Finding Staff That Can Do Stuff
Discussion
We need an in house full time front end dev with a small flair for design and a brain that goes laterally not just task based, can we find one via our networks, other agencies no we cant. So - where is best to search ? I have "Indeed" on my list and I refuse to use an agency (but might have to?).
Anyone suggest anything ?
Right now its the only thing holding us back and a freelancer / contractor is a plaster over a broken leg - we need a driver not a passenger and from a cash point of view its not a problem maybe the location (Liverpool / Wirral) is an issue but it has to be a body in the office so cant change that.
I realise being 16 months old doesnt help either but we havent got far enough with anyone to get past the suitability / availability / wantability precursor.
Anyone suggest anything ?
Right now its the only thing holding us back and a freelancer / contractor is a plaster over a broken leg - we need a driver not a passenger and from a cash point of view its not a problem maybe the location (Liverpool / Wirral) is an issue but it has to be a body in the office so cant change that.
I realise being 16 months old doesnt help either but we havent got far enough with anyone to get past the suitability / availability / wantability precursor.
The off site freelancer who we need to replace with a in the office type is £1k a week and lately it's been full time, where we are £40k is top end and £30k more realistic. This is crucial now but we think it might be two people not one and we're looking at affordability - sadly as I add nothing to the business except ownership of 51% I still can't take big bucks but hey my bupas covered ;-)
It's really not money as we haven't got that far with anyone, also it's quite interesting stuff as were mainly in fashion, beauty and sports clothing all by accident so it's not all legal, medical enquiry farm stuff.
When we recruited for social media we went to liverpool uni to get details of the grads and recruited a great person.
Yesterday we were all pretty low with it but today we've been more pragmatic and possibly a good project manager would free up the rest of the talent pool.
Doing other people's ecommerce isn't like doing ecommerce yourself it's harder but far more interesting.
When we recruited for social media we went to liverpool uni to get details of the grads and recruited a great person.
Yesterday we were all pretty low with it but today we've been more pragmatic and possibly a good project manager would free up the rest of the talent pool.
Doing other people's ecommerce isn't like doing ecommerce yourself it's harder but far more interesting.
jammy-git said:
He's exactly what a lot of people are looking for. Not just the skillset but someone with the get-up-and-go to self start out of college/school and get on with his own projects in his own time.
If I could find someone who just has done the latter then I would have no problem training them up for the skillset!
DELETED: Comment made by a member who's account has been deleted.If I could find someone who just has done the latter then I would have no problem training them up for the skillset!
Well after looking at all options we decided to persevere with freelance Devs and get in a project manager to keep them all in check.
This agency lark isn't like flogging phones! I'll do a starting again update when our next milestone (millstone) kicks in but through the powers of PH Velstar might arrive in the USA ahead of schedule. (It was never scheduled but our shopify manager said there are very few decent small ecommerce agencies Stateside so we sort of mentally pencilled it in)
This agency lark isn't like flogging phones! I'll do a starting again update when our next milestone (millstone) kicks in but through the powers of PH Velstar might arrive in the USA ahead of schedule. (It was never scheduled but our shopify manager said there are very few decent small ecommerce agencies Stateside so we sort of mentally pencilled it in)
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