Monday, February 20, 2012

Netsoft Completes 6th Placement at GoPro

GoPro is the world's leading activity image capturing company. GoPro produces the famous HERO® line of wearable and gear-mountable cameras and accessories, GoPro's products are sold through Best Buy and specialty retailers in over 40 countries.

Netsoft has now placed 6 professionals with GoPro: 2 engineering directors, a Sr. engineering program manager, a Sr. mechanical engineer, a Sr. Hardware Engineer and a Sr. firmware engineer with GoPro. Congratulations to Wing Poon, Sr. Hardware Engineer.

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Netsoft Completes Placements at MapR Technologies, Arxan & Retained Search for HPCC Systems

Netsoft completes 4th placement at MapR Technologies
AVP of Sales West, Solutions Engineer for the North East and Director of Sales in NYC and Atlanta


Netsoft places the VP Asia Pac for Arxan

Netsoft completes first search, Director of Sales, for a new player into the big data space
HPCC Systems.

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

5 Things I Look for in a Great Job Interview


Here is what separates a good candidate from a great one.
By Matthew Swyers

In my career I have reviewed thousands of resumes and conducted hundreds of employment interviews for both The Trademark Company and other businesses for which I have worked. In doing so, I got to see the good, the bad, and the downright ugly in terms of resumes, interviewing skills, and the like. For other CEOs looking to hire, here's what I think makes a great candidate stand out from the good ones. Read story here...

Visit the Netsoft Career Center to read this article and more career tips here...

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Job Hunting Tips: Eight Things You Should Never Say in a Job Interview

Hiring for Attitude (McGraw-Hill/Available now) is a book intended for recruiters, but in its pages author Mark Murphy reveals the game within the game that applicants need to understand to make the best possible impression in an interview. Managers often seek subtle but telling uses of language to detect trouble signs; certain answers to questions may be seen as demonstrating lack of ability to handle change, challenges, team chemistry or corporate culture. In other words, being talented isn’t enough when hirers are determined to distinguish candidates who know how to work well within the organization. Murphy is founder and CEO of Leadership IQ, a training and management consulting firm. Read story here..

Visit the Netsoft Career Center to read this article and more career tips here...

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Netsoft Completes 20th Placement at Ruckus Wireless


Founded in 2004, Ruckus invented the market for smart access points, selling wireless solutions to both Service Providers and Enterprise Customers worldwide, including their Wireless Broadband Access and 3GO products.

Netsoft began working with Ruckus in 2005 when the company was just 25 people.

Netsoft has now placed five Sr Directors and Directors, five managers, and ten senior engineering and other professionals with Ruckus. Congratulations to Ellie Huang on her new position as Carrier Marketing Manager.

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Netsoft Completes 5th Placement at GoPro

GoPro is the world's leading activity image capturing company. GoPro produces the famous HERO® line of wearable and gear-mountable cameras and accessories, GoPro's products are sold through Best Buy and specialty retailers in over 40 countries.

Netsoft has now placed 5 professionals with GoPro: 2 engineering directors, a Sr. program manager, a Sr. mechanical engineer, and a Sr. firmware engineer with GoPro. Congratulations to Eric Jing, Sr. Firmware Engineer.

Note this article about GoPro in the Wall Street Journal:

READ WSJ ARTICLE

Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Job Hunting - Make In-Person Connections - New Article in Netsoft Career Center

In 1938, Lillian Brownstein Chodash had already spent 15 months looking for work. One morning she rode the elevator to the top of an office building in her Jersey City, N.J., neighborhood and started knocking on doors. She worked her way down nine stories, fielding rejection after rejection.

Finally, on the second floor, Ms. Chodash found a father-and-son real-estate and insurance business. The duo had just fired their secretary that day. After a shorthand and typing test, they hired her on the spot. Read entire WSJ article here...

Visit the Netsoft Career Center to read this article and more career tips here...


Netsoft is a Technology Search firm, co-founded in 1992 by Randal J. Prout and Eric A. Thoreson and serving Silicon Valley from our office in Santa Clara, California.

Note our track record and the resulting success of our client companies!

Providing Retained Executive Search and Contingency Search

We are a boutique search firm specialized in attracting top talent for positions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. While we serve Silicon Valley networking and software startup company needs throughout the U.S., we also locate top performers for companies worldwide searching for California-based talent.