching their employers in the technology industry struggle to fill crucial roles, Gonzalo Aguero and Sergio Klarreich decided to come up with a solution. They wanted to… Read More
President Donald Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders today aimed at cracking down on abuse of the work visa program that tech companies rely on to hire talent… Read More
Crelate, a startup with offices in Bothell, Wash. and Bethesda, Md., has closed a $1.2 million investment round led by the Alliance of Angels. The startup, which makes software for… Read More
When it comes to company culture, it’s a tale of two Amazons. There is the innovative, passionate Amazon where employees love coming to work to build awesome new products on… Read More
Software engineers in Seattle stay at companies an average of six months longer than do their counterparts in San Francisco, according to data from online job search giant Indeed. That may… Read More
In the tech industry, hiring and retaining top talent is essential to thrive. Companies are offering more and more extravagant perks to gain a competitive edge in the recruiting game and hold… Read More
When Textio arrived on the scene a couple years ago, it addressed two big pain points for the tech industry. “How can we recruit the best talent” and “how can we… Read More
Dock the boat. Seattle-based Axon is coming ashore with another tactic aimed at attracting the best possible talent in the ever-challenging recruiting battle being waged by technology companies. Axon, a division… Read More