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How to build the initial team at your startup?

When you start up, finding your first 5 customers is important. But equally critical is to find your first 20 employees. Why the first 20? Well, these are the people who will traverse the zero-to-one journey with the founders and will form the foundation of the company. Be it the product architecture, communication strategy, or… Continue reading

The joy of building Cutshort together

Charting our ambitious future during the Goa offsite. A village can raise a child. But when it comes to building a company, even a company could feel overwhelmed. This is why we built Cutshort on the shoulder of giants and never fooled ourselves into thinking that it’s an individualistic effort. Where we are is a… Continue reading

What we learned 10 months after we stopped salary negotiatons

We took an unconventional decision 10 months ago. Here’s what we learned… Never take the first salary number you are offered. You’ve got to negotiate for a higher pay before you pick up a new stint and then multiple times during your career. – Every career expert, anywhere Why do experts give this advice? Simple… Continue reading

How to reduce candidate dropouts while hiring talent?

Quick and simple tips to help increase your joining ratio! Offers being rejected is the last thing a recruiter wants at the end of an excruciating process of finding, interviewing, and negotiating the right candidate for an open position. While one-off rejections can happen due to changes in the external circumstances but it’s a cause… Continue reading

Spot good (and bad) companies before applying

We've put together this handy guide on what to look for when researching a company and how to evaluate it without necessarily spending hours interviewing with them.

The Cutshort Culture Guide

A sneak peek of what makes us tick and how we get stuff done at Cutshort Build a capable team and enable them to work together on your mission. Everything else will fall in place. -Jack Welch. Actually, no, it’s Nikunj, our founder who says this. 🙂 And culture is what enables people to make… Continue reading

Tech hiring in 2022 – quick hiring guide is here

Here is a quick hiring guide with our key learnings on how to improve your tech hiring in 2022. If 2021 was any indication, this year is likely to get tougher for founders and recruiters. At a time when money has stopped being a constraint, many companies are fighting a losing battle. This is the… Continue reading

Meet Sweta Agarwal: A Yoga teacher turned Cutshorter

What makes her journey a success story, every single day? A Yoga instructor who loves crunching numbers and data – That’s Sweta Agarwal for you! And this passion was what led our User Success Manager to study acturial science during her BBA. Forever eager to “learn something new everyday and grow fast”, Sweta seized every… Continue reading

Cutshort Spotlight: A handpicked showcase of top companies at Cutshort with best hiring practices

“Cutshort Spotlight” — a monthly showcase of top companies handpicked for their active hiring practices and lucrative job roles.