StartupLunch…. startup hiring a la speed dating style

by Amit Ranjan on March 22, 2008

Main Page - Startup Lunch_1206209471560.png The team behind Proto has come up with a useful idea… it’s called Startuplunch and it’s meant to help startups & job seekers serenade each other before tying themselves into a hiring relationship. How is this supposed to work? Check out this excerpt from their website “…….the principle is roughly the same as the SpeedDating concept. The startup founders are seated on one side and the candidates get to say hello and have a quick conversation to talk about what the background of the founder is, why he started the company and what sort of person he is looking for, while asking questions to the candidate about the reason to join a startup and what his/her passions are and ten minutes later the same process continues with the next founder. Within an hour, you would have met/spoken to most of the startups, and by the end of the day would know whom to get in touch with for your first/next job….“. Just for clarity’s sake, this is not the job interview itself, rather a precursor to that.

And within a week of launching the initiative, the concept seems to have found quite a few takers. Check out the registrations in various cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Delhi. The date & locations are yet to be announced.

I’d look forward to see how this actually blossoms out. The concept is somewhat similar to the job fairs that are organised by the job portals (naukri, timesjob) , except that it’s startup focused.

And oh yes! Something that’s missing from the website is the menu to be served at the lunch-:)

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Pali March 24, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Startuplunch is a good initiative and will help the developers and investors in the web 2.0 market in India.

Gaurav Gupta March 25, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Listing for people looking for a job is actually made public. Unless it’s the first job someone is looking for, how can this possibly work! It’s a big mistake that has been overseen.

Amit Ranjan March 30, 2008 at 6:45 am

Gaurav,

That’s a smart catch… you’re right… people who are working somewhere would obviously not want their names to be floating around on the internet

Vijay March 31, 2008 at 7:32 pm

Gaurav,

You are possibly right.

Hemant Khati April 9, 2008 at 8:42 pm

Most of the startups prefer to recruit through references if they are looking for experience people. This initiative might only help for recruiting freshers/less experienced guys.

Nupur July 26, 2008 at 9:37 pm

startups can post their jobs on tehhiringtool.com where it will be worked on by a network of over 150 consultants- more reach- greater cost control and complete confidentiality for candiates is assured.

Nupur July 26, 2008 at 9:38 pm

posting is free- startups would pay only after the match is made

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