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The lowdown on Haystack, the data insights and careers marketplace, connecting developers, designers and data scientists with innovative tech employers. As we have written before, the new normal of hybrid and remote working has increased the opportunities for a lot of people looking for work, at least theoretically. But these remote workers still have to find those opportunities, and employers ...
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Exceeding expectations in your work can help you tap into your inner potential; Aine O’Neill of Toastmasters International shares some insights on doing just that. As a startup founder you know you will find yourself being challenged as you pitch to investors and build your business.   However, even as a driven entrepreneur, you may have some limiting preconceptions about yours...
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Landscape launches OpenScout to empower anyone in Tech with Access to Exciting Startups to Scout for VCs Landscape, the anonymous review platform for founders to rate interactions with venture capitalists, has just announced details of the upcoming launch of OpenScout, a new scout platform that will enable anybody with access to exciting startups to both share these with investors through their...
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Investment success for Unlock, the startup that's aiming to help companies to build culture and sense of belonging among their remote teams Great news to start the week for London-based startup Unlock - the SaaS-enabled marketplace to build culture among remote teams, has raised a $2m seed round. The round was led by La Famiglia, with other investors including Kima Ventures, Antler, GuideS...
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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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With the UK facing serious skills shortages in a variety of sectors, it’s increasingly important that companies retain the talent that they already have. Whilst many firms focus on salary, research shows that the majority of staff actually prefer benefits to high monetary compensation. As such, it’s crucial that firms review their entire hiring process and internal culture in order t...
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Candidate.ID, the startup that's on a mission to build talent pipelines, which enable the world’s employers to hire faster with higher quality... As we said in our recent article about recruitment startup for the industrial sector, Pickr, a survey of over 700 UK businesses showed that one of the two biggest challenges these businesses will face in 2019 is recruitment. As usual, startups ...
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There are many benefits of diversity in tech and having a diverse team. Here are some ways a company can attract diverse talent into tech. The technology industry is put at the heart of success for British companies as it is head of the pack for driving innovation. This is perhaps down to AI as it has the potential to be transformative and enables businesses and people to thrive in the digital wo...
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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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How do you make sure your employer brand knocks your competitors out of the park to attract talent to your startup? Dee Murphy, Organisational Psychologist and Head of Employer Branding at Jobbio, has this to offer... Today’s employment market is a talent driven one. More people than ever have high expectations of the companies they work for - a pay cheque doesn’t cut the mustard...
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