{"id":8005,"date":"2016-08-08T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=8005"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:33:03","slug":"get-the-best-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/get-the-best-hires\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get the Best HIRES (Without Increasing Your Budget)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute <\/span><\/span><p><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/olpr6cbnmw.jsonp\" async=\"\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_olpr6cbnmw seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Possibly the hardest thing you face at work is surrounding yourself with SUPERSTARS. You know, the new hires who make your work easier and twice as productive (while having a lot of fun ; )<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is getting those superstars to choose YOUR company over the bigger companies with deeper pockets. When your competition is giving your superstar hires better offers, how can YOU get them to choose your company?<\/p>\n<h2>Enter Laura Upcott<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lauraupcott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laura<\/a> is the co-owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stafflink.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stafflink<\/a>, a boutique IT staffing company in Toronto. Stafflink needed a new IT recruiter and found a ROCKSTAR.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;who was being wined and dined with better offers from her competition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So Laura put together THIS quick Powtoon&#8230;and won the Rockstar over (in 90 seconds) to choose Stafflink over the competition. YES!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unleash Your Greatness As A Tech Recruiter\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/146934303?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Powtoon \u2014 Beyond Simple Ads<\/h2>\n<p>But that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg. Because Laura uses Powtoon for work in so many creative and strategic ways \u2014 your head will spin with awesomeness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blog-post images<\/li>\n<li>Presentations<\/li>\n<li>Homepage videos<\/li>\n<li>And tons more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Does Laura Say?<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quote I love from our phone call:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;People are just so visual and so impatient, Powtoon gives me a way to put in very high quality graphics. We do end up getting business from our Powtoons. 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