Stuck between two strong candidates? Stop trusting your gut. Here's a hiring decision framework that helps startup founders pick the right person without coin-flipping.
Ava Stavros
Head of Content at Bringboard
Recruited for three startups before any of them had an ATS. Spent too many hours wrangling spreadsheets, chasing scheduling emails, and explaining to founders why "just post it on LinkedIn" isn't a hiring strategy. Now writes about what growing teams get wrong about hiring, and how to fix it without buying software built for Fortune 500 companies.
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