[{"id":23,"name":"Preventing Spam","slug":"preventing-spam","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-04-08T23:12:30.211Z","content":"Hello everyone, I apologize today a rogue user account posted in multiple communities some spam. Multiple users reported to this us (thank you!). We've now added the ability to mark a user as spam and disallow posts.\r\n\r\nBecause posting in a community goes out all members in the community, many of you got an email(s) from the spam user.\r\n\r\nI'm really sorry for this, we work hard to make sure the site works great for you all and is free of spam.\r\n\r\nWe are also working on future features to prevent this as well.\r\n\r\nNo data was lost or hacked and it didn't seemed to be automated (bot). We require all emails to be verified before posting is allowed.\r\n\r\nPlease let me know if you have any questions. Once again, I apologize for this.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":30,"name":"Questions to Ask When Interviewing at Company","slug":"questions-to-ask-when-interviewing-at-company","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-04-25T19:58:17.124Z","content":"When you have an interview whether on the phone or in person, it helps to be prepared. After doing basic research on the company (website, twitter, product pages), you should be ready to ask pointed but friendly questions when it's your turn.\r\n\r\nYour goal is show you are smart, confident and knowledagable about the company.  And to also demonstrate your value in being prepared and asking questions that ensure you can have a good job search outcome.\r\n\r\nMutual respect and an openness to learn go along way in this process.\r\n\r\n### Position Questions\r\n\r\n* Why are you hiring for this position?\r\n* What do you want me to accomplish in the first 30/60/90 days?\r\n* What does an average day look like for this position?\r\n* What does success look like in this position?\r\n* Who am I reporting to?\r\n* How many people are reporting to me?\r\n* Where can I best help in this position?\r\n* What is the biggest problem you are dealing with right now?\r\n* How much individual work vs teamwork time is expected?\r\n* What are the next steps in the interviewing process?\r\n* How long do you like the hiring process to take? When does this position need to be filled?\r\n\r\n### Company Questions\r\n\r\n* How much funding have you raised and what's your runway?\r\n* Who are your competitors?\r\n* What sets you apart? \r\n* What is your exit plan?\r\n* Why is this the problem you want to tackle?\r\n* Do you often work late or have crunch times?\r\n\r\n### Second Interview Questions\r\n\r\n* What is the total compensation package?\r\n* What are the benefits you offer?\r\n* What is the path for promotion?\r\n* How often are performance reviews?\r\n* What are the severance options?\r\n* What are your vacation/sick policies?\r\n* What are the remote work/working from home policies?\r\n\r\nWhat questions do you like to ask when you are being interviewed?","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":22,"name":"5 Strategies to Overcome Imposter Syndrome","slug":"5-strategies-to-overcome-imposter-syndrome-22","cover_uid":"o5kpnrrxbz7jjpc2qeae","published_on":"2018-04-05T20:45:21.103Z","content":"I spent most of my career feeling like an imposter.\r\n\r\nEveryone around me seemed so confident and together. On the outside, I did my best to appear confident, too, but in the inside, I was suffering terribly. I obsessed over every mistake, strived for unhealthy levels of perfection and lived in constant fear of being found out. Worse, I was deeply ashamed of these feelings, sure I was the only one who felt this way.\r\n\r\nSomewhere along the way, I learned that it wasn’t just me. Everyone, from CEOs to interns to working parents, feels like an imposter at some point in their lives. And we all believe we’re the only ones! I was blown away that something so common was causing so much unnecessary suffering and shame for so many millions of people.\r\n\r\nEnough is enough, don’t you think? Rather than treat Imposter Syndrome as a shameful secret, let’s recognize it as a nearly universal experience that’s just part of being human. Once you realize that, it’s far easier to lessen its hold.\r\n\r\nSo how does one begin to overcome Imposter Syndrome? Here are five of my favorite coping strategies:\r\n\r\n**Talk about Imposter Syndrome.**\r\nIt sounds counterintuitive, but talking about Imposter Syndrome is one of the most effective steps you can take to lessen its power. By sharing your experience with others, you will immediately realize you aren’t alone. This is a tremendous help in itself. It also helps to normalize the experience and reduce the feelings of shame and inadequacy we associate with Imposter Syndrome.\r\n\r\n**Personify the imposter’s voice.**\r\nYou know that voice you hear inside your head, the one that’s telling you all the ways you don’t measure up? That’s the imposter’s voice. If you’ve been listening to the imposter for a very long time, it might feel like you’re one and the same.\r\n\r\nBut the imposter doesn’t have to be a fundamental part of who you are. Its words are just thoughts like any other, and you are not your thoughts. To separate themselves from the imposter’s voice, many people find it helpful to give the imposter a name and a persona. This is also known as the “gremlin technique,” and you can learn more about it at http://www.tamingyourgremlin.com/.\r\n\r\n**Ask, “How can I serve?”**\r\nWhen we’re caught up listening to the imposter, we constantly feel like we don’t know what to do. It puts all the focus on us and the ways we believe we’re flawed, incompetent and not good enough, which keeps us frozen and stuck in a self-reinforcing feedback loop of “What should I do?”\r\n\r\nA far more powerful question is, “How can I serve?” When we ask how we can serve (as opposed to what we should do), we take the focus off of ourselves and put it back out into the world. Without the pressure to find a right answer, we’re actually in a better position to see how we can use our talents and skills to deal with the problems in front of us.\r\n\r\n**Adopt a beginner’s mind.**\r\nThe imposter demands we be an expert in all things. The moment we don’t know the answer to something, the imposter holds it up as proof of our inadequacy. Try adopting a beginner’s mind instead. Beginner’s mind is a simple yet profound concept in Zen Buddism, described by the blog *Zen Habits* as “dropping our expectations and preconceived ideas about something, and seeing things with an open mind, fresh eyes, just like a beginner.”\r\n\r\nWhen we view the world like an expert, we’re under constant pressure to know what we’re doing. When we adopt a beginner’s mind, we’re free to learn, experiment, even admit when we don’t know the answer. This doesn’t just help us feel better; it helps us think more creatively, overcome blind spots and solve problems more effectively.\r\n\r\n**Welcome the imposter as a sign that you’re growing.**\r\nThink about the times when you hear the imposter’s voice. Probably not when you’re safely ensconced in your comfort zone. But when you’re learning a new skill or facing a new challenge? Then the imposter speaks loud and clear! That’s because--in its own counterproductive way--all the imposter really wants is to keep you safe. It wants to protect you at all costs from being shunned by the tribe because, for most of human history, our survival was literally at stake. No wonder the imposter feels so strong!\r\n\r\nIn the 21st century, though, our individual and collective success depends on our ability to step out of our comfort zones and continuously challenge ourselves and others to adopt new ways of thinking and doing. This terrifies our imposter, so it makes perfect sense that every time we make a bold move, alarm bells go ringing.\r\n\r\nIn a weird way, this means it’s actually a good sign when we feel Imposter Syndrome. It’s a sign that we’re learning, growing and getting better, which is exactly what the world needs us to do.\r\n\r\n*Want to talk more about Imposter Syndrome? I'm a HireClub coach! Book a session with me here: https://hireclub.com/robincangie.*","user":{"id":2308,"username":"robincangie","name":"Robin Cangie","avatar_url":"https://res-1.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/zilsedsqkgsqyeesa6e2"}},{"id":59,"name":"2019: Year in Review","slug":"2019-year-in-review","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2019-12-30T21:50:28.680Z","content":"#### 2019 has been an incredible year for HireClub\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738454/blog/infographic_series_salary_04.jpg\" alt=\"Salary Negotation\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe raised salaries by over $1,200,000 million for coaching clients!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738448/blog/infographic_series_annual_03.jpg\" alt=\"Annual Revenue\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe grew revenue 3x to $280,000 without ads!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738451/blog/infographic_series_coaches_03.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Earnings\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWe paid coaches over $157,000!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738461/blog/infographic_series_minutes_09.jpg\" alt=\"Coaching Minutes\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nCoaches spent 88,000 minutes coaching clients. That's 1466 hours of coaching!\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/t_Blog Image/v1577738452/blog/infographic_series_community_01.jpg\" alt=\"Community\" class=\"img img-fluid\"\u003e\r\nWhat started as just 25 friends is now over 30,000 members in our community!\r\n\r\nThroughout the year, there was many days progress seemed stalled. It’s so easy to get stuck in a negative mindset.\r\n\r\nDays I wanted to give up. Days I thought that we weren't going to make it. My anxiety often makes the trouble now seem worse than the growth that's happened.\r\n\r\nBut when you take time to reflect and value your wins, you can see positive patterns.\r\n\r\nWhen you have gratitude every day, you can learn to value yourself.\r\n\r\nWhat were your wins in 2019? What did you learn to value about yourself?\r\n\r\n","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":27,"name":"HireClub Private Profiles","slug":"hireclub-private-profiles","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-04-23T20:46:39.830Z","content":"At HireClub your privacy is super important to us. We never sell or give away your data. When you delete your account, all data we have is deleted except for any purchases you have made which we need for accounting purposes.\r\n\r\nWe also want to ensure we respect your needs for privacy during your job hunt.\r\n\r\n### Today we are releasing Private Profiles!\r\n\r\nPrivate Profiles have the following benefits\r\n\r\n* Your Private HireClub Profile is limited to everyone except those you follow. We only show enough information for people to follow you. This includes your Name and Profile Image.\r\n* Only people you follow can see your projects and resumes.\r\n* Even if people follow you, they won't see your full profile until you follow them back.\r\n* Your Private HireClub Profile will not be indexed by search engines.\r\n* You can change your privacy settings at any time.\r\n\r\n\r\nGo to your account settings to change your privacy\r\nhttps://hireclub.com/settings/account\r\n\r\nAs always we value your feedback!\r\n\r\nFeel free to reach out to us for questions/feature requests/concerns at help@hireclub.com\r\n","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":63,"name":"Free is Very Expensive","slug":"free-is-very-expensive-63","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2020-01-28T00:41:17.183Z","content":"Often people come up to me and say, can you give me some career advice?\r\n\r\nAnd I’ll say, sure let’s book a session. \r\n\r\nAnd then they say, why do you have to charge? It’s just advice. \r\n\r\nYou want free advice to help you make more money? Does that make sense?\r\n\r\nI gotta eat too. My rent isn’t free. \r\n\r\nI love helping people. I really do. We’ve done thousands of free sessions. I answer messages and emails at all hours of the day. And I love doing that. \r\n\r\nWe’ve had events with over 2000 attendees that are free and we give away incredible resources like our free resume templates, articles and videos. Those cost time and money to make. \r\n\r\nIt wouldn’t be fair for me to advocate for you making more money, if you can’t do the same for us.\r\n\r\nThere’s an interesting paradox I’ve seen. The paradox of generosity. Often the people we give the most free stuff to, keep on asking for more. Demanding. Entitled. \r\n\r\nBut the ones willing to pay from the start? Amazing customers. Kind, motivated, respectful. And they see incredible life changing results.\r\n\r\nOur median salary increase is $17500 and often people have only paid $150 for that. That ROI is out of this world. Where else can you spend $150 and make $17k?\r\n\r\nThis is a hard thing to talk about because of course I want to help people and keep HireClub accessible, but for communities to stay afloat, to thrive, there has to be investment.\r\n\r\nWe all win when we invest in each other.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":1,"name":"How HireClub Got Started","slug":"how-hireclub-got-started","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2017-05-09T16:45:25.017Z","content":"Back in 2011 I was trying out a couple of ideas and still working on my design agency [kidbombay.com](http://kidbombay.com). Finding great people to work with was always a challenge. So I created a [facebook group](http://fb.com/groups/hireclub), invited 25 of my friends and it just went off on it's own.\r\n\r\n**On our first day** we had our first interview.\r\n\r\n**In our first week**, we had our first hire.\r\n\r\nI think the rules of HireClub and the guidelines are what makes it work. The one to one nature removes the depersonalization of typical job boards. Jobs are about people not  job posts.\r\n\r\nOver the first few years, I kinda just let it grow on it's own. We had happy hours here and there but I didn't really do much. The community grew organically. Starting in 2017 I really wanted it to grow and expand even further now that we have hit 10k members.\r\n\r\nThere is so much more to come though. HireClub brings me joy everyday. Not a day goes by without someone telling me how much it helped them get connections they normally wouldn't. It's my mission to make sure I can help as many friends as possible find jobs.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":33,"name":"HireClub Job Seeker Meetup May 2018","slug":"hireclub-job-seeker-meetup-may-2018-33","cover_uid":null,"published_on":"2018-05-16T18:08:56.650Z","content":"Last night we had our HireClub Job Seeker Meetup.\r\n\r\nHonestly it was one the best events we've ever had.\r\n\r\nStrangers sharing their job struggles with new friends. Sharing tips, helping each other out.\r\n\r\nJust so much positivity and honesty.\r\n\r\nI want to thank Cassie Breeggemann for initially spearheading this.\r\n\r\nAfter doing my coaching this morning (Yes I have my own HireClub Career coach!), I was inspired with a vision.\r\n\r\nWhat if HireClub in the future has an office where every night we have career meetups?\r\n\r\nYou could pop in for Headshots! You could come to the Designer's meetup to discuss fonts. You could come in the Product manager's meetup to discuss growth strategies. You could come to the Developer's meetup to talk about coding interviews. We build our community together in person.\r\n\r\nAs positive as I try to be, running a startup is hard. We've done something amazing in taking a Facebook group and turning it into a real business.\r\n\r\nBut revenue and paying myself and our team real salaries is something we still struggle with.\r\n\r\nSo events like last night, really fuel the fire. It shows me what's possible and that we are on the right track by focusing on the community.","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}},{"id":273,"name":"Professional Networking","slug":"professional-networking","cover_uid":"jeriiebefemmsxgzfbt0","published_on":"2022-08-23T21:44:42.452Z","content":"Kindness goes a long way. \r\n\r\nI think many people think you can just turn on networking and bam! You got connections. \r\n\r\nBut I think it’s much deeper than that. Every interaction, every possible meeting is a chance for growth. \r\n\r\nYou have to build that warmth and kindness as part of who you are. I’ve seen so many stories of people from your past popping up to help at the last second. \r\n\r\nPeople might not remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel. \r\n\r\nI talk a lot about community but what does that word mean really?\r\n\r\nTo me it means building friendships not just for yourself but for others. \r\n\r\nBeing a connector. \r\n\r\nAct like the host of a party at any event. \r\n\r\nIntroduce people to each other. \r\n\r\nAsk people questions that show you care. \r\n\r\nTake notes and send a short email after. \r\n\r\nOffer everyone mints. 😂","user":{"id":2,"username":"kidbombay","name":"Ketan Anjaria","avatar_url":"https://res-5.cloudinary.com/hireclub/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,g_north,h_200,q_auto,w_200/h5zk2mzyb3e45b428l0f"}}]