Rocket Recruiting Resources

Building Technical Recruiting Teams: Engagement Models, Tooling and Technology

Discover strategies, engagement models, and tools for building scalable technical recruiting teams at any growth stage, with practical insights and case studies.

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Navigating Tech Recruiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024

A comprehensive guide highlighting key trends, challenges, and strategies for attracting top talent in a dynamic market.

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From Seed to IPO: The Definitive Guide to Startup Recruiting in 2024

Explore how to navigate from seed stage to IPO with innovative hiring insights.

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Startup Recruiting Roadmap

On outline for highly effective recruiting at startups.

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Should you consider Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)?

A detailed look at Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and how it can benefit your company.

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8 metrics to understand your talent and recruiting team's performance

Top 8 metrics that your talent team should track, how to measure these metrics, and how to improve your performance on each metric

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Which Applicant Tracking System (ATS) should I use?

A guide to selecting an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for your company based on your size and hiring needs. Also includes an overview of the top solutions and what scenario to consider them under.

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Contingency search vs. Retained search – what's best for me?

Comparing Contingency Search & Retained Search

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How to select a recruiting agency?

8 key factors in selecting a recruiting agency for your company

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Why hire a recruiting agency?

A framework to evaluate the need for external recruitment support

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Hiring Machine Learning Engineers - a primer

A primer on how to hire Machine Learning (ML) engineers based on Rocket's experience building ML teams at dozens of innovative clients including Cruise, Lyft, CrossingMinds, Perplexity and more. We cover what an ML engineer does, how they differ from related fields such as NLP or Computer Vision engineers, how to find ML engineers and sample interview questions for them.

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Should you prepare candidates for the final round?

A discussion of the pros and cons of preparing candidates for final rounds and how that compares to spending time on other activities

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10 tips for getting the most out of initial screens

How should you structure your initial candidate screen? What are must have and good topics to cover? Ten tips from the recruiters at Rocket

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Rejecting candidates with class - tips and templates

Tips for turning down a candidate - how to be classy and keep an open door for the future. We also cover potential templates you can use.

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The Art of Outreach: Crafting Creative and Compelling Communications

Why you should write creative email outreach to candidates as a founder, recruiter or sourcer. Detailed example and case study from Material Security's engagement with Rocket.

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Coding Bootcamp vs. CS degree - a recruiter's perspective

Detailed overview of the coding bootcamp industry and a framework to evaluate candidates with a coding bootcamp background versus a traditional computer science background.

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