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New Year Goals: Why You Should be Planning for 2021 & Not 2020!

Before writing the first chapter of Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling planned for seven years at Hogwarts. Harry Potter is one of the most...

A Study Of Working Hours: Which Nations Work The Longest?

When counting down those last few minutes until the weekend, your next holiday, or even lunchtime, have you considered how hard you are working...

5 Out Of The Box Ways to Hire Top Software Engineers

Struggling to attract software engineers to your company? The job market is extremely competitive, and more and more recruiters are getting creative to find...

Estonia Is the Only Country Where Self-Employed Women Earn More Than Men

With the prospect of being your own boss, striking a better work-life balance and earning more money, becoming self-employed is an increasingly attractive option...

The Richest Sportswoman Takes Just 10 Hours to Earn Average UK Salary

October 2019: UK-based insurance services provider Protectivity has analysed the annual salaries of the richest sportswomen in the world and calculated exactly how long it would...

Hiring For Your Startup? Checkout The 10 Best Applicant Tracking Systems

By Emily Heaslip The use of applicant tracking systems is higher than ever. According to research from Jobscan, 98% of Fortune 500 companies use applicant tracking systems...

Hiring For A Marketing Agency? 9 Qs To Ask To Make The Right Hire

By Ben Aston So, you’re looking to hire a new team member at your marketing agency. Where do you begin? The interview process, often by phone or...

Lack of Flexi-Working Hours Top Reason For Talent Attrition: Survey

With ‘job hopping’ more common a practice than ever before, the challenge employers are increasingly facing is not attracting talent in the first place...

Infographic: How Do You Compare To The Top 1% In World?

Last year, the world’s combined global wealth increased by $14 trillion to a staggering $317 trillion, with the world’s richest 1% owning 50% of...

Infographic: Why The Gig Economy is Taking Over 9-5 Jobs

The gig economy has seen the world of work transform significantly, with the typical 9-5 job being pushed out to allow for flexible, independent...

Hiring Tips: Why Competency is Context Dependent

By Omer Molad Is a graphic designer at a major accounting firm the same job as a graphic designer at an early-stage startup? There is an...

Avoid The Culture Clash! Top Tips For Job Hunting After 50

By Renee Duggan As you grow old, it becomes difficult to justify yourself in interviews, in companies which are full of young millenials. They see...

How To Design an Interview Process That Predicts Performance

By Omer Molad  First, let’s get one thing out of the way. Traditional interviews don’t actually predict performance. Rather, the best way to predict performance is to test job-related...

Scala or Swift? The Tech Recruitment Trends of 2019

Tech recruiters in 2019 face a surge of demand for specific tech skills up against a pool of tech talent out there which is...

How Virtual Reality is Revolutionizing Recruitment

By Emily Heaslip Virtual reality is one of the buzziest trends of the past few years. Analysts predict that 2019 will be a turning point for...

UK Industry Wages: What Salary Should You Be Earning in Your Role?

Let’s be honest, we’d all love to see an extra zero (or a few) on our payslips, but unfortunately, that’s not very realistic. When it...