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"You can't do referrals without employees" | Interview with ex-Coinbase tech recruiter, Ruby B

September 23, 2021

She's done everything regarding tech recruiting, but always in high-growth startups. Ruby is a Diversity and Inclusion focused Technical Recruiter that has worked for companies like Coinbase, Lyft and 3Cubed, and has been a recruiting mentor at 500 startups. Now she's Career Coach at Springboard and is working on bringing her own podcast to life.

After a few emails, we finally could schedule a convenient time to chat about Employee Referrals –she drinking her morning coffee from San Francisco, we enjoying a cold after-office aperitif from Tbilisi.

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September 23, 2021

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