If there is one thing that has hit modern professionals recently, it’s the risk of getting laid off and the realization that their jobs are not safe anymore. As mentioned in this recent Quartz article, Indian IT companies laid off 56,000 employees in 2017 alone. And given the recent downturn in non-IT sectors (after demonetization and GST),… Continue reading How to restore and grow your career after getting laid off or fired

You can love it or hate it, but when it comes to hiring or searching new opportunities, you just can’t ignore LinkedIn. With more than 400 Million users, it’s one of the most indispensable tools to find details about a company and its employees. But many of these users have also wondered at some point –… Continue reading 5 Best Linkedin Jobs Alternatives for Tech Recruiter & Candidates

We are almost in the year 2018. Hiring today is much different from what it was even 5 years ago. Good talent now is busy, distracted and even scarcer, which means attracting it today requires a different mindset. The aim of this post (and the next part) is to cover some areas that recruiters need to… Continue reading Refresh the way you hire (part 1)

Hello recruiters’, I am going to show you the best alternatives of Angelist (now Wellfound) that you can use to fulfil your hiring needs.  You don’t have to limit yourself to AngelList (now Wellfound) for your hiring needs. When there are great platforms that can give you better results than AngelList. I have picked up… Continue reading 5 Best Alternatives to AngelList (now WellFound) | Websites like Angel.co

If you’re looking for a job or hiring in India, you most likely would have used Naukri. If you’re like most, you would have wondered at some point – what are some good alternatives to Naukri? You’re not alone. For the last 15 years, Naukri.com has dominated the recruitment market. As of 2017, it claims… Continue reading Alternatives to Naukri | Websites like Naukri.com

They took so long that many wondered if they would come at all. Yes, AngelList pricing plans for recruiting are finally here. They are based on the size of your company and start from $199/month and go all the way to $1999/month. Quite a big range! What about the free plan? The free plan is… Continue reading AngelList's new pricing for recruiters — is it worth it?

If you have tried to look for jobs recently, you might have been asked to complete a job interview assignment remotely. If not, you will likely soon – since more and more companies are starting to include this step in their hiring process. Why do companies give interview assignments these days? Traditional job interviews are… Continue reading Interview assignments – dos and donts

What difference do we want to make in the life of our users? We at CutShort keep asking this question every day. Whether we are defining our product roadmap or even writing a small social media post, answering this question help us in taking the right decision. And after removing all the jargon and terms,… Continue reading Job search of future

After a long time planning, we recently started doing NPS surveys of CutShort users recently. It has been 4 weeks and we have only one regret — why didn’t we start them earlier! If you don’t know about NPS — read about it here. If you have heard of NPS but are not doing them yet, I know what… Continue reading Myths around Net Promoter Score (NPS)