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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…

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

Want to get a job in a different industry? Visualize how others do it here!
December 9th, 2014

Want to get a job in a different industry? Visualize how others do it here! LinkedIn members often list multiple positions in the experience section of their profile, and in some cases, their current position is in a different career or industry than the one previously held. Last month, we had 60+ Influencers chime in…

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Pune startup Acompli gets acquired for $200 mn
December 8th, 2014

Acompli, a startup with main R&D setup in Pune, got acquired last week by Microsoft for $200 mn. Read the entire news here. An inspiring story, given that it took them just 18 months to reach here. We, at SocialHelpouts, aren’t really surprised though. Acompli has been one of our earliest users and advocates. They…

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Woohooo, we finally have our blog!
December 6th, 2014

Yes, we hear you. We are a bit late to get here, but we were waiting for the right time for blogging. Understanding problems of our users, building our team and getting early users in have been our priorities. Anyway, we’d love to share our thoughts here. More than that, we hope to learn about…

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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

Want to get a job in a different industry? Visualize how others do it here!December 9th, 2014

Pune startup Acompli gets acquired for $200 mnDecember 8th, 2014

Woohooo, we finally have our blog!December 6th, 2014

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

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

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

Startup Upclose: RainingClouds Technologies
May 8th, 2015

The modern day job search
April 25th, 2015

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

Pune startup Scandid in Seedstars World Finals at Geneva next week
January 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 Pune
December 10th, 2014

Want to get a job in a different industry? Visualize how others do it here!
December 9th, 2014

Pune startup Acompli gets acquired for $200 mn
December 8th, 2014

Woohooo, we finally have our blog!
December 6th, 2014