The crypto job market is the hottest it's been in 2+ years.
I've aggregated the best web3 hiring/job content from the top founders and builders in the space.
Read this to understand how crypto founders & builders think:
1/ THE ONLY JOB HUNTING GUIDE YOU, AS A CHAD, NEED TO FIND YOUR DREAM ROLE IN THE SPACE.
These are the platforms, resources, and ways you can get a leg up on the competition when searching for your next position.
I expect hiring in crypto/web3 to rapidly gain momentum in Q1 of 2024.
Crypto-native talent will always be in high demand, but demonstrating that effectively is much easier said than done.
Here's how to highlight your crypto-nativity during interviews to impress:
After ~2 incredible years at
@UpTopSearch
my time has come to an end.
I will be forever grateful of
@dan_uptop
&
@marty_uptop
for taking a huge bet on me and giving me the opportunity to 10x my career. I’ll miss everyone on the team who have become a second family to me and I’m
Our job board at
@scrib3_co
is finally live!
Come check out some of the open roles + an about us page!
I'm actively hiring for the following right now:
-Content team; manager, writers & researchers
-Junior Designer
-Head of Community *coming soon*
-Marketing Manager
Made my first hire as an internal recruiter last week!!!
-38 first round/screening calls on the calendar last week
-8 offers sent out
4 weeks into the role and I have sent ZERO Linkedin recruiter messages.
This is the power of relationships in crypto. So grateful 🫡
3 years ago I knew nobody in crypto.
I worked as a mod in a failed NFT project, while still working my web2 physician recruiting job.
There’s no shortcut. You have to put in the work.
the challenges of hiring for social media roles in crypto & web3 imo:
-typically, it’s tough to find a good social candidate just by looking at their LinkedIn or resume
-it takes a lot of time to research and source profiles you want to interview. then you gotta spray and
Personal update: last month I joined
@scrib3_co
as their Head of Talent, coming in as their first in-house recruiting hire. My main focus will be to ensure that SCRIB3 is attracting and bringing in the top crypto native talent on the market.
honestly gonna sound lame as fuck, but I’m just so grateful for all the people in the crypto ecosystem and especially everyone in my network who is constantly supporting me
y’all are real ones fr 🫶
gm
i've been hesitant to say anything, i don't want to be a doomer on the timeline, but i've been feeling pretty down the past 3-4 weeks.
tldr: was at the park w/ my kids and reinjured my knee for the 2nd time in 2 years. have been trying to put off another surgery on the same
I joined
@scrib3_co
at the start of the year to build the best GTM/marketing agency in crypto
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Another giga chad added to the roster
As an agency recruiter, placing a candidate in crypto, in a role they love, is a great feeling and sure - getting paid for it is amazing too.
BUT, there is no better feeling than placing a friend in their next role in the space.
Being able to support someone in return who has
Lots of crypto teams are serious about wanting to hire good talent.
Not as many teams are serious about putting in the work to hire good talent.
Lesson in there.
im hiring a head of community for our team at
@scrib3_co
!
this person will be responsible for leading our growing internal community team of ~10 and working on strategy & execution for our community clients.
this is a super unique role in the sense that you will be able to
the level of talent we are hiring at
@scrib3_co
rn is off the charts 🔥
there were 5 of us a year ago and we will be at 100 team members soon
we’re building the best crypto marketing agency in the world
💥 ✍️💥
gm
I spoke with an anon the other day who came from a more typical tradfi background
when he looked to land his first job in crypto, he reached out to a market maker/otc firm
instead of sending his resume, he sent an investment thesis/research piece that he conducted
he
One of the things I’ve learned from hiring GTM ppl in the past ~8 months:
Good marketers know how to latch onto current narratives.
Great marketers understand how to help create a narrative.
Interviewing can be a nerve-racking process for some individuals.
Also, crypto interviews are starkly different compared to interviewing for a TradFi/web2 job.
Here’s some tips to help 👇
my wife is a dental hygienist and she had a patient today, some young kid, who is currently studying finance at Georgia.
she asked him what he wants to do and he replied by saying he wants to work in Web3.
ppl on the timeline are constantly talking about onboarding the next
getting 9 offers sent out this week for
@scrib3_co
(and it's only Wednesday)
not only is the sheer volume crazy, but the quality and alignment is off the charts.
AND im still hiring btw!
always looking to chat with value and principle aligned individuals; just send me a DM!
pro tip for candidates that absolutely goes under the radar:
the actual interviews are obviously very important, but so is your communications and behavior outside of the interview during the process
NEW: Tezi raises a $9M Seed to build an autonomous AI recruiter
Max, the AI recruiter, is trained by top hiring managers & recruiters to handle the entire recruiting process. It sources candidates, screens applicants & schedules interviews.
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1/ FAKE CANDIDATES & SCAM JOB POSTINGS RUN RAMPANT IN CRYPTO!
The largest exploit in all of crypto, totaling over $600 MILLION, occurred in July 2022 due to this very issue.
What exactly does this mean and how can you keep yourself safu?
There’s not a single team/project in crypto that’s brought on more all-star nontechnical talent than
@scrib3_co
has in the past ~6 months.
We are fucking cooking holy shit
if you are interviewing for a crypto job right now, never say, mention or describe yourself as the the following in an interview:
-i'm a dot connector
-i've worn multiple hats
-explore potential synergies
-blockchain enthusiast
-cardano
I joined
@scrib3_co
at the start of the year to build the best GTM/marketing agency in crypto
Nothing more. Nothing less.
Another giga chad added to the roster
When I was told we were hiring a new Head of BD to lead the organization,
@Bonecondor
was the very 1st person I thought of.
We needed someone who could represent our brand in-front of the best teams + founders building in crypto to help them in their GTM efforts.
Beyond
Smol announcement: I'm joining the
@scrib3_co
team as Head of BD! I've loved getting to know the team, and can't wait to see what we can achieve together.
I'm staying on at
@osec_io
. I'm not leaving, simply expanding my soft skills toolset to help everyone in crypto win :)
1/ "Crypto Hiring Market Report 2023"
THE MARKET IS GOING CRAZY ATM, BUT HOW DOES HIRING LOOK AT THE MIDWAY POINT OF THE YEAR?
This is a must read if you work in crypto, aspire to work in the space, or merely invest. Let's dive into various data/research to understand trends!
Tbh one of the most exciting aspects of agency work in crypto is being on the bleeding edge of new projects, emerging tech, news, alpha and honestly just front running most of ct.
I think agency can give you the best purview of what’s really going on, second to only the top
In theory, hiring and talent acquisition should be one of the easiest aspects of scaling your startup.
The reality is much different for many crypto teams though.
Why?
imo any project launching in the space should take notes from
@monad_xyz
and more specifically, the storytelling ability of the team and
@keoneHD
. That team over there has perfected how to create a community, narrative and ecosystem through storytelling. every time I open ct to
I think the most obvious difference between working in crypto (perhaps at a startup in general) versus a cushy six figure web2 job is you can’t just coast 50% of the time and still be successful/get results
I'm excited to announce that I've joined
@scrib3_co
as Associate Community Director!
I've heard lots of great things about the team and I'm delighted to be part of it now
The projects that were still strategically hiring and taking talent seriously during 2022-23 lows are clearly winning right now.
I don’t even need to say names, it’s bang obvious.
Stoked to be having Samantha join the team at
@scrib3_co
!!!
She's genuinely one of the smartest content marketers I've been lucky enough to speak to! ✍️🔥
Very excited to announce that I’m joining the content team at
@scrib3_co
! Stoked to work with a killer team and tell the stories of some of the biggest brands in crypto
Looking forward to this new chapter ✨
catch me yapping next month about the importance of your internal hiring process, especially in a competitive market like we've seen the past 6+ months of crypto
I often see founders/startups looking to hire someone from a “blue chip” or similar project that’s been successful to varying degrees.
I completely understand the logic here, because if they’ve done it once before, theoretically, said candidate should be able to replicate the
Let's be honest here: recruiters typically have a bad rap (most of the time it's warranted).
I don't get it right all the time (I was way late here to provide feedback to this candidate) but hopefully, if you've been on a call w/ me, you've left with more value, knowledge &
1/ YESTERDAY EVENING,
@brian_armstrong
ANNOUNCED A NEW "VIP ACCESS" HIRING INITIATVE BY
@coinbase
!
Let's take a look at what this means for you and I'll also drop some alpha on how
@Twitter
is about to drastically change hiring in crypto.
it’s gotta be crazy right now lol.
would most likely turn my DMs off, unless potentially open to something new. might be worth entertaining some people if you are indexing towards compensation. companies are having to pay crazy bull market rates for good candidates atm.
not enough people say it out loud, but
@berachain
is an absolute masterclass on marketing.
henlo, bera baddies, bongbears, and furthermore, ooga booga.
absolute masterclass.
It’s pretty crazy not many people in crypto are talking about the new jobs feature coming to
@Twitter
A lot of crypto hiring interactions already take place on twitter, so having an integration and new feature by
@TwitterHiring
will be super relevant to our industry imo.
I
i’ve been wanting to put together a crypto x football (soccer) tg group for a while.
great timing w/ the euros going on tbh
would anyone be interested? ⚽️
2/ FOLLOW THE VC MONEY:
Despite it being a bear market atm, there is still funding if you know where to look. This point becomes even more crucial when the bulla hits and all chaos breaks loose.
🔑 The key point here is to get your foot in the door at a project early.
The secret is out that hiring is picking back up in crypto. As momentum carries into Q1 of '24, I feel that it's super important to continue to bring awareness to this issue. A friend sent me this scam last night. Check it out:
So in these 4 slides, you can clearly see this
1/ FAKE CANDIDATES & SCAM JOB POSTINGS RUN RAMPANT IN CRYPTO!
The largest exploit in all of crypto, totaling over $600 MILLION, occurred in July 2022 due to this very issue.
What exactly does this mean and how can you keep yourself safu?
A small piece of advice for those of you that will actively be on the crypto job market in 2024:
There is nothing wrong with exploring the market/different opportunities and being transparent with hiring managers about other processes you're in as you figure out the ideal next
excited to be heading back to
@Web3_ATL
again!
bullish on
@404DAO
,
@Blockchain_GT
and what they're building here. looking forward to discussing the intersection of talent and crypto 🫡
this is the last thing any of you want to hear post ethdenver but:
putting together a house w/ some friends, if you plan to be in Austin for Consensus at the end of May send me a DM :)
i had to take "hiring usually slows down during this time of year" out of my pitch to candidates the last few weeks.
the volume we are doing at
@uptopsearch
at the moment (weekly interviews scheduled, offer letters received & placements) is absolutely mind-blowing right now.