The VanHack ATS is launching in early 2021. You can sign up here to get early access! We knew nothing about recruiting when we started VanHack in 2015. In fact, we became a recruiting company by accident. The original idea, and still the core, of VanHack was our soft skills school for tech talent. We …
There are a number of ways in which you can establish a Canadian corporate presence. This blog post will go over the most common setups, discuss tax implications, and provide a more detailed roadmap into setting up in Canada. Before we begin, it’s important to note that every company is different, and thus it’s always …
We are STOKED to announce that the Vanhack Slack App just went live on Product Hunt! With VanHack’s Slack App you can Quickly and easily search our database of 177,000+ developers Get direct links to candidate profiles Schedule interviews in minutes Empower your whole team – allow anyone to search for the right candidate Here’s …
VanHack places No.39 out of 400 on The Globe and Mail’s second-annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies with 3-year revenue growth of 1,314%! It’s so exciting to see our name up on this list. When we started out in 2015 (feels like a lifetime ago!), we knew we had a great idea – but …
VanHack is one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies! Read More »
The VanHack Virtual Hiring Fair for Women is less than a month away! We’ve had hundreds of fantastic candidates apply for the event, and we’re going to highlight five developers a week. This week, we’re looking at five fantastic Javascript developers. Aline B Aline has worked as a front-end developer since 2010. She has more …
Top 5 Javascript Developers of the week. Special VHF Edition Read More »
Getting a new job in a foriegn country is a fantastic feeling. It’s the culmination of a lot of hard work and brings with it the promise of a new life. We’ve helped over 1000 VanHackers get jobs abroad, and we’re still thrilled everytime someone gets hired through us. However, we also know that moving …
Global Mobility: Helping VanHackers relocate since 2015 Read More »
If you have hired remote workers (or are considering it), you’re bound to have run into the question of paying them. Many companies in Canada and Europe are realizing that paying employees in other countries isn’t necessarily as easy as it seems at first glance. You need to think about taxation, compliance, and a whole …
Simplify international payments with VanHack’s partner Deel Read More »
This blog post is very special for VanHack. Our colleague Juliana recently switched careers within VanHack. She went from a customer success role to joining the VanHack tech team as a front-end developer. Juliana has no prior experience as a developer. She didn’t have a formal degree in software engineering or a related discipline. What …
Juliana’s Story: Changing Careers to become a Developer Read More »
DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) are two developer software ideas that on paper may seem similar. Yet while both titles work much the same way, there are some key differences worth knowing about. As DevOps and SRE aim to streamline and connect an operations team with development, choosing between the two is tricky. …
What’s the difference between a Site Reliability Engineer vs a DevOps Engineer? Read More »
This is the first in a series of technical blog posts contributed by VanHackers. Today’s post is by Carlos G. Carlos is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of professional experience developing web applications for local and international companies. He’s worked with React, JavaScript, Electron, NodeJS, and Golang among other technologies for developing web …
As companies start to look into Remote Hiring, there’s one question that frequently comes up – how do I pay a remote employee? You may think it’s as easy as “Make an international bank transfer”.. but there’s a bit more to it than that. Let’s look at the various aspects you need to consider when …
How to pay remote workers – your questions answered Read More »
We’ve created a guide to help you kick-start your Remote Hiring processes. This is based on 5+ years of operating as a fully-remote company, as well as our experience helping over 800 candidates get jobs in Canada and the EU. Most of the candidates were interviewed and hired entirely remotely. Here’s what we cover VanHack’s …
Ramiro Rincon moved from Colombia to Montreal, and has a great story to share. Finding a job abroad requires dedication and hard work, and Ramiro’s story exemplifies this. Over to you, Ramiro. Ramiro’s Story I’ve been always willing to live in other places since I was little, but I also knew that in order to …
The events of the last month have led to you deciding to start hiring remote. That’s great news (and we can help with that – check out our Virtual Hiring Fair), but I’m sure you have a lot of questions as you start to think through the process of getting your new employee up and …
Update: We’re hosting a live webinar on Remote Onboarding. VanHack CEO Ilya Brotzky will share best practices and answer your questions on April 14, 2 PM Eastern Time. Click here to register! Building the right kind of company culture is something every company has to think about. And if you’re running a remote-only organization, it’s …
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