10 Ways of Recruiting for Startups in Brazil

Dear Readers,

As you may have noticed, I have not been posting very frequently.

Although blame lies entirely with me, these two worthy distractions have contributed to my delinquency:

Quora

Twitter

Anyway, I was recently asked by an entrepreneur how to recruit for a startup in Brazil, so I thought that I would share a few suggestions (in no particular order).

(1) Talk to Diego at Startupi and let him know what your startup does and that you are recruiting

(2) Talk to Diego at Read Write Web Brasil and let him know what your startup does and that you are recruiting

(3) Attend Startup Meetups like the ones organized by ReadWriteWeb Brasil and Startupi

(4) Use a job site like MaisStartup 

(5) Attend events like Google's Sao Paulo Developer Day and InterCon 

(6) Develop a following among local developers/entrepreneurs on Twitter, then tweet when you have an opening

(7) Either start a blog or participate in the comments of popular startup blogs in Brazil and get to know the community

(8) Get involved with universities and incubators like Aceleradora

(9) Use social media like Facebook and Orkut to spread the word that you are recruiting 

(10) Talk to local angels and venture capitalists and tell them what kind of person you are looking for (angels and venture capitalists get a lot of resumes and can pass them along)

I hope that these suggestions are helpful!

If anyone has any additional suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section of this blog post.

Thanks!

 

Comments

[twitter.com/ericnsantos]

Simon,
Those are all good tips, but for me what has been by far the most effective way to find and attract talents is to invest time and effort to build a strong relationship with some groups inside the Universities.

Even better than professors, there are a few organizations - like junior enterprises, PET programs, AIESEC and others - that you can immensely benefit from if you have internal access and credibility. Those organizations already do a pretty good job in filtering and preparing talented people, and usually after a couple of years of "formation" there, they're ready to tackle another challenge.

Then if you have access to those people, it's just a matter of finding a good opportunity fit in your Startup for both sides. ;)

To get inside those groups and slowly build credibility, what has worked for me is to constantly offer to provide value through activities like mentoring, speeches, workshops, etc. Usually they're hungry for things like that.

BR,
Eric

[Simon Olson]

Hi Eric!

Great comment!

That is exactly the kind of comment I was hoping to receive.

Now, entrepreneurs reading this will have 11 ways of recruiting! :)

Thanks for participating in the conversation!

Um abraco,

Simon :)