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Steve Gilles

Hiring advice from our friends in tech

We asked friends in tech for their one-sentence hiring advice. Here is a list of our favourite nuggets, plus our team's top-notch tips when hiring your dream team.

4-day work week: a 2023 update

With more and more companies trialling a 4-day work week, we revisit this increasingly popular topic with new tips and insights.

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Using an open source contribution to skip a take home challenge

Adam and I made a list of active open source projects that need help. If you’re asked to create code for an interview process, this feels like it could be better than a take home.

4 day weeks, 2 years in

The job that upgrades your candidate’s life the most wins, so consider a four day week to help your hiring

Now hiring product roles

We’ve been quietly hiring product roles for over a year, it’s been awesome so we’ll stop doing it quietly. A bunch of our tech recruiters have product management experience, so you’re in great hands.

10 Years of Lookahead

We love birthdays, and this year it’s a big one for Lookahead so I hope you have fun celebrating with us remotely.

Meet Andrea

It's a new year, and we have a new Lookahead team member to tell you about!

Meet Kyle

Proud to be welcoming Kyle to the team. He's our first dedicated researcher, bringing skills learned recruiting in SF and Sydney. Ask him about basketball stats and boolean strings.

Project F Talent Partner Pledge

We’ve always understood the value that diversity adds to teams, companies and the broader community, so we’ve taken a step further and joined the Project F Program 50/50 Talent Partner Pledge.

Congratulations, Fiona!

Fiona Chan is now a partner at Lookahead. It’s a hat tip to her years of dedication, hard work, and community involvement.

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We don’t just hire for other companies; we’re also building our own dream team.

We hire people who care about technology and train them to become great technical recruiters.

Are you a developer looking for a more people-focused role? Or a product manager who wants more autonomy?

If you love technology and want to work more closely with people, Lookahead could be the perfect fit.

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“Although I’m not coding on a daily basis, I’ve really enjoyed meeting developers and chatting with them. Having that technical background definitely helps me understand what developers and companies are after. I’ve also spent a lot of time giving people general advice on job searching and resume writing. They really appreciate that.”

Fiona Chan

Lookahead recruiter since 2015