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ISOLATION INTERN to help startups recruit specialist talent during Covid 19 restrictions
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th May 2020Blackfinch 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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Increase Your Talent Retention Without Raising Salaries
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th January 2020With 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 - talent pipeline software
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd March 2019
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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How to Attract Diverse Talent into Tech
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th February 2019There 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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Gain an edge in the market with learning and development
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th October 2018Karina 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 startups can nail their employer branding to attract talent
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th July 2018How 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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Have you made the wrong hire for your business?
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st March 2018Not 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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Creating the perfect job spec
by: Startacus Admin ~ 5th December 2017Last time out careers marketplace partners Jobbio shared some valuable tips on how to drive traffic and boost job applications to your available roles. Now, we take a further step back and share their previous article on the key factors to consider to help create the perfect job spec for your startup job. Over to Jobbio to explain all...
"An effective job post is a crucial element of recruitment,...
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6 tips for boosting relevant job applications
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th November 2017Here, our careers marketplace partners Jobbio share six key tips on how to drive traffic and boost relevant job applications when looking for talent for your business. (Originally published here.)
"Talent nowadays can afford to become pickier due to the sheer amount of opportunities that are available to them. Statistics show that 25% of job postings are left open for 60 days, suggestin...
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The biggest challenges in attracting talent to your business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 16th November 2017Building your team can be a tall order. Here, our careers marketplace partners Jobbio share just some of the challenges you’ll face on your noble quest for talent. (originally published here.)Competition
Fatigued as we may be from hearing about the war for talent, it is a war nonetheless. In this current hiring climate, candidates have their pick of companies, so you need to ...
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