Hire In Reverse

In a transforming global landscape, traditional hiring methods are inadequate.

The key to success lies in valuing and understanding people, nurturing a cohesive team culture, and adopting comprehensive, transparent interview practices that prioritize human attributes alongside skills. 

This shift is imperative to attract, retain, and satisfy modern candidates, as ignoring these human factors leads to inefficiencies, dissatisfaction, and mistrust, ultimately requiring a new strategic approach to hiring. 

Hire In Reverse offers solutions that encompass targeted candidate searches and proactive pipeline development, addressing the evolving demands of effective team building.

Contact: jonathan@hireinreverse.com

Hiring Strategist | Founder | Technical Leadership Recruiter - Software Industry

Stealth

Work with founders to assemble initial team following seed funding.  Project Complete.

Fractional Head of Talent

Investment Portfolio

Assembled a small group of investors to purchase, renovate and remarket houses during high growth period in Austin, Texas

Diversion – Rehab and Renovation 

Confidential (In stealth mode)

Co-Founder

Staff at Will - Search Consultancy

- Provided onsite and off site contract and retained recruiting services.
- Served in a variety of capacities within high-growth VC funded start-ups; staffing manager, outbound sourcing recruiter, high-volume recruiter
- Worked closely with hiring managers to define open roles, advertise, screen, interview and manage cycle through onboarding
- Saved hiring managers untold hours by providing key resources for time-sensitive hires
-Staffing experience at all levels from entry to c-staff, all departments; spanning industries, languages and international locals; Asia, Europe

Contract Technical Recruiter | Staffing Manager

Misc 

Technical Recruiter

US Army

Network Installation & Support & Administration

11 WORDS
I help leaders find the hiring equivalent to product-market-fit.

GAME CHANGED
Remember when hiring was annoying, but doable?  Post, slog, wrong fits, frustration. Need more pipe, throw money at it.

Things are changing.  Workforce is different.  Old ways don’t work. Impossibly, hiring seems even more competitive.

Deep down, we’re not even sure our good hires are ok, ‘cause many just don’t make.

It's not the pipeline, nor your interview technique. It's how you THINK about hiring, people and culture.

It's easy to mindlessly slip into treating people more like hardware. But, selecting based on skills alone is destroying our culture, and leaving us with skilled people who don’t fit. 

THE NEW STRATEGY
Hire the right people by giving them meaningful work, learning, growth and impact.  It requires less friction; and creates a team culture that fosters strong bonds, based on trust and respect.

Reality: HR initiatives that fabricate respect and pretend to be unbiased, have the opposite effect.

Don't see it? It's ok. They do. It's your blind spot.

The problem is hiring process that fails to attract, and can’t dependably assess fit.

This feeling of disrespect causes good candidates to opt-out early, even some despite the fact they need a job.  

RULES DON’T DEFY LOGIC
Don’t think a list of skills will attract today’s workforce. And unlike in the past, they won’t stay if the role’s not a fit. 

The key is to understand the human factors at play.

And interview candidates from a from a full 360° vantagepoint. 

LEVERAGE HUMAN NATURE

There’s little chance of getting good results with incomplete data.  

Hiring that builds successful teams requires “two” not “one” well informed decision.

Interviews that aren’t transparent, intentionally withholding details because I think I can “sell them” into the job, is a recipe for recruiting-caused-problems. 

Strategy backfire!

It’s time to consider what ‘you’re not saying’, is communicating.  Because see it or not, the message is clear! 


CONSULTANCY -- NOT AGENCY
Dedicated Search - is done-for-you, full slate of ‘qualified’ candidates and assessment optimization.

Personal Pipeline Alchemy - is a top secret, done-with-you, service where we position you to hire-at-will for future positions with a pre-built passive pipeline. [It’s not what you think, it’s better.]

MY EXPERIENCE
- Top agency recruiter; support hyper growth startups
- Built numerous VC startups, as insider; variety TA roles 
- 26 years helping software leaders build cohesive teams

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Jonathan Schultz

Findhelp

Engineering Manager

Tondro Consulting

Lead and coach team of five developers in the development of a university Student Information System and portal.

Established key Agile-inspired practices, such as development tickets, grooming sessions, daily standups, and review meetings, resulting in a 50% increase in performance across all team members

Implemented Agile adoption, focusing on iterative improvements and gradual integration of Agile principles

Re-structured team communication and collaboration, moving from individual contributors to an accountable and collaborative team environment, increasing project success rate and client satisfaction

Added a project and team management layer that addressed pain points and improved internal and external team successes

Senior Engineering Manager

The Zebra

Took my team of six developers through transformational development strategies, implementing an Empowered Product Design, prioritizing a dynamic and ultra-responsive development and delivery process. Developed frameworks to ensure that my team consistently delivered customer-centric auto and home insurance comparison products and internal systems for 100+ sales agents. 

Managed two-week Agile sprints with 90% accuracy in meeting commitments

Co-created data-driven test solutions across product, design, research, and data to identify the most effective solutions that increased funnel, results, and customer retention. Implementation of interstitial page, driving customers to understand benefits of purchasing with The Zebra vs. leaving to purchase on individual provider’s site, resulted in 23% increase in customer conversions
Lead team through company-wide change management pivot, with my team producing results immediately 

Delivered a streamlined attribution system resulting elimination of third-party services and increased sales productivity for agents with automated and prioritized data collection and presentation 

Tech lead for evaluation and implementation of Applied Epic enabling a single system of record for customers and prospects as well as establishing long-term data collection which was previously not-viable

Championed monthly Innovation Days for increase in cross-functional project collaboration

Managed business-wide transformation to Agile methodologies and continued improvements
Lead LGBTQ+ and allies employee resource group (ERG), "Dazzle;" plan and execute events in partnership with other ERG leaders

The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

Led team of six developers, system administrators, and business analysts in sprint-based Agile environment to create innovative solutions for graduate admissions, Texas executive education, and corporate relations. 

Designed and implemented development lifecycle improvements, resulting in 200% increase in sprint cadence; increased internal customer involvement, response time, and ticket closures

Drove cross-team effort to automate enterprise systems and databases; including automating and integrating graduate admissions for eight programs utilizing Salesforce and Marketo for customization and scalability

Automated executive education business using  Salesforce and Marketo, resulting in improved student purchase capability, marketing enhancements, and improved user experiences

Managed third-party vendors and contractors

Senior Eng Manager

Built and led staff of 10, including design and content specialists, to create and implement architecture and design for customized public-facing web presence.
 
Led website redesign and architecture; developed first-time responsive user experience; reduced page count by 20%+, including user data entry and storage

Designed and delivered web presence solutions to internal clients, including faculty directory, executive education buyer experience, and university program branding in partnership with technical staff  

Analyzed core issues and streamlined software development lifecycle by implementing JIRA and testing and deployment processes 

Led project goals, alignment, technical requirements, and solution delivery; prioritized projects with senior leaders, non-technical staff, and clients  

Managed relationships and projects between in-house teams and contract agencies

University of Texas System

Senior Software Developer/Analyst

Johnson Space Center

Software Developer

Hi, I'm Chance! I'm a highly effective and dedicated senior manager with over 18 years of experience of transformative team-building and delivering software within Agile frameworks. I value collaboration and have a proactive responsive management style that builds and nurtures creative problem solving to deliver strong end-products and projects.

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