Keeping a Job at a Startup Business
This week, we could not help but detect that there have been an increase in position opportunities with startup companies - these are companies that we conceive to be youngerand still in high-growth mode. They may be trailblazers, or they might be joining in on a hot idea - either way, these positions can be funfilled but risky. While you may end up at the next Google, you can also wind up being the next Kozmo. (If you don’t remember that one, just let it go - we are showing our tru age.) If you are interested in business ownership yourself one day, . It adds up that there has been an increase in hiring by startup businesses:
As Thomas Friedman eloquently wrote this week in the NYTimes , business owners are increasingly taking advantage of “all the resources of the flat world teleconferencing, email, the Web and facsimile machines to access the greatest proficiency and inexpensive, best manufacturing anywhere.”
* The economy is showing betterment- consumer sentiment, retail demand, and manufacturing yield are all up. Companies are ready to do what it takes to be first in front of the consumer once they start to spend money.
* Look at matters from the eyes of the startup business owner. If you were in high growth mode, potentially operating at a near-term loss in order to grow your business, what chacteristics would you be wanting to see in a new hire? Probably one who’s super respondent, competitive, and crisp. Hold the fact that you’re dealing with a really unique type of interviewer - an entrepreneur - in mind when you are applying. And, know that even though you might be applying for a parttime opportunity or internship, this role may be as critical to the company as a regular position - and has strong potential to evolve into a regular opportunity if and when they get off the ground.
* Be ready to work strange hours. Working around the clock is second nature for startup businesses. This may or may not be the situation for the position you are applying for, and you should puzzle out if this is an expectation so that you can ensure if you will be able to meet their expectations. But if you decide to jump on the opportunity, realize that visionaries can become inspired at 3am, and you may be on the accepting end of those emails. Make sure that you and your are on the same required, so that you do not disappoint.
* Show involvement in entrepreneurship. Startups like to hire individuals that are looking specifically for startup experience. Still, that’s the significant word: experience.
*Know the business inside and out. Doing your research prior to applying - by doing product research / service, maybe testing or using it, and checking out its competitors - will be impressive to the startup founder because these issues are what s/he lives and breathes every day. Some fresh view on them (even if s/he disagrees) will be received.
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