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Gordon Ramsay

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Jessica Brody

Tom Corson-Knowles

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Jonathan Nelson

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Atif Nayeem, former Account Manager at Amazon, recently completed his MBA at Kellogg School of Management and recently received an offer as a Product Manager at Series B funded E-Commerce startup, Narvar. In this episode, Atif shares how he went about startup recruiting.Some of things he touches upon include:1. Why he decided to recruit for startups2. How it's hard to change location, industry and function at the same time, and so he looked at e-commerce startups only3. His startup selection criteria - how series B startups can be a good fit for MBAs 4. His application strategy - Applying online + sending a direct message to the recruiter or hiring manager on LinkedIn5. What he wrote in these initial messages - his projects and skills that could be relevant to the role he was applying for6. How going a step beyond to really show how interested you are in the startup is really helpful7. His interview process and some interesting questions he was asked8. How he evaluated his offer and negotiated it9. Helpful resources for interested candidatesThank you for listening!!Follow the show on Twitter @LED_CuratorWebsite www.learneducatediscover.com/Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321

Atif Nayeem, former Account Manager at Amazon, recently completed his MBA at Kellogg School of Management and recently received an offer as a Product Manager at Series B funded E-Commerce startup, Narvar. In this episode, Atif shares how he went about startup recruiting. Some of things he touches upon include: 1. Why he decided to recruit for startups 2. How it's hard to change location, industry and function at the same time, and so he looked at e-commerce startups only 3. His startup selection criteria - how series B startups can be a good fit for MBAs 4. His application strategy - Applying online + sending a direct message to the recruiter or hiring manager on LinkedIn 5. What he wrote in these initial messages - his projects and skills that could be relevant to the role he was applying for 6. How going a step beyond to really show how interested you are in the startup is really helpful 7. His interview process and some interesting questions he was asked 8. How he evaluated his offer and negotiated it 9. Helpful resources for interested candidates Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website <a href="http://www.learneducatediscover.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.learneducatediscover.com/</a> Like us on FaceBook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/</a> Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321</a>

Ep 96: Startup Recruiting - From Kellogg MBA to PM @Series B funded Narvar, Atif Nayeem