Show Notes
In this episode, we talked to Coley Raustein. Coley is a Talent Partner at Memora Health where she owns all recruiting as a team of 1. She brings a wealth of experience from recruiting teams at a range of tech companies from startups to FAANG. Before joining Memora, Coley was a recruiter at Amazon and Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a post IPO biotech startup.
She brings a wealth of experience from recruiting teams at a range of tech companies from startups to FAANG.
We focused our discussion on her experience as the only recruiter at Memora and how she brings structure to the ambiguity that comes with hiring first-of roles. She shares tons of tactical tips for founders and early-stage hiring teams building out an effective recruiting function.
We discuss:
- How she spends her time as the only recruiter at a 100+ person company
- Best practices for closing candidates
- How to hire first-of roles & building a playbook to guide the team
- Using phone screens to iterate on sourcing strategy
- Resources you need as an early-stage recruiter to scale your time
- How to build great hiring manager <> recruiter relationships
- Training interviewers at an early-stage company
