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We’re loving, living, breathing and succeeding at tech recruitment every minute of every day. Here’s everything we think you ought to know about it (because we’re nice like that)…
14th November 2022
How to Build the Best Go-To-Market Team for Your Startup
You have a viable product and now it’s time for rapid growth. In order to achieve this, you need a talented and tenacious go-to-market (GTM) team. Putting together the right GTM team can seem like a daunting task and is largely dependent on your strategy. Typically, you need a team that will be able to […]
10th November 2022
The 7 Most Common Hiring Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
If you’re like most founders or heads of talent at tech startups or scaleups, you’re probably always on the lookout for top talent. But as your company grows, it can be tough to keep up with the demand. And as you race to fill open positions, it’s easy to make hiring mistakes. In this blog […]
28th July 2022
Top 10 Tech Job Boards For Sourcing Candidates in the UK
Sifting through general job boards for a tech role that fits your particular candidate requirement can be a major headache. Not only does it take forever, but it also doesn’t consider the nuances in languages, software, or roles. We’ve compiled a list of 10 job boards that cater exclusively to tech roles or have been […]
11th July 2022
Recruiting Metrics: How We Measure Candidate & Hiring Manager Satisfaction
Recruiting metrics are an essential part of data-driven hiring and recruitment. We’re quick to measure time to hire, cost to hire, and pipeline health. But, for example, hiring manager satisfaction surveys aren’t generally recorded as part of everyday operations. This post will look at the best practices when collecting data on candidate and hiring manager […]
27th June 2022
6 Winning Strategies to Improve the Remote Employee Experience
Remote or hybrid work is here to stay. According to the UK Office for National Statistics, the proportion of people planning to spend most of their working hours at home has only risen in 2022, despite guidance to work from home because the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was no longer in place in Great Britain. So […]
13th April 2022
How To Craft a Role-Level Employee Value Proposition
Great benefits are just the beginning Your company is great, your benefits are on point, you have an inclusive culture, you provide equal parental leave and flexible remote working – surely everyone wants to work for you? In the candidate-first era that we’re in, these are all essential and will put you in the […]
11th April 2022
6 Steps to Help Your Talent Team Win At the Top of the Funnel
A top of funnel playbook is more than a target company list and message templates. It’s a go-to guide for tackling an in-house talent team’s biggest challenge, a roadmap for attracting and converting top tier talent. Without a playbook, your talent team will either have to work it out themselves or shadow team members, which […]
5th April 2022
In-House Talent Resource Allocation and GTM Strategies
If you’re a talent leader in a company heading into a high-growth phase and need a talent strategy, this article is for you. We understand that you have to fill a variety of business roles at speed, using the resources you have while quickly identifying where you need extra hands to cover a particular role. […]
1st April 2022
How to Optimise Your In-house Talent Team
The makeup of talent teams differs from company to company, so it’s important to consider your hiring needs in order to understand the ideal size and structure of yours. So, what are the different recruitment roles, what are their responsibilities, and how do you figure out who the players should be? We’ve laid out a […]
21st February 2022
The True Cost of Making a Bad Hire
As hard as you try to nail your hiring and secure the best candidate for your team every time, slip-ups happen and the wrong people sometimes end up in those roles. It happens to the best of us. However, these hires can end up costing you a lot more than you’d think and we’re not […]
17th January 2022
Why You Should Prioritise DEI in Your Hiring
DEI has been the initialism on everyone’s lips for good reason. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are important pillars in talent and hiring that shouldn’t be overlooked and the benefits that come with diverse recruitment are absolutely worthwhile. There’s no reason it shouldn’t be at the forefront of your businesses’ mind. Cultivating that perfect, well-oiled machine of employees […]
10th January 2022
Which Applicant Tracking System to use in 2022
When you look back at the past 18 months, the use of an Applicant Tracking System doesn’t seem too far-fetched, perhaps even preferable. If there’s one thing we all need, it’s more time, and trying to keep track of every candidate for that new role just eats up too much. Thus, enters ATS. Whether you’re […]