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SocialHelpouts is now CutShort!
May 3rd, 2016

Yes, that’s true. After a year of experimentation and learning, we are changing our name to “CutShort”. Why? SocialHelpouts was a great name, but only when we had explained it to someone for a good 10 minutes. When an average attention span is less than 10 seconds, asking for 10 minutes online is like asking for…

Our Journey to 250K Users, our mission, socialhelpouts

The slippery slope of startup funding
April 19th, 2016

Date 14th April. CutShort office. 11 pm. Nikunj: Guys, we need to participate in a VC pitch event tomorrow morning. Can we make a funding deck tonight? Anubhav (rolls his eyes): We are raising funds? Nikunj: Not really. I had filled up an application form for a pitching event. They shortlisted us. Vinit (after sliding through some…

startup-learnings

Our hiring lessons
March 17th, 2016

Like many of you, we have spent a fair time in hiring & faced several challenges. So many calls, so many meetings -most have yielded nothing. But recently we were able to hire someone in just 3 days flat, from start to finish. Upon reviewing the process we discovered some hiring hacks that we inadvertently used….

hiring, Our Journey to 250K Users, startup-learnings

Why we didn’t raise funding early on
March 1st, 2016

Are you guys funded? Everyone loves to ask this question. People at startup events, college buddies on WhatsApp groups and even co-passengers on flights. And sure, I get it. In the world littered with umpteen startups, funding reflects a certain external validation and “seriousness” of your venture. So nothing wrong with this question, really. But…

Our Journey to 250K Users, startup funding, startup hiring, startup-learnings

An open letter to people who are interested in joining our team
February 8th, 2016

First of all, thank you for showing interest in joining us and even more importantly, reading this post. In this post, let us candidly answer a few things we typically discuss with most people in our first call. We hope it will help you decide if you really want to join our team. Is CutShort…

about us, faqs, Our Journey to 250K Users

Foodpanda lays off 500; hire them or help those affected
December 30th, 2015

This is turning out to be a rough winter for startup employees. Earlier this month, PubMatic laid off 150+ people and today we learned that FoodPanda has laid off close to 500 employees as well. As expected, this has sparked another hot debate on startup bubble, funding mismanagement, startup career risks and so on. While…

foodpanda, help, hiring, initiatives, layoffs, startup hiring

How is CutShort different from LinkedIn or Naukri?
December 24th, 2015

Startup hiring is hard. Not because there are not enough hiring solutions but because they deliver more noise than actual results. For example, it is not uncommon to get 100+ applications on job posted on say LinkedIn, Naukri or HasJob. But most of these are irrelevant or come from fence-sitters. No wonder that one of the…

hiring

Startup hiring hack: Always be hiring
December 24th, 2015

Let’s admit it – startup hiring is tricky, time consuming and not exactly fun. Many of us find it as a huge distraction from the other “more exciting” activities we do at startups. So we tend to keep delaying hiring until it becomes a crying need. And when that happens, we force ourselves to repeat…

hiring, startup hiring, startup hiring hacks, startup-learnings, startups

Two weeks after the PubMatic layoffs: here is what we have achieved so far
December 23rd, 2015

A bit of context first: Two weeks ago, we heard the unfortunate news that PubMatic was laying off 100+ people. To help the employees affected by this, we started an initiative to connect them with their prospective employers easily on our platform. Here is a brief checkpoint on what has happened since then. 40 companies have…

hiring, initiatives, layoffs, pubmatic

How we facilitated 150+ meetings in 1 day at PuneConnect 2015
December 2nd, 2015

Connect with the people you want. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? But it can be deceptively difficult. Take for example big events such as TieConPune and PuneConnect . One of the biggest reasons we go to these events is to meet other interesting people. There are tons of people around, some of which are the ones you most want…

easyconnects, our mission, pune startups, startup events

How to respond to the question “Tell me about yourself”?
October 4th, 2015

Tell me about yourself. Four words that can fill candidates with dread or joy, depending on how prepared they are. This question is tricky – since it seems too trivial, sort of a small talk before the real thing. As a result, many candidates simply start narrating details from their resume or give back the control…

Career Advice, interviews

Startup hiring advice: Don’t cut the chord!
October 4th, 2015

The cycle continues. You find a great candidate, start a hiring thread, schedule a couple calls and then realize the candidate doesn’t quite fit in. You tell this to the candidate (good job!) or simply snap up the communication line. At CutShort, we try to avoid this approach. We try to inform the candidates about…

hiring, recruiters, startup founders, startup hiring, startup hiring hacks

Top skills startups are hiring for in 2015
August 31st, 2015

You are cruising along, and then technology changes. You have to adapt. -Marc Andreessen This is true for everyone, but more so for “techies” like us. For us, failing to upgrade our skills can significantly impact our career growth. So what skills you should be working on? To help our users decide, we dug into…

android startups, know this startup, mobile startups, pune startups, startup jobs, startups

Join the rocketship: The premium startup hiring event in Pune
August 31st, 2015

If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on! -Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook Sheryl Sandberg said this while explaining why did she join a new startup in 2001. Wise choice since that startup went on the rule the world and became a verb in itself – Google! The…

mobile startups, pune startups, startup jobs, startups

How can friends help you on SocialHelpouts?
July 30th, 2015

Are you looking for a job and need some help from friends? Sure, if you ask them about open jobs they know, chances are they will be as clueless as this guy: With SocialHelpouts, your friends never need to guess. Here’s how. After creating your short profile (a “signal”), just search for friends and send…

features, help, how-it-works, socialhelpouts

Startup Upclose: RainingClouds Technologies
May 8th, 2015

About “Startup Upclose” series: With every other startup claiming to have “passionate founders/awesome culture/great traction/$$$ market size”, it is incredibly difficult to decide which should one join. Our attempt is to bring out the unique personality of each startup so that people can easily visualize what it will be like working in them. Suggestions welcome! We are…

android startups, know this startup, mobile startups, pune startups, rainingclouds, startup jobs, startups

The modern day job search
April 25th, 2015

Welcome the future. Merely applying for jobs is no longer enough. Great companies are looking for great people like you but are overwhelmed by thousands of similar looking resumes each month. Yes, new age platforms such as CutShort can help. And you can also use the tips to boost your response rate as well. But…

Career Advice

MyNoticePeriod.com (Hiree) reviews: Love it or hate it, but you can’t ignore it
March 30th, 2015

(Update: This post was written before MyNoticePeriod was rebranded to Hiree.com. Although the name has changed, finding people on “notice period”, which is the theme of this post, remains one of their core USPs.) So after creating a lot of awareness with its unique solution recently, MyNoticePeriod has stirred up some hot reactions online. Some…

reviews, startup hiring, startup jobs

Pune startup Scandid in Seedstars World Finals at Geneva next week
January 30th, 2015

Scandid, a Pune based startup doesn’t need much introduction. It was one of the first ecommerce mobile startups from India and with close to 50,000 downloads for its Android app, their flagship product has grabbed headlines regularly. Scandid was selected for the Seedstars World Finals round last year, and is now heading to the finals…

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Planning your next job? Here are top 3 technology trends you should know!
December 20th, 2014

As Linkedin did in 2013, they just released a list of 25 popular job skills employers are searching for. We tried to compare these to spot some higher level trends for software professionals. (TL;DR: note the green items below – they are red hot right now!) So, here are the trends: Cloud+Data juggernaut keeps rolling: Cloud is growing and the…

Career Advice, Cutshort Insights Lab

5 places to find the best tech jobs in Pune
December 10th, 2014

Whether it’s discovering new food or exciting jobs, every city has its own favorites. For Pune techies in startup/produce firms, here are places that we’ve found useful: 1. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/job/home The elephant in the room is LinkedIn. In Pune, it is very popular across different product companies- big (Symantec, VMWare, Persistent, GS Labs) mid (Pubmatic, AllScript)…

Career Advice, startup jobs

SocialHelpouts is now CutShort!May 3rd, 2016

The slippery slope of startup fundingApril 19th, 2016

Our hiring lessonsMarch 17th, 2016

Why we didn’t raise funding early onMarch 1st, 2016

An open letter to people who are interested in joining our teamFebruary 8th, 2016

Foodpanda lays off 500; hire them or help those affectedDecember 30th, 2015

How is CutShort different from LinkedIn or Naukri?December 24th, 2015

Startup hiring hack: Always be hiringDecember 24th, 2015

Two weeks after the PubMatic layoffs: here is what we have achieved so farDecember 23rd, 2015

How we facilitated 150+ meetings in 1 day at PuneConnect 2015December 2nd, 2015

How to respond to the question “Tell me about yourself”?October 4th, 2015

Startup hiring advice: Don’t cut the chord!October 4th, 2015

Top skills startups are hiring for in 2015August 31st, 2015

Join the rocketship: The premium startup hiring event in PuneAugust 31st, 2015

How can friends help you on SocialHelpouts?July 30th, 2015

Startup Upclose: RainingClouds TechnologiesMay 8th, 2015

The modern day job searchApril 25th, 2015

MyNoticePeriod.com (Hiree) reviews: Love it or hate it, but you can’t ignore itMarch 30th, 2015

Pune startup Scandid in Seedstars World Finals at Geneva next weekJanuary 30th, 2015

Planning your next job? Here are top 3 technology trends you should know!December 20th, 2014

5 places to find the best tech jobs in PuneDecember 10th, 2014