How to build a remote recruitment agency

Sharon Koifman, DistantJob, B2B, Customer Acquisition, Failure, Hiring, International Founders

This interview is about how to build an online recruitment agency, which enables businesses to find remote IT employees. What I’m trying to figure out is how today’s guest is competing in a world with so many recruitment companies that are so deeply venture backed.

How is he getting customers? How is he finding the candidates? And then, what happened in the past when things didn’t exactly work out for him and he felt like he lost your soul running a previous company?

Sharon Koifman is the founder of DistantJob, a boutique recruitment agency specializing in remote IT employees.

Sharon Koifman

DistantJob

Sharon Koifman is the founder of DistantJob, a boutique recruitment agency specializing in remote IT employees.

Andrew: Hey there, Freedom Fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. And I, just a minute ago, moved the treadmill out from under my desk. I’ve been using a treadmill for a desk for a while and I think it’s a little too much pressure. I just need to work sometimes and not be distracted by another thing to do while I’m working.

Anyway, that is not what this interview is about, that’s not what Mixergy is about. Mixergy is a place where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Some of the world’s best entrepreneurs have come here to talk about where they got their ideas, how they built it up, how they got their customers, and a few things that, to be honest with you, some of them kind of regret. I’m actually saying that because I’m texting with one guest right now who regrets what he said, and that happens on a regular basis. And part of my job is to just say, “Don’t worry, the world is not going to...

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