For our fifth credWebinar, we’re tackling a timely subject: hiring during COVID-19. To help us understand more about how to hire effectively during this time, we brought in Vivek Ravisankar, CEO & Founder of HackerRank; Wayne Huang, Head of Engineering at Tophatter; and Erika Thorson-Garay, Head of Global Talent Acquisition at LiveRamp, to tackle this subject. During this lively 45-minute panel discussion, they dove into topics like how to effectively shift your technical recruitment strategies from in-person to virtual, the tools and platforms you need to streamline recruitment, on-boarding processes, and much more.
Here are a few key insights from this panel discussion:
Wayne believes that what gives candidates confidence in signing with your company for a remote role is explaining to them what systems and tools you have in place, and a detailed plan of what your on-boarding plan will look like.
For a successful virtual on-boarding process experience, Erika went in-depth into LiveRamp’s on-boarding process, OnRamp. She discussed how they’ve worked with managers to ensure all new remote hires feel a part of the team through virtual team meetings and fun activities, as well as assigning new hires a buddy to help out with any questions they might have.
Vivek discussed how due to COVID-19 the purpose and structure of the onsite interview will change. He believes moving forward onsite interviews will be more about the candidate experiencing your work, culture, and team, rather than coming in for more technical interviews—which will be done remotely.
About our panelists
Wayne Huang, Head of Engineering, Tophatter
Wayne Huang is the Head of Engineering in San Francisco at Tophatter, a discovery shopping marketplace headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices in Portland, Oregon, Shanghai & Shenzhen China, and Bangalore, India. In his role, he leads a product and engineering team that stretches across the United States, India, and even Uruguay. Previously, he worked as the Vice President of Engineering at Revinate and Hired. Before joining Tophatter, Wayne spent time consulting with a host of early-stage startups where he could exercise his passion for building world-class engineering organizations that can scale. A native Californian, Wayne holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis. When not leading a global band of full stack engineers, he enjoys cooking and discovering new wines, and is also a private pilot.
Vivek Ravisankar, Co-Founder & CEO, HackerRank
Vivek Ravisankar is the Co-Founder and CEO at HackerRank. HackerRank is the world's leading developer skills platform, helping more than 7 million developers (over 25 percent of the global developer population) learn and practice coding. Every eight seconds, someone around the world completes a HackerRank assessment. Prior to HackerRank, Ravisankar was on the Kindle team at Amazon, India. HackerRank is the first company to be accepted by Y-combinator from India.
Erika Thorson-Garay, Head of Global Talent Acquisition, LiveRamp
Erika Thorson-Garay is the Head of Global Talent Acquisition at LiveRamp, the world's leading data connectivity platform. With nearly 20 years of talent acquisition leadership experience including roles at Target, Bank of America, Blue Shield of California and Equinix, Erika brings a variety of industry experience to LiveRamp's recruiting efforts. Stellar candidate experience is non-negotiable with the LiveRamp team and still shines through as hiring has gone 100% virtual.
