E126 - Navigating The Complexities of People Ops During COVID-19 (Brad Touesnard, Delicious Brains)

In today’s episode, Joe and Christie talk with Brad Touesnard, Founder and CEO of Delicious Brains Inc and SpinupWP. As founder of Delicious Brains Inc, Brad has worn many hats. He now spends most of his time managing the product teams and growing the business. Before starting this company, Brad was a freelance web developer, specializing in front-end development.

 

Joe, Christie, and Brad discuss the challenges of finding good people when competition for remote job posting is high, what it’s like for entry level people in companies with limited resources, traditional and unconventional hiring process, and making dependable employees stay.

 

Tune in and learn about the best hiring practices in the open source environment.

 

Episode Resources

Delicious Brains - “We make super awesome products for WordPress.” SpinupWP - Your Own Extremely Fast WordPress Server Brad is on Twitter Leave an iTunes review or binge watch past episodes Send questions to [email protected] for the next Q&A pod Visit the WPMRR website Tweet Joe Tweet Christie

 

What to Listen For:

00:00 Intro 00:35 Let’s welcome Brad Touesnard of Delicious Brains Inc 02:24 Rebranding concepts for different company products 07:12 How's 2020 job hiring been for you? 10:12 Challenges competing with more remote companies in finding new hires 17:00 On people switching careers and learning new skill sets 22:55 Hiring entry level person with limited resources 25:16 Vetting candidates before going through a trial project 30:27 Finding the right people is super difficult 32:36 Keeping people for years 37:31 Promotion and position changes 40:22 Active recruitment won’t go away