One way to recruit talent in Dallas like an A-Level startup

It’s time to shake the bootstrap mentality. We need to offer talented engineers and executives opportunities that are compelling in Dallas. There are many ways to do this. Today, I want to discussion non-salary compensation.

Successful startups all across the country are doing really innovative things to entice top-level talent to join the teams and example is 37Signals offer a four day work week as a standard part of business. Friday’s are off. They also offer people fully remote work options as well as providing employees discretionary spending account and trust that people make reasonable spending decisions. They empower their employees to make good decisions and most often they do.

Another company I work with in San Francisco offers flex time off – not paid time off. Under flex time off, the company enables employees to take time off as needed. If they have a talent engineer who wants to take a month off from work, they allow that. Basically, this allows all full-time employees the freedom to take time off as they need.  Of course, the time would need to be approved by their manager and they would be responsible for making sure their work is covered.

It’s not your standard two weeks of accrued vacation time. This is one way they are able to capture great talent for their team. With all of the work-life balance issues like longer hours at a startup, this is an amazing benefit that is offered in order for them to attract top-level talent but also compete in the extremely competitive environment of talent acquisition in the Bay Area.

Dallas has amazing talent and we need to cultivate opportunity for that talent. This is a great town with good people and I hope that as we continue to evolve, that our entrepreneurs will take the lead in our young startup community.

Vahid Behzadi is Senior Executive Recruiter with CyberCoders. He is based locally in Plano, TX as suburb of Dallas.

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CyberCoders Recruiter Showcase: Sharon Brown, My Texas Recruiting Partner!

I wanted to introduce you to another one of my associates here at CyberCoders. The last time we introduced you to Curt Weigel. Today I’d like you to meet Sharon Brown. She is a Texas-Based CyberCoder like myself, and one of the outstanding recruiters we have here to support you. Please say hello to Sharon.

VB: Tell us about yourself
SB: I’m a enthusiastic Recruiter who loves the job I’m in! Every day is great day when you place talented candidates in awesome companies. It’s like matchmaking on the job market!

VB: How long have you been recruiting? How long have you been working at CyberCoders?

SB: I’ve been with CyberCoders almost six years and worked 2 ½ years at an administrative-focused agency prior to CC.

VB: What are your areas of expertise?

SB: Commercial and Residential Audio Visual Integration companies are above and beyond my passion and forte. I love all aspects of engineering recruiting, however. Anything from Biomed to recycled paper to mobile-home siding! I love engineers. They’re smart, organized, detail orientated and always do well in interviews!

VB: What are some open positions that you are recruiting for at this time?

SB: I have a Crestron Programmer in Dallas for a Commercial AV Company
http://ping.fm/THiRO

and an AV Integration Manager in Seattle, also for a Commercial AV Company
http://ping.fm/16TBA

VB: What is the best way to contact you?
SB: Sharon.Brown@cybercoders.com

Texas Q3 VC Totals Around $363.97M

I am pretty much a Start Up Junkie. At a minimum, I love to know what new cool things going on in my community. I was in Los Angeles for 15 years and now that I am in Dallas, I have tried to really get my head wrapped around the community we have here locally and throughout the state of Texas.

I will keep you posted on the news I get and let you know about cool startups as I run into them, in Texas, California and Nationwide!

Texas TechPulse has a new report out that Q3 VC Totals hit over $350M, which is exciting for me and I hope is beneficial to all. The more exciting start ups, the more successful, the more jobs.

The amount of venture capital invested in Texas in Q3 totaled around $363.97M, according to an analysis by Texastechpulse of venture deals in our venture database. According to our analysis, investments were up from the $282M invested in Q2 of this year.

The biggest investment of the quarter was for Goodman Networks, based in Plano, a provider of engineering services to the telecom industry, which raised $62M in July. Other large deals included Plano’s Prodea, with $29.56M raised; and Richardson-based Convey Computer, with $24.15M.

Texastechpulse tracks day-to-day venture capital activity in the state of Texas, and uses venture data disclosed by companies announcing funding; self-reported by both technology companies and venture firms; as well as regulatory filings and other sources.

PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association, and VentureOne will release their quarterly nationwide results of venture activity later this month. Numbers from those firms will differ due to sources of information, timing of funding events, and classification of data.

Source: http://ping.fm/acjiL

Vahid Behzadi
Executive Recruiter