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E126 - Navigating The Complexities of People Ops During COVID-19 (Brad Touesnard, Delicious Brains)
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In today’s episode, Joe and Christie talk with Brad Touesnard, Founder and CEO of Delicious Brains Inc and SpinupWP. As founder of Delicious Brains Inc, Brad has worn many hats. He now spends most of his time managing the product teams and growing the business. Before starting this company, Brad was a freelance web developer, specializing in front-end development.
Joe, Christie, and Brad discuss the challenges of finding good people when competition for remote job posting is high, what it’s like for entry level people in companies with limited resources, traditional and unconventional hiring process, and making dependable employees stay.
Tune in and learn about the best hiring practices in the open source environment.
Episode Resources
- Delicious Brains - “We make super awesome products for WordPress.”
- SpinupWP - Your Own Extremely Fast WordPress Server
- Brad is on Twitter
- Leave an iTunes review or binge watch past episodes
- Send questions to yo@wpmrr.com for the next Q&A pod
- Visit the WPMRR website
- Tweet Joe
- Tweet Christie
What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:35 Let’s welcome Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains Inc
- 02:24 Rebranding concepts for different company products
- 07:12 How's 2020 job hiring been for you?
- 10:12 Challenges competing with more remote companies in finding new hires
- 17:00 On people switching careers and learning new skill sets
- 22:55 Hiring entry level person with limited resources
- 25:16 Vetting candidates before going through a trial project
- 30:27 Finding the right people is super difficult
- 32:36 Keeping people for years
- 37:31 Promotion and position changes
- 40:22 Active recruitment won’t go away
133 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on July 28, 2023 12:56 (). Last successful fetch was on January 12, 2023 09:31 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 280698917 series 2465018
In today’s episode, Joe and Christie talk with Brad Touesnard, Founder and CEO of Delicious Brains Inc and SpinupWP. As founder of Delicious Brains Inc, Brad has worn many hats. He now spends most of his time managing the product teams and growing the business. Before starting this company, Brad was a freelance web developer, specializing in front-end development.
Joe, Christie, and Brad discuss the challenges of finding good people when competition for remote job posting is high, what it’s like for entry level people in companies with limited resources, traditional and unconventional hiring process, and making dependable employees stay.
Tune in and learn about the best hiring practices in the open source environment.
Episode Resources
- Delicious Brains - “We make super awesome products for WordPress.”
- SpinupWP - Your Own Extremely Fast WordPress Server
- Brad is on Twitter
- Leave an iTunes review or binge watch past episodes
- Send questions to yo@wpmrr.com for the next Q&A pod
- Visit the WPMRR website
- Tweet Joe
- Tweet Christie
What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:35 Let’s welcome Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains Inc
- 02:24 Rebranding concepts for different company products
- 07:12 How's 2020 job hiring been for you?
- 10:12 Challenges competing with more remote companies in finding new hires
- 17:00 On people switching careers and learning new skill sets
- 22:55 Hiring entry level person with limited resources
- 25:16 Vetting candidates before going through a trial project
- 30:27 Finding the right people is super difficult
- 32:36 Keeping people for years
- 37:31 Promotion and position changes
- 40:22 Active recruitment won’t go away
133 episodes
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