How to represent yourself & your relationship with companies

If you are reaching out to candidates for a role advertised by, Google, for example, Please avoid mentioning that you’re working at said company.

Instead, here are some examples you can take inspiration from:

“I work with early stage VC backed startups in the (industry_name)…”

“I’m collaborating with (company_name) to help them find a founding engineer…”

If you’re concerned that candidates will find out about the bounty or the platform and submit themselves, please do not worry.

We have a system in place to check when you contacted, saved, or submitted a candidate and issues get resolved.

Being professional when representing a company

When reaching out to candidates, you have the responsibility to be as professional as possible on behalf of the company you’re representing.

Please make sure to avoid the following:

Being unprofessional not only hurts your chances of getting the candidate to be interested in the role, but also will hurt the employer brand/reputation of the company you’re representing.