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Flexibility at the forefont of Xero's new work program aiming to support its global workforce - wherever they may be If the pandemic has made you seriously think about when and where you work, you might like the sound of this. Xero, the global small business platform has just launched its redesigned flexible work program, giving its growing product and tech teams the opportunity to work where t...
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Want to attract top talent to your startup? Here are a few of the benefits you should consider providing your potential new employees... There will be many challenges facing your new startup business, especially within a competitive industry. To help you to weather these storms and succeed in business, you need to ensure you have the top talent working on your side. You can attract top talent b...
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TestGorilla is a startup that's on a mission to help you identify the best candidates and make your hiring decisions faster, easier, and bias-free We have written numerous times about recruitment because it is an area prime for disruption. One of the most recent examples is Swyg, a startup taking the assumptions and unconscious biases out of the recruitment process. This is a much needed thing ...
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Considering hiring some graduates for your team? Here are some basic tips to help you do just that So, you need to recruit some staff to join your team, but you want them to be recent graduates – but how do you do this? Often, there are more graduates than there are opportunities, but it is important that you aren’t just hiring the first person who applies to a role. It is possible ...
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Whether you're recruiting for a small tech startup or a large well-established organisation, these tips will help you stay on top of your game Competition for top talent is fierce, and nobody wants to lose out. Small tech startups and big businesses are ramping up how much time and money they spend attracting the brightest candidates. With this in mind, you don’t want to find yourself una...
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Some basic tips on the key areas to focus on in a candidate's CV or resume to help make recruitment a little easier... When you’re new to the hiring process and tasked to review resumes, it can feel overwhelming. There’s so much information on each resume, and to be frank, some of it is completely irrelevant.  So how do you know what to focus on and what to skip? In truth, the...
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Recruiting at the moment or planning to do so soon? Here are just a few of the reasons why doing background checks on your candidates is an absolute must Hiring is among the most important tasks managers have and is doubtlessly one of the foundations of a company's success. Also, recruiting the right candidates is the hardest, most demanding, and poorly understood parts of building up a busines...
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Swyg, the Irish startup that's on a mission to improve hiring by using AI to help remove assumptions and biases from the recruitment process...   We write fairly often about recruitment, with some of the most recent examples being Caroo and Talentful. Recruitment is a process and an industry that is out of date and which needs disruption. It is currently experiencing this disruption, but ...
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Blackfinch Launches ISOLATIONINTERN, a platform to help startups recruit specialist talent during Covid 19 restrictions. Partnership initiative with investment and venture capital firms and universities allows startups to enlist the UK’s brightest students and researchers to work from home. Blackfinch Group announces the launch of the #ISOLATIONINTERN platform in partnership ...
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People skills really matter to business - as this latest survey shows... Interesting findings announced from a survey undertaken by Tempo, an end-to-end hiring platform trusted by Monzo, Bulb and Starling Bank, indicating the negative impact that shoddy interpersonal skills can have on a fast-growing business.The survey which is part of Tempo’s new ‘Master of More’ campaign has ...
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