Using community signals, particularly peer recommendations about a candidate, can be a powerful tool for finding the best talent, especially when searching internationally. Considering international candidates for your remote-friendly job postings may be easier than you think. Below, we’ll explain how. Imagine fully embracing the notion that talent is evenly Read more…
Integrating with Startup Teams for Maximum Impact For engineers who have spent significant portions of their careers in outsourcing firms, the transition to a tech startup can be both exhilarating and challenging. Outsourcing, a practice that is often confused with, especially in regions like Latin America, offers its own set Read more…
Why Is It So Hard to Measure Software Developer Productivity? Measuring and increasing the productivity of software development teams has come up frequently in recent weeks. Given the startup financial environment there are tighter budgets and more financial scrutiny over big line items in the P&L. Your CFO is probably Read more…
In today’s increasingly connected world, it’s becoming more and more common for companies to let their employees work remotely. In fact, according to a recent survey, around 70% of professionals work remotely at least once a week. And for many companies, allowing software engineers to work remotely can have a Read more…
Companies have figured out that they should be hiring engineering talent from a global talent pool, but many are struggling to adapt their interviewing to hire global talent effectively. Should you change your interview process to accommodate remote engineers? Not necessarily. But, if you don’t change how you interpret the Read more…
Today, most tech companies pay differently depending on where people are based. According to salary.com if you’re a software engineer in San Francisco, you’ll get a median salary of $125K, but if you’re in Detroit you’ll be closer to the median of $102K and if you are in Latin America Read more…
In the United States, the 2021 story with regard to employment is the “great resignation”. For engineers in Latin America, particularly in Costa Rica where Telescoped is focused, the story for 2021 can better be described as the “great hiring”. 2021 saw the biggest increase in engineering salaries in Costa Read more…
At Telescoped we believe that remote work is one of the most important changes of our lifetime. The shift in how we work is also one of the key drivers towards our mission of bringing opportunity, autonomy and purpose to the talented people of the world. Remote work is leveling Read more…
Since the industrial revolution, the location of companies has been a key driver of prosperity. Cities that attract growing companies bring jobs and tax revenue; thereby supporting local economies. That playbook is about to become irrelevant for companies that employ knowledge workers. The only thing that will be relevant in Read more…
As we head into Thanksgiving we’re getting very promising news from Moderna and Pfizer about the efficacy of their upcoming vaccines. This means more and more people are starting to wonder how 2021 will unfold and plans are starting to brew regarding going back to work, going back to school Read more…