Bee's Knees

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Plux Agency

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We Plan, Design, Build, & Elevate Digital Products & Experiences.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Hire great frontend developers

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

• Personal Network

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Bee's Knees were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The scope was to look for 3 frontend development roles. And the expected deliverables were to be presented with a strong pipeline of candidates after an initial screening call and active search by Bees Knees' team. From that point on, the Plux Agency team would take over and conduct the rest of the process.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• That we would fill in the positions we wanted. Which we did, and are very happy with. Even besides the people we hired via Bees Knees, the overall level of the pipeline was very high.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes, they delivered everything on time, with a constant inflow of candidates and all reporting done in time. They were always very responsive, a slack message away.

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The speed with which we were presented with top talent.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

From our experience, not really. The quality of the candidate pipeline and their communication were flawless.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of People & Culture of Yolo Group

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Crypto-focused technology company that focuses on iGaming, fintech, blockchain and venture capital among other things.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Sourcing & Recruiting Senior Engineers

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Other

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

High ratings, Close to my geographic location, Great culture fit, Good value for cost, Company values aligned

What was the size of Bee's Knees’s team?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

During our cooperation, Bee's Knees supported us with various technical recruitments across our business verticals. Thanks to them, we found more than 10 new people to join our teams who are now long-term high-performing employees. Bee's Knees helped us with sourcing and interviews and often helped close the positions by giving strong selling arguments in addition to ours. In addition, they were always very helpful in providing honest and correct overview of different markets.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Quality of the candidates provided
• Hired candidates

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

The communication with Bee's Knees was always on-point, fast and very pleasant. They are very good partners to work with. We never faced any obstacles.

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

Virtual Meeting, Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

• They had a very strong and solid understanding of the profiles we were looking for.
• Strongly professional and always delivered on promised time
• Good understanding of the market

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

No, I was satisfied with everything.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Executive of Noxtton

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

International tech consulting and venture company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Hire talent across EU

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Referral

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned
• High level of trust

How many teammates from Bee's Knees were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Alignment on desired roles
• Targeted search and proactive outreach
• Candidate pre-screening and CV evaluation
• Scheduling and managing interviews for the candidates and hiring team

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We hired 4 senior people for key roles.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They were always supportive and responsive, and everything was delivered on time. We also received monthly reports for high level overview. 

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Abilitiy for tailed approach to maximise the value

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

Not at the momeny, we are pretty happy and looking forward for future collaboration

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of a B2B marketing agency.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

B2B Marketing/Sales Pipeline generation

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Early stage engineering hire

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Online Search

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

• Company values aligned
• Website clearly targeted my hiring demographic

How many teammates from Bee's Knees were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

BeeKnees helped us source a difficult-to-find early stage startup hire.  They needed to be able to be knowledgeable from an engineering standpoint, but also flexible and responsible enough to work independently/remotely for a constantly evolving startup

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Quality of candidate, number of candidates, time to hire

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Slack communication for any/all updates of new and existing candidates in the pipeline.  Hiring for a "snowflake" startup company isn't easy, but BeesKnees worked with startups before and knew the type of candidate to look for.  Very onpoint candidates versus other recruiting firms we engaged.

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

I was really impressed with their knowledge and familiarity of US startup culture and what persona/skillsets would succeed in that environment.  It's very different than typical recruiting/candidates, and I appreciated that they very quickly honed in on what we were looking for.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

First I'd say Bee's Knees did everything I expected of them.  So any suggestion would simply be an improvement beyond what was expected.  Being able to provide light technical screens and summaries of some candidates first would have helped me go into some calls better knowing where the candidate was at.

There are some standard questions where they can answer open ended that will give me an idea of their experience right away.

"e.g how would you diagnose a slow dynamic web page?"  or "how would you migrate a database column change in production?"

Having these answers in advance of a call would help me jump right into the level of questions that I think would be appropriate for the candidate.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Myndlift

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Brain health

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Hiring for two positions

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Online Search

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from Bee's Knees were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We needed help with managing the workflow in addition to the acutal work of sourcing, screening, and running the communication with candidates.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We hired for the two positions rapidly

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Very communicative and organized

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Flexible, adapted to changing requirements and were on top of things the entire time. Bee's Knees made us feel secure in the project.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

none

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of MindTitan

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We solve business problems using artificial intelligence.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Mentor our new HR manager

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Referral

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

Referred to me

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

About the project. In our first meeting, I described our challenges: we hired an HR without previous experience in the tech industry, and we needed to bring her up to speed with hiring topics. In 4 1:1 sessions with our HR, they covered sourcing, profiling, and interviewing topics.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Our HR was able to tackle recruitment topics independently after the mentoring and was shortly promoted from HR Associate to HR Manager.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

We communicated actively on Slack, and HR had a 1:1 one-hour mentoring session every week. The communication was easy, and they made us feel we were on the same page.

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email
• Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They delivered as they promised and the communication to get there was easy.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Bee's Knees could have done differently?

None come to mind.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I was working as a Technical Recruiter for a company where we were building a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Bee's Knees?

Bees Knees supported us in attracting high-level engineering talent.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement? 

Sourcing, Interviewing engineering candidates.

What is the team composition?

Myself as Technical Recruiter and Hiring Managers.

How did you come to work with the vendor?

Referred by the colleague.

What is the status of this engagement?

The hiring budget got smaller within the company, therefore there was no opportunity to collaborate further. However, I would gladly collaborate in the future as well.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

My own experience of working with Bees Knees as I no longer work at the company.

How did the vendor perform from a project management standpoint?

Professional selection of the required profiles and additional assistance in the negotiation of the Job Offers. Also, incredible support from the Bees Knees team as they always kept us up to date regarding all stages that the candidates were at.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Excellent collaboration approach, very responsible, professional engineering talent selection.

Are there any areas they could improve?

n/a

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of People of (a/an) Financial services

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

A card issuing platform offers a flexible API, detailed documentation, and a dedicated team to support our customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Bee's Knees to accomplish?

• Hire an engineer outside of the US

SOLUTION

How did you find Bee's Knees?

Other

Why did you select Bee's Knees over others?

Other

What was your primary form of communication with Bee's Knees?

Email or Messaging App

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Worked with Beesknees to hire an engineer outside of the US and to provide guidance around compensation.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• To hire an engineer

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

They were extremely communicative with us and did a fantastic job ensuring our candidates got what they needed.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were extremely communicative

Are there any areas for improvement or something {provider_name} could have done differently?

None.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Talent Acquisition Partner at a SaaS company. We provide ERP software manufacturers with the real-time overview they need with lovable and easy-to-use manufacturing software.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bee's Knees?

Bee's Knees helped us hire Full-Stack Engineers because our company was growing.

SOLUTION

How did you select this firm and what were the deciding factors?

They understand our company culture and adapt it easily and quickly.

Describe the project in detail and walk through their service package.

In our first meeting, we described the ideal candidate and our expectations. We introduced them to our company culture. They understood our expectations very well and continuously forwarded us, good candidates.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

They had done first contact with the candidate and forward us suitable candidate summary, resume and all candidates contact. We took over communication from there and kept them up to date with the candidate's next steps

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the engagement that demonstrate progress or success?

We found a lot of good quality senior full stack engineers.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

We communicated actively every day on Slack, and every Monday we did a quick update.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Communication between both sides was fluid and frequent, ensuring both sides were always on the same page.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am an executive in a tech-first hospitality company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Bee's Knees?

Recruitments of IT talent.

SOLUTION

How did you select this firm and what were the deciding factors?

I had previously worked with the company founder Olga in two of my previous companies. I am working with them the third time and hope not the last.

Describe the project in detail and walk through their service package.

Bee's Knees team supplied it with a steady flow of high-quality candidates for different IT positions, including software engineering, data, and DevOps.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

I worked closely with several recruiters from Bee's Knees.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the engagement that demonstrate progress or success?

We've hired several people in key positions in the Engineering department.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Communication is open and easy going. We communicate on ATS (applicant tracking system), email and Slack.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They strive for quality, not quantity.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

If Bee's Knees could bring 2x many candidates of the same quality - that would be amazing.