State of the startup and scaleup hiring markets – as seen by recruiters

More startups and scaleups are hiring engineers and engineering leaders. Advice for tech professionals on how to get noticed by specialist recruitment companies – from two specialist recruiters

Deepdives State of the startup and scaleup hiring markets in 2025 – as seen by recruiters More startups and scaleups are hiring engineers and engineering leaders. Advice for tech professionals on how to get noticed by specialist recruitment companies – from two specialist recruiters Gergely Orosz Feb 18, 2025 ∙ Paid 248 2 13 Share Last week, we looked into data from global hiring agency Indeed that found software development job listings are at a five-year low . To check how representative (or not) these numbers are of the tech jobs market, I pinged some tech recruiters. The response was not w

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