Joel Gross's Blog

I am incredibly excited to announce the launch of my recruiting software https://provenrecruits.com/ for companies to use. I have used it internally to source over a 100,000 job applicants over the last two years, skills test 20,000 people, and hire the best couple of hundred! I think this will revolutionize any company that chooses to use it.

Ran into an issue with ProvenRecruits testing – if I disable CSRFtoken, I get redirected to the homepage. No idea why. Will work on this today.

I am very excited to announce the launch of the ProvenRecruits marketing site! You can check out the homepage here – https://provenrecruits.com/. What do you think?

I have been using the platform itself for my business for several years, check that out here – https://app.provenrecruits.com.

Just had an adventure in home ownership…. spent an hour and a half trying to program my garage door. First, it takes me 40 minutes to figure out how to program my new remote. Turns out my right side garage door machine is missing the “learn” button. Figured out how to do it with the door openers by the side door.… read more “Garage Door Opener”

My Endomondo app tracks my runs I have done for the last 6 months and says that yesterday I set a personal record in the 10k. However, I think it was the first 10k distance I’ve run in the last 6 months! Endomondo reported my time at 55:47 which worked out to an 8:59 average pace.… read more “10k Record”

I am continuing to get my home office set up and it is coming along quite well! I have my sitting desk set up and am working to get my treadmill desk set up with a wireless access point for it.

 

I have been putting a ton of work into my ProvenRecruits software for recruiting. I feel like every time I fix one bug, I discover two more features or bug ideas that I need to work on. The app is slowly coming together though and I am very excited to onboard my first customers next week!

I enjoy playing chess and Rocket League on occasion. I have definitely learned about myself from both:

• Patience – I often am impatient in Chess and make moves faster than necessary before considering all options. I am trying to learn to wait and really think about everything first. Same with Rocket League, instead of just chasing the ball around the map like a little dog after a rabbit I am trying to watch the ball come in and then make a plan for how to handle it.

… read more “Life Lessons from Chess & Rocket League”

For the first time in seven years, I will be working remotely starting next week. I started the company from home, and after a little less than a year hired people to start working with me in my apartment. Three years of apartment work later, Coalition moved into an actual office in Culver City. I am nervous now about going back to remote work because I want to make sure I am able to keep my motivation up at a high level.… read more “Nervous about Remote Work”