Practical guides, market commentary, and honest perspectives on hiring — from the teams at EA Recruitment Group. Written for founders, hiring managers, and anyone who takes building a great team seriously.
Engineering Hiring
The average engineering hire takes 45 days and involves 6–8 interview rounds. Most of those rounds are redundant. Here is a structured approach to engineering interviews that reduces time-to-hire without sacrificing quality — used by the technology companies we work with that hire best.
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Engineering Salaries in the US, UK & Australia — 2026 Benchmarks
Hiring Strategy
The First 10 Hires: A Framework for Founders Who Want to Get It Right
Virtual Assistance
When to Hire a Virtual Assistant vs. a Full-Time Operations Role
Business Recruitment
How Recruitment Firms Can Scale Delivery Without Growing Headcount
Practical content on hiring, team-building, and market conditions — published regularly by our specialist teams.
Engineering Hiring
Most engineering JDs read like a wish list. Senior engineers ignore them. Here is how to write one that actually works.
Hiring Strategy
A bad hire costs between 1–3x annual salary. Here is the maths, and what to do about it before you start interviewing.
Business Recruitment
Most founders hire marketing too late, then hire the wrong profile. Here is the sequence that actually works for early-stage companies.
Salary & Market Data
Salary benchmarks for DevOps engineers across our three core markets, broken down by experience level and stack.
Virtual Assistance
The most time-expensive tasks on a founder's plate are rarely the most strategic. Here is where to start with delegation.
Engineering Hiring
Remote engineering works when done deliberately. These are the hiring and onboarding practices that separate high-performing distributed teams from chaotic ones.
Longer-form guides and reference resources for hiring managers, founders, and recruitment professionals.
Engineering Hiring Guide
A structured playbook for engineering hiring — from writing the brief to making the offer. Covers sourcing, interview design, technical assessment, and onboarding.
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Salary benchmarks for software engineers, backend developers, DevOps engineers, and engineering managers across three markets and five experience levels.
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A practical guide for agency owners and practice leads on how to use external sourcing and screening support to increase capacity without growing your team.
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Everything you need to know about identifying what to delegate, finding the right virtual assistant, and setting them up for success from week one.
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Engineering Hiring
12 articles
Hiring Strategy
9 articles
Salary & Market Data
7 articles
Business Recruitment
8 articles
Virtual Assistance
6 articles
Remote Teams
5 articles
Interview Design
6 articles
Recruitment Partnerships
4 articles
Early-Stage Hiring
7 articles
Onboarding & Retention
5 articles