Seda Kervancı

In a 17-year career Seda Kervancı served as HR director at two large technology companies and managed the hiring of more than 600 people. At Çimlen she guides startups on who their first 10 employees should be, salary bands and option plans.

Her focus

A startup's first employees set the company culture. Seda recommends drawing a competency map before writing job descriptions, using structured interviews for the first 10 people and planning departures in advance.

Topics

• Hiring plan and interview design
• Salary bands and option pool
• Remote and hybrid working policy
• Basic labour law checklist

Role at Çimlen

She works with startups on the first-10-employees plan and runs the executive hiring workshop in the Dal programme. Before sessions a one-page agenda is requested and afterwards the actions are shared in writing; to meet, use the mentor meeting request form.