Nikunj Verma

Remote work is on the rise, more so, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies across the world to go remote. Over the last five years, remote work has grown 44% and over the last 10 years, it has grown 91%. Between 2005 to 2017, there was a 159% increase in remote work. This trend is… Continue reading How to hire good remote developers from India?

Instahyre was started in 2014 as a talent auction platform but soon became a job portal to connect recruiters & job seekers. As of 2020, it claims to have 2000+ companies registered on the platform, most of which are looking for software development talent from its database. The website is popular among startups, but due… Continue reading Top Alternatives to Instahyre | Websites like Instahyre.com

Remote work, as an idea is being discussed for last few years. Barring the startups in Europe, USA and Canada that faced talent crunch and made remote their main talent acquisition pillar, not many mainstream companies and professionals have thought of it as a realistic option. But this seems to be changing fast. As I… Continue reading Hiring remote employees from India – has the time come now?

[This article, ‘The top five HR trends that start-ups can’t afford to ignore in 2020’, was originally published on Hindustan Times] The last couple of years have seen some interesting things happening in the HR industry. On the one hand, cutting-edge technologies have found their way into HR software, and the post-globalization internet economy continues… Continue reading Top 5 HR Trends that Start-ups Can’t Afford to Ignore in 2020

One of the things I learned very early enough was that a startup is NOT a mini version of an enterprise. Things that work at a 2500+ people enterprise most often don’t work at a startup. Forget about big companies. Heck, things that work at one startup don’t often work at a different one! Modern… Continue reading Your context is unique. So should be your interview process.

We wrote about the fast rise of Customer Success roles in India a while back. Personally, we at CutShort are big fans of the Customer Success function. We started focusing on this around 6 months back and have continuously improved our systems and processes since then. This focus has also led our team to join… Continue reading Report: Customer Success is emerging fast in India

Yesterday India celebrated its 71st anniversary of independence. This momentous occasion had Nikunj, our CEO, thinking over the idea of “freedom”, as applied to our professionals lives. Below, we are producing an email he shared with all the wonderful CutShort users yesterday. If you like it, please share it with the people you care about.… Continue reading Are you really free?

Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs) are not new in India. Infosys famously offered generous options to their employees and made hundreds of first time millionaires. It’s been several years since then and barring a few exceptions, there haven’t been success stories where employees got to share the wealth they contributed to building. There was a… Continue reading ESOPs: Understanding stock options in startup companies

We interact with thousands of professionals every week. Every now and then someone would ask about opportunities in blockchain area and we would send them the list of some blockchain companies hiring in India currently. But we sensed something was missing. We found that most professionals were confused by the recent cryptocurrencies hype and wondered… Continue reading Here’s what you missed in India’s largest online blockchain gathering