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Tech recruiting advice: How startups can compete against big companies to find the best talent

For startups needing to hire employees, it can be tough to compete against the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and other… Read More

Amazon’s second HQ: Why U.S. immigration policy makes Canada a frontrunner

Amazon’s wishlist for its second headquarters in North America includes “a stable and business-friendly environment,” “locations with the potential to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Worcket wants to shake up recruiting with millennial-minded job hunting app

After years of watching their employers in the technology industry struggle to fill crucial roles, Gonzalo Aguero and Sergio Klarreich… Read More

Trump plans review to crack down on ‘abuse’ in work visa program relied on by tech companies

President Donald Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders today aimed at cracking down on abuse of the work… Read More

Recruiting software startup Crelate raises cash to boost marketing and development

Crelate, a startup with offices in Bothell, Wash. and Bethesda, Md., has closed a $1.2 million investment round led by… Read More

Silicon Valley VC on Amazon: ‘I can’t recruit anybody out of there’

When it comes to company culture, it’s a tale of two Amazons. There is the innovative, passionate Amazon where employees… Read More

It’s true: Seattle tech engineers are more loyal than those in San Francisco, Indeed data confirms

Software engineers in Seattle stay at companies an average of six months longer than do their counterparts in San Francisco,… Read More

Taking a stance on gender inequity can help companies retain employees, study finds

In the tech industry, hiring and retaining top talent is essential to thrive. Companies are offering more and more extravagant perks to… Read More

Textio makes job post data public so companies can find out how they stack up to competition

When Textio arrived on the scene a couple years ago, it addressed two big pain points for the tech industry. “How… Read More

Axon engineers another recruiting tactic with Tesla Model 3 giveaway for eligible new hires

Dock the boat. Seattle-based Axon is coming ashore with another tactic aimed at attracting the best possible talent in the ever-challenging… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Talentful’s software helps recruiters narrow the field

Jia Chen has worked in the software industry for over a decade and during that time he observed a recurring… Read More

Why startups in Seattle are struggling for talent, and how that contrasts with Portland

Seattle’s tech industry is on fire with Microsoft and Amazon growing like mad, and dozens of Silicon Valley tech giants… Read More

A year later, how Microsoft’s jobs program for people with autism is working

It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced a pilot jobs program to specifically accommodate people on the autism… Read More

Want to jump ship? Axon sails boat past Google and Tableau in effort to lure potential engineers

In the ongoing quest to out-recruit the competition, one company took to the waters of Seattle on Tuesday to try and… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Uber tests flat rates, Microsoft’s Xbox Onesie, and inside the tech talent wars

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Uber announced a beta test of a new flat rate program this week, designed… Read More

Startup Spotlight: TalentSonar promotes diversity in tech with ‘blind resume review’ software

Women and minorities are historically underrepresented in the tech industry and companies often struggle to fix the diversity issue. Now… Read More

How this Seattle startup is using Pokémon Go to recruit tech employees

If you’re out to catch ’em all, you may just land yourself a new job in the process. Avvo, the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MosaicTrack uses AI to help recruiters find candidates based on culture fit

Finding the right candidate for a job is time-consuming and labor-intensive work. MosaicTrack hopes to expedite that process for recruiters and… Read More

Uber is recruiting engineers with games on its app

Uber is using in-app games to recruit engineers while they take a ride. Business Insider first reported about the company’s… Read More

Work from wherever you want: One small startup’s secret weapon in the tech recruiting battle

When Jordan Schwartz and Peter Brown open their laptops to work, the founders of the small Seattle startup Pathable are… Read More

Amazon recruiting heavily for Echo and Alexa engineers, hosts big invite-only event to find talent

Amazon is betting big on Alexa. That much was evident Thursday night inside the company’s newest skyscraper in Seattle, where more than… Read More

Startup Spotlight: EDRepublic helps recruiters hire developers with coding-based matchmaking service

With so many companies today needing websites, apps, and other technologies, the demand for developers is increasingly expanding well beyond the tech sector. But between steep competition… Read More

Fake ‘sociopath’ recruiting posters target Amazon in latest fallout from NYT article

Fake recruiting posters poking fun at Amazon are popping up around Seattle — the latest fallout from a New York Times article that depicts Amazon… Read More

T-Mobile’s latest weapon in the war for tech talent: cookies

T-Mobile is looking for 100 new tech workers by the end of 2015, and the company said on Monday it’s bringing… Read More

‘Old man’ at Amazon gives advice to interns: Find a better job somewhere else

It’s early July, which means it’s peak intern season at big tech companies, with many of those interns positioning themselves… Read More

As eBay’s Portland office pushes past 200 employees, Kevin Hurst is named general manager

EBay has tasked Kevin Hurst with getting the word out that it’s aggressively hiring in Portland. As part of the announcement,… Read More

Google wants to find Googley job candidates by Googling Googlers’ social graphs

Finding a job often isn’t about what you know, it’s about who you know. Google is taking that concept to… Read More

College grads would rather work at Microsoft over Amazon, Facebook

Maybe it’s the wacky and awesome commercials they’ve been putting out. Or it could be company’s reputation as an impressive… Read More

GoDaddy plans engineering outpost in Seattle region, hires key Microsoft vets

Internet domain giant GoDaddy is expanding to the Seattle region in search of technical talent, GeekWire has learned — becoming… Read More

Take that, Marissa Mayer: This startup’s ‘nomadic engineer’ program lets developers work wherever they want

We’ve seen tech companies do all sorts of crazy things to attract talented engineers — giving away cash, cars and… Read More