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YouTeam - A fast and easy way to hire software engineers

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YouTeam is a marketplace of hundreds of software agencies that share information about engineers working for them, so that you could seamlessly select your contractors and hire them for your project. Simply search for a technology, browse available profiles, book interviews with desired specialists and meet their agencies in a matter of minutes.

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Yuliana Oselska
Maker

The platform approach enables really faster and easier to find outsourced contractors - both a single engineer or the whole development team.

What's important, these engineers are not freelancers, they work for real software development companies. The point is that, on the one hand, these companies want to make sure their engineers are fully engaged at decent projects. On the other hand, the clients don't need to spend time and cost for due-diligence and pre-vetting process.

This is exactly what YouTeam is aimed at - to match both sides on one marketplace.

Pros:

Pre-booking. Each individual profile contains the information on engineers' availability so their services can be booked in advance.

Cons:

none so far

Pavlo Kuznyetsov
I love this concept and I hope it grows massive. I plan on using it, that's for sure.
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@pavlo_kuznetsov thank you! Are you interested in joining the supply or demand side?
Pavlo Kuznyetsov
Hrant
I think it will be pretty hard to compete with others on the market. What is the selling point of your product?
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@hr_ant99 the main difference lies in the source of talent, which in our case comes from within outsourcing companies. Generally this talent is not available anywhere else - most of the times you can't find it on any other platforms. This affects our positioning in the market. Having outsourcing companies as suppliers means that we cater to a market segment that demands a much more dedicated and long-term engagement than the supply that's formed from freelancers. At the same time such segment can now enjoy flexibility, transparency and safety not found in the direct engagement with a typical outsourcing company.
Hrant
@anton_mishchenko Thanks for feedback. Good job! Hope your product succeeds.
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@hr_ant99 Thanks a million :)
Olena Zanichkovska

Great way to find new clients and partners

Pros:

New way to hire great talents

Cons:

more visibility on engineers professional level

Taras Slyvka
Hi, where is your monetization?
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@taras_slyvka Hi, thanks for the question. As it is the case with many marketplace we are taking a commission on every invoice that's billed through the platform. The percentage varies depending on a number of factors, such as length of engagement, team size etc. Rates on the platform are set by vendors themselves, while we are happy do advise on the "market averages" if needed.
Irina Maltseva
Awesome product guys! Wish you all the best!
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@maltseva_i Thank you! Any questions - we're here to respond :)
Artur Kiulian
@andriy Sounds like you guys are trying to solve the "bench" problem for most of the agencies. My question is, how do you make this process secure enough for the agencies not to lose those employees if I decide to hire them directly bypassing your system and their agency as a commissioner.
Andri Grushetsky
Maker
@arturkiulian thanks for your question. Actually, the scenario you described would be extremely rare, as for our customers working with YouTeam provides a number of great benefits when compared to hiring engineers directly. Such as, personalised customer service and legal support. However, looking at the scenario you described from an employee perspective, if some engineers would jump on such opportunities, then maybe the agency where they work in one way or another is not good fit for them, or they are not being valued enough. If so, moving on maybe a good thing for them. But, such mode of recruitment would be pretty painful to execute. Instead, after sometime of working with a talented and hardworking engineer through YouTeam, you could ask your agency to colocate them at your offices or to transfer them to your company permanently (provided the engineer would like that). Both options are feasible, and YouTeam would assist you with any of them.
Tristan Senycia

Differences between YouTeam & UpWork.

YouTeam has been designed to provide you the opportunity to rent talented engineers who work full-time within remote companies.

UpWork on the other hand has been optimised as a freelancer portal. Whilst companies do appear on the site through an option called ‘Agency Freelancing’, the hiring processes don’t really suit hiring from agencies. But why is that?

The next three points will explain how YouTeam is different from Upwork and demonstrate features which optimise the process of renting talent from within remote companies.

Pre-vetting

YouTeam thoroughly pre-vets companies before admitting them to the platform,

Upwork doesn’t run through this process, instead the onus is you to do your own due-diligence

The Hiring / Renting Process is different between the two platforms, in a nutshell:

YouTeam uses the booking paradigm (similar to Booking.com or Airbnb)

Whereas, UpWork has a process similar to Social Networks where you can reach out to everyone

Which leads us to the fourth main difference which is engagement model:

Upwork uses the Standard freelancing model - which means freelancers hired through UpWork tend to be working across multiple projects.

YouTeam on the other hand usually assigns full-time dedicated resources. In this way engineers aren't constantly switching between different projects.

Pros:

Very straightforward hiring process, access to pre-vetted engineers and overall flexibility and speed of engagement

Cons:

None so far

Rosta Kurganskyi

We are working with YouTeam for more than 2 yeas and this is a pure pleasure to cooperate with them. These guys constantly bring in innovations and improvements to their platform, thus it transformed into mutually beneficial journey with vast amount of awesome partners.

Pros:

Great team, fast response, cool UI/UX, constant improvements

Cons:

Requirements gathering process

Andrey Nikishaev
What's your average budget per project? For example, can I hire good developer for $2-3k?
Anton Mishchenko
Maker
@creotiv we observe typical rates for the majority of senior level developers in the region of £25-35p/h or $30-45p/h. Mid or Junior levels are usually priced lower. Additionally, there is an automatic discount of 10%, which is applied to projects with length of engagement longer than one month. Also, rates on the platform are set by vendors themselves, which gives you different options to choose from.
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