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Hiring Process

Hiring Operations Calendar for a Small Team

Hiring Operations Calendar for a Small Team

Build a copyable hiring operations calendar for a two-person team, with weekly ownership, review gates, hand-offs and stop conditions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/29

Hiring a Second Employee After Product-Market Fit

Hiring a Second Employee After Product-Market Fit

A practical post-product-market-fit runbook for hiring a second employee, with role scope, ownership, evidence and hand-off checks.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/29

Headcount Plan Change Log

Headcount Plan Change Log

Use a headcount plan change log to record demand changes, assumptions, approvals, owners, evidence and the next corrective action.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/29

Founder Guide to Intake Questionnaires

Founder Guide to Intake Questionnaires

Use a copyable founder intake questionnaire to expose missing hiring inputs, assign owners and set stop conditions before sourcing one role.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/29

Fairness Review for Job Descriptions

Fairness Review for Job Descriptions

Review a job description for job-related language, access, proxy risk, evidence and accountable human decisions before sourcing starts.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

Explaining AI Recommendations to Candidates

Explaining AI Recommendations to Candidates

A privacy review guide for explaining AI recommendations plainly, protecting confidential details and keeping human review accountable.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

Designing an anonymised recruiting study

Designing an anonymised recruiting study

Design an anonymised recruiting study with a clear question, data-minimisation plan, re-identification review, denominators, access controls and stop rules.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

Designing a Lightweight Applicant Funnel

Designing a Lightweight Applicant Funnel

A practical applicant-funnel runbook for busy startup hiring managers, with simple stages, review questions, owners and stop conditions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

DEI Metrics Without Demographic Overreach

DEI Metrics Without Demographic Overreach

A small-team guide to defining DEI metrics, protecting demographic data, testing uncertainty and making human-owned corrective decisions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

Defining a Recruiting Funnel Denominator

Defining a Recruiting Funnel Denominator

Define a recruiting funnel denominator with explicit units, cohort rules, exclusions, duplicate handling, missing-data decisions and analyst stop conditions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/28

Interview Debrief Process: Turnaround Rules and a Template

Interview Debrief Process: Turnaround Rules and a Template

Run each interview debrief on time: what starts the clock, how to chase missing feedback, who owns the decision, and a copy-ready debrief sequence.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/25

Data Minimisation in Candidate Sourcing

Data Minimisation in Candidate Sourcing

A playbook for minimising candidate data: map purpose, lawful-basis ownership, collection, access, retention, fairness and human review.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/25

Confidence Intervals for Hiring Metrics

Confidence Intervals for Hiring Metrics

A founder's guide to defining hiring metrics, choosing confidence-interval methods, checking assumptions and stopping when data cannot support comparison.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/25

Careers Page Content Checklist for Startups

Careers Page Content Checklist for Startups

A copy-ready careers page content checklist for startups, covering proof, role promises, accessibility, privacy, ownership and measurement.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/24

Candidate Pipeline Conversion Calculator

Candidate Pipeline Conversion Calculator

Calculate recruiting pipeline conversion with explicit counts, denominators, missing-data rules, synthetic scenarios, sensitivity checks and stop conditions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/24

APAC Workforce Data Source Guide

APAC Workforce Data Source Guide

Choose APAC workforce data sources by definition, coverage, period and revision policy, then document finance assumptions without inventing a regional benchmark.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/24

APAC Cross-Border Candidate Data Checklist

APAC Cross-Border Candidate Data Checklist

Use this copy-ready checklist to map APAC candidate data flows, transfer evidence, retention, access, vendors, fairness and human approval.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/23

Adverse-Impact Questions for Small Teams

Adverse-Impact Questions for Small Teams

A small-team checklist for investigating adverse impact across hiring stages, with denominators, uncertainty, privacy, accessibility and human ownership.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/23

Accessibility in Candidate Assessment

Accessibility in Candidate Assessment

A privacy-review guide to accessible candidate assessments: modality, adjustments, WCAG checks, data minimisation, human ownership and stop conditions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/23

First 30 Days of a Founder Hiring Plan

First 30 Days of a Founder Hiring Plan

A 30-working-day calendar for founders launching one approved role, with weekly gates, owners, evidence records and reset decisions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/09/21

Structured Interview Guide for Small Hiring Teams

Structured Interview Guide for Small Hiring Teams

A practical structured interview workflow for small teams, with shared questions, evidence labels, independent notes and clear next actions.

avatar for Derek ChauBy Derek Chau · 2026/08/27

Startup Hiring Without an Internal Recruiter: What to Own and What to Buy

Startup Hiring Without an Internal Recruiter: What to Own and What to Buy

A practical operating model for startup hiring without an internal recruiter, covering ownership, sourcing, assessment, records and buy-versus-own choices.

avatar for Kevin WongBy Kevin Wong · 2026/08/27

Startup Hiring Checklist

Startup Hiring Checklist

A checklist for a Hong Kong startup's first hires: role scope, budget, sourcing route, evidence standard, offer and the paperwork you cannot skip.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27

How to Write a Technical JD That Produces Better Matches

How to Write a Technical JD That Produces Better Matches

Write a clearer technical job description with outcomes, evidence, boundaries and a candidate-friendly application route.

avatar for Nicholas YanBy Nicholas Yan · 2026/08/27


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