Rocket Recruiting

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Principal of an other industries company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We are a venture capital firm

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rocket Recruiting to accomplish?

• Hire across our portfolio

SOLUTION

How did you find Rocket Recruiting?

• Referral

Why did you select Rocket Recruiting over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Rocket Recruiting were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We had rocket hire across numerous of our portfolio companies across industries, stages and sizes

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Rocket made 10 hires across 2-3 portfolio companies this year

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

They were very consistent, speedy, and well communicated

What was your primary form of communication with Rocket Recruiting?

• Virtual Meeting

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

Loved Spencer as a POC

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

N/A

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Chief of Staff of a software company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

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OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rocket Recruiting to accomplish?

• Hire software engineer

SOLUTION

How did you find Rocket Recruiting?

Cold email to us

Why did you select Rocket Recruiting over others?

• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Rocket Recruiting were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Sending qualified software engineer referrals to our team.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Referrals that were high quality and passed our technical screens.

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

They were very responsive, good with following up, came prepared with questions to every meeting. Primarily communicated over slack + weekly zooms.

What was your primary form of communication with Rocket Recruiting?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The quality of referrals was the best of any agency we used.

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

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-founder & CTO of Sempre Health

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Sempre Health is bringing behavior-based, individualized copays to healthcare.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rocket Recruiting to accomplish?

• Recruiting senior software engineers

SOLUTION

How did you find Rocket Recruiting?

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Why did you select Rocket Recruiting over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Contingency pricing

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

We contracted with Rocket as a contingency-based recruiting firm for Senior Software Engineers. We have used Rocket as our primary source of candidates when we had open job reqs for engineers. The primary deliverable was our company hiring (and keeping) candidates sourced via Rocket. A secondary deliverable was support in closing candidates who passed interviews.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Candidate pipeline

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

Rocket Recruiting supplies the most qualified candidates of all our sources for engineers. They provided the best ongoing support closing candidates as well.

What was your primary form of communication with Rocket Recruiting?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Best candidate source + white-glove service.

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

Cheaper :)

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of a gaming company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Silicon Valley tech startup making the next great FPS game.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rocket Recruiting to accomplish?

• Hire key roles
• Recruiting coordination

SOLUTION

How did you find Rocket Recruiting?

Referral

Why did you select Rocket Recruiting over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Rocket Recruiting were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

We are making a video game. Rocket has helped find and recruit key roles, primarily engineers but also artists. They also handle recruiting coordination, including scheduling interviews, doing prescreen interviews, and reference checks.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Number of people hired.

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

They are easy to work with, organized, and it feels like they are part of our team.

What was your primary form of communication with Rocket Recruiting?

Virtual Meeting

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

Rocket is great! They understand and embrace our culture better than any other recruiter, and they are great at finding people who fit our high bar and culture.

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

No complaints, my experience has been very good!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the CTO of a software company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We develop an AI platform for generating and predicting properties of small molecules and apply the platform to accelerate drug discovery.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rocket Recruiting to accomplish?

• Hire Software Engineer
• Hire Machine Learning Research Engineer

SOLUTION

How did you find Rocket Recruiting?

Referral

Why did you select Rocket Recruiting over others?

• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

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

Source candidates for our recruiting pipeline, and maintain communication with them to help guide through the process

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We hired two excellent team members who are still doing great work today

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

Yes, they are responsive to feedback and they send us a steady stream of high-quality candidates

What was your primary form of communication with Rocket Recruiting?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The quality of their candidates is high, and their team is pleasant to interact with.

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

None