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Karina Brown, co-founder at employee growth start-up GroHappy, discusses how learning and development can help start-ups compete in the jobs market. The battle for the best talent can sometimes feel like David versus Goliath. Against the Googles of the world, it can be tough for a start-up to compete. However, offering a generous pay package, free lunches and ping pong tables aren’t quite t...
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We’ve extended our partnership with careers marketplace Jobbio to include 30 days of free unlimited job postings across the wider Jobbio network. For 30 days, startup employers (new to Jobbio) will have full access to the entire Jobbio network, including unlimited job posting, for FREE. Jobbio is a leading hiring platform that lets you list roles, attract talent, and manage the h...
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iContract, a unique online platform connecting professional contractors with recruiters and employers for job matching and professional networking, is looking to raise £300k via crowdfunding platform Seedrs and currently (at time of publication) sits at 200k+ in investment funded. iContract is a platform built by contractors, for contractors. With its data matching capability, interact...
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We’ve got exciting news! We’ve partnered with careers marketplace Jobbio to make your hiring a whole lot easier. As a valued reader, we’re offering you exclusive access to the Startacus channel, as well as the Jobbio careers marketplace, absolutely free for 30 days. What's happening?  Startacus and Jobbio have partnered together to create the Startacus jobs channel to h...
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We recently shared word on Jobbio Higher, a fab next-generation careers event organised by (as the name of the event suggests, global careers marketplace Jobbio). Now we are delighted to announce that Jobbio have raised an additional $10m in Series A funding to accelerate growth in UK & North America with the platform currently growing at a rate of 250,000 talent users a month.&...
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A recent report The ‘Scotland Skills 2030’ report, produced by the Institute for Public Policy Scotland, has warned that nearly half of the Scottish workforce are at risk of job termination because of the rise of automated machines in the workplace. The key takeaway headline via IPPR reads:"The world of work in 2030 will be very different to that in 2017. People are more likely to be ...
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Belfast Startup, Locate a Locum is an online platform, connecting pharmacists with employers across the UK...The National Health Service has been a point of concern for a while, and it only grows more so as time goes on; the high cost of running such a vital system and the cuts it constantly receives do not exactly mesh. So a startup that can save the NHS £105 per temporary pharmacy staff me...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. Scotland decided to stay in the UK and the media moved their clairvoyance elsewhere. Meanwhile, September saw more growth for small and micro-businesses, who, it is predicted, will change the face of British enterprise. Ed Miliband also showed his support for the self-employed ‘ar...
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Following on from the success it had at the first Job Fair back in January, Tech Meetups are now holding another #TechStartup JobsFair in September. This next event is being held at the Innovation Warehouse in London on September 11th. The jobs fair is one of a number of events being organized  during September by Techmeetups to help startups all around the world to recruit the best talent fo...
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