Nibletz – Should Startups Hire for Today or Tomorrow?
When looking at the rapidly changing dynamics inside today’s technology startups, there are many challenges that entrepreneurs face — especially when it comes to hiring. At the heart of this specific...
View ArticleHiring Tips for Engineers: Beef Up Your Resume (and Network)
There are a lot of engineering jobs out there, but that doesn’t mean that a job in the field is just going to land in your lap–especially if you are particular about the company you want to work for....
View ArticleHiring Tips for Engineers: Know How to Sell Yourself
When you’re on the market for a new job, one of the key things to remember is that you are the product. That means that you need to be able to sell yourself when it comes down to interview time. For...
View ArticleNibletz – How To Snatch Up The Best Tech Talent
In a marketplace dense with competition for engineers, hiring the talent needed to scale is a crucial component to any startup’s growth. If you’ve constructed your company roadmap and are garnering...
View ArticleHiring Tips for Engineers: Sell Yourself!
Now that you know how to beef up your resume and how to sell yourself, it’s time for the hard part: actually selling yourself. And by that, we mean the interview. There’s no denying that the interview...
View ArticleHiring Wisdom From Kleiner Perkins’ Michael Abbott
Riviera Partners recently invited a group of up and coming industry directors to an intimate fireside chat with Michael Abbott about the crucial components needed to build a winning engineering...
View ArticleWired – Big Data Brings Big Changes to Recruiting
In a recent publication in Wired, Michael Morell shares his thoughts on the future of recruiting. He discusses the importance of understanding the latest advances in technology and makes the case that...
View ArticleWomen 2.0 – 6 Tips for Female Engineers to Advance Their Careers
Women 2.0 recently approached Alaina Percival for some insight regarding helping female engineers advancing their careers in a male dominated industry. With her own experience in the tech industry as...
View ArticleProtected: Vice President Engineering Salary Analysis – 2014 Q1 Update
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View ArticleTech Community Workshop: Job Search for Engineers
Embarking on or in the middle of your job search for an engineering role? Riviera’s own Wendy Hays is offering a free weekly workshop that can help. Job Search for Engineers takes the mystery out of...
View ArticleInformationWeek – Hadoop Jobs: 6 Recruiter Tips
In a recent article published in InformationWeek, Team Lead Matt Andrieux shares his perspective on the recent buzz around the growing need to savvy engineers familiar with Hadoop. Matt lays out 6...
View ArticleInformationWeek – Hadoop Jobs: 8 Resume Do’s And Don’ts
In a followup article published in InformationWeek regarding jobs in tech leveraging Hadoop, Darin Matuzic shares a few best practices when assessing Hadoop talent. Darin provides some common turn-ons...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of Social Media for Your Job Hunt
If done correctly, representing yourself on social media is a great way to build your personal brand, which can really highlight your capabilities and areas of expertise. So it’s worth investing some...
View ArticleYoung Upstarts – The Language of Hiring
(Young Upstarts) - The Language Of Hiring: Choosing The Right Words To Find The Best Tech Employees Now more than ever, the increased competition for talented engineers is forcing technology companies...
View ArticleHow to Deal with Resume Gaps
By Wendy Hays, Career Development Specialist at Riviera Partners & Director of Career Development at Women Who Code. Follow me on Twitter @wendyhays11. During the job search process, one challenge...
View ArticleThe Ship Show – Sam Wholley Talks Recruiting Via Podcast
Partner Sam Wholley was recently invited to share his thoughts on the current state of recruiting with The Ship Show, a bi-monthly podcast, featuring discussion on everything from build engineering to...
View ArticleFull Metal Recruiting: The Simple Truth About Hiring
By: Ali Behnam, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riviera Sometimes I feel like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman yelling at Pvt. Leonard ‘Gomer Pyle’ Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket. It seems that hiring has...
View ArticleThe Pace Of Growth: A Conversation With Michael Abbott
Growth is the goal of every business, but if it happens too quickly it can be a bad thing. Companies that are forced to hire a large number of employees over a short period of time often end up with...
View ArticleInternal Promotions & External Hires: A Conversation With Michael Abbott
When you’re building a company you generally want to try and promote from within existing ranks. This helps to create a sense of good will among your employees, while also leading to the development of...
View ArticleHow To Hire in EdTech
EdTech is growing, and that means the space is hiring more than ever. There are some unique challenges for startups in the space, but it also offers a relatively singular benefit: people really feel...
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