Welcome to the Blue Saturn Chronicle #4!

Thanks for the interest and all the conversations throughout the last month! We’ve learned a lot from talking with you about challenges in today’s market…

And frankly, it can be summed up in two reasons: 1) You’re thinking about your next job; or 2) thinking about the struggles of your next hires.

I’ve spoken to many of you in 1:1’s and I’ve heard the frustrations behind current job market;

😠 How many applications it takes to find the right match

😡 How long the interview process can take

🤯 The lack of feedback or speed to make both sides happy

We’re happy to take on this challenge

Today we’ll cover:

• 👀 Product Updates

• 👨‍💻 The Matchmaking process

• 💬 Community

Product Updates

Project based skills verification 🔥🔥 

Many companies use a standardized way of testing candidates on skills verification.

But is that really the best way to assess whether a candidate has the right skills?

Some people don’t test well… Some believe this isn’t the right way to know if an engineer is qualified or not. Most times, senior engineers won’t even take those tests.

So we’re recreating skills verification to be project based. 

• FOR COMPANIES: Provide a job description of an open role(s) you have.

• FOR CANDIDATES: Provide a resume + answer a few questions

• Share the top 3 non-negotiable skills you’re looking for

• Provide a code sample or requirement of what you would like to assess.

• Sit back, relax, and we’ll provide you with the curated matches soon. Our verification process will provide a more streamline way to be accurately matched.

What better way to bring immediate value then to remove some of those hectic hours spent on vetting so you can focus on some more important work.

So if you’re ready to take on some matches, share some info to us on the form below (if you haven’t already) and we’ll get our matching engine started for you. 👇️ 👇️ 

Actively hiring multiple roles? As we launch our beta, we’re happy to post your active jobs and help you get connected with great people through our matching engine. Email me directly to talk about a more bespoke engagement that would include early trial + access to matches and more role visibility.

Job seekers: Check out our openings 👉️ 👉️ OPEN ROLES

Product Timeline

Matching pipeline: NOW

If you have active roles or have discussed pre-onboarding, this week will be the start of creating a curated pipeline of matches. Shortly after this email, I’ll DM directly on how to get the process going.

MVP Version 1.0: May 2023

Our platform will be ready for an open beta launch, and will be excited to have you try out the platform. Our Smart Job Board and Code Verifier will be the first features launched to help expedite the top of funnel hiring process.

What we’re measuring as success

🔍 In order for this to work we realize our key performance indicators are:

👉️ Speed to market

👉️ Matching accuracy

👉️ Simplicity & effort

👉️ Opportunity costs

We want to work with you early stage on helping you achieve agility, so tracking these metrics will be important for us to provide continuous value.

You’ll get another email update in the next few weeks regarding this stage 🙂 

MVP 1.1: Q2 2023

What we’re hoping to accomplish with your feedback and iterations:

• Smart Job board w/ curated matching

• Code verifier to decrease dev times needed in interviews

• 1-click scheduler with Calendly API

• ATS Integrations to avoid duplicating operational work

Your feedback matters, so if there’s anything specific you’re looking for to make this process easier for you. Please don’t hesitate to share feedback directly.

That’s all for now 👋 ! Keep an eye out for new updates including product launches, new jobs, and events. 🤞 

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