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Rob Hill, CRO at ProFinda, discusses the emerging fluid workforce, what this means for businesses - and how to embrace it!  "As companies start to recognise there is a new world of work, it is time to start swotting up on the fluid workforce. This is a relatively new term used to describe the many different ways a company can hire its employees. There’s full-timers, part-timers, flexi...
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iContract, the online platform connecting contractors with recruiters, closed its latest round of investment a couple of weeks back - after successfully raising over £800,000. With a pre-money valuation of £3,000,000, the campaign attracted direct investment from long-term strategic investors, as well as 200+ small-sized investors from its own community via the crowdfund platform Seed...
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Florence - a marketplace for nurses to find shifts in hospitals and nursing homes and vice-versa, empowers care homes and nurses to connect via an online platform that dramatically reduces the cost of recruitment for the homes whilst helping nurses book higher paying shifts online. Pain Point - The UK healthcare system is endemically short of staff and often reliant on recruitment agencies t...
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Recruiting for startups, small businesses and medium enterprises can be a challenge in the current economic climate. Video gives you that much needed boost to help your organisation stand out from a very intense crowd. Gone are the days of dreary job listings demanding a set of requirements, candidates are often drawn in by a multitude of targeted approaches; video content plays a crucial part in...
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How are you going to find and hire employees to make your startup a success from the offset? Here are 5 main qualities you could search for in your potential candidates... Daniel Ross is part of the marketing team at Roubler.com — a scheduling and payroll software platform founded in Australia. Their mission is to change the way the world manages its workforces. Here, Daniel shares his thou...
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When it comes to fixing gender balance in the workplace, there are plenty of small but hugely impactful changes that companies can implement to make life more comfortable for women in their organisations. Our career partners Jobbio recently shared 5 quick wins that are aimed at helping improve gender equality in the workplace. Over to Niamh Linehan from team Jobbio to explain all...  S...
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Not every new recruit lives up to your expectations. If you’re unsure if you’ve made the right call, look out for these signs that you’ve made the wrong hire. From the important questions you can ask employees at an exit interview, ways employers create a bad hiring experience for jobseekers, through to tips for boosting relevant job applications, our career partners Jobbio have...
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In the hospitality industry, details are important. Those who pay attention to the smallest details will have the most success. However, it is also important for hospitality businesses to understand the market that they are targeting as not every business is pitching to the luxury market. Luxury hospitality is often heavily reliant of procedures being followed. More luxurious hotel chains, for e...
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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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From articles on the questions to ask employees at an exit interview, through to the ways employers can create a bad hiring experience for jobseekers, we have been sharing a variety of top articles from our friends and startup career partners Jobbio over the last few months. This week we share their recently published article on the best onboarding policies from top tech compan...
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