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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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If you’re involved in the hospitality sector, you’ll know only too well how challenging it can be to recruit good staff. It’s a fast paced and pressurised industry and as a result turnover can often be pretty high. Sourcing experienced staff in the most efficient way is therefore an absolute must for employers. Our latest startup of the week is on a mission to help employers do ...
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As businesses grow, it can be very tricky to know how to hire people and where to look - and how to be sure they are really right for your business. The fact that your business has reached a stage where you need to bring in some extra members of staff is, of course, very positive. However trying to build a team that will work well together is harder than you’d think. In the case of a start-u...
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Launched yesterday in the US, Canvas helps recruiters screen more job candidate's, and market employment brands to millennials with the first text-based interviewing platform. GR8 idea or LOL, we took a look at all the details to see if the fingers can really do the talking… We've heard of people being sacked by text, and even rejected for a job by text, but not, on the whole, being interv...
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As your startup grows and scales, you will inevitably reach the point where hiring employees is necessary. You may only need one extra pair of hands to start with, however as with every other aspect of building a startup, there’s a lot to think about. Indeed, there is a reason why larger organisations have HR departments handling their recruitment - it isn’t as simple a task as it migh...
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Whilst the pop-up phenomenon of the last few years has helped many budding entrepreneurs and early stage startups to gain customers and build brand awareness, it has also brought with it some challenges. For example, whilst it may seem a great idea to have a pop-up food stall for a few weeks in a prime city centre location, it may prove a tad difficult if there is only one person to staff it durin...
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Allison Grant an employment lawyer who has advised SMEs for over 20 years highlights some key points on how to attract talent in an SME..."As an employment lawyer who has advised SMEs for over 20 years I have become familiar with the reasons why talented employees remain with a business, and the triggers that cause them to leave. SMEs rely heavily on talented employees to help them grow.  Gr...
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James Caan, leading entrepreneur and ex Dragon is on the lookout once more for self starters in the recruitment sector who want to grow or develop their recruitment businesses. Since setting up his Venture Capital fund Recruitment Entrepreneur, James has invested in seven startups within the sector. The investment isn’t purely financial though - successful startups also receive intensive...
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If recruitment’s your thing, then listen up! Leading entrepreneur James Caan has just announced that he’s once again on the lookout for self starters in the recruitment sector who want to either start or grow their recruitment businesses. Although still in its first year of trading, Recruitment Entrepreneur has already invested over £2million in startup businesses in the sector....
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Ok then, we appreciate that the title “Why your startup teams needs to be like a car” may perhaps seem a little silly. However, maybe it’s because a punchy title ‘wheely’ gets you intrigued, or perhaps it’s because like many of our tongue in cheek posts, there’s no harm in hamming up the truth a little. A good and understandable analogy or two does seem to...
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