In this world, there are both proactive hiring managers and inactive hiring managers - and there’s one big difference between the two. Imagine that instead of taking your vitamins, you wait until you get ill and then rely on antibiotics. OK, I’m being a tad reductionist here, but you get the picture. Regularly taking the right vitamins […]
One thing has been certain throughout this pandemic: uncertainty. Every industry has been impacted and the tech and digital spaces are no different, with many leaders having to make those difficult decisions early on (and throughout) that saw plenty of redundancies, terminations, big budget cuts, and changes in direction. There’s nothing like a global pandemic to highlight […]
Often Hiring managers think that working with multiple recruiters gives them a bigger reach in the market. But here’s the truth… They only get a wider reach of the ‘active’ candidates who are looking for a new role. They are missing out on all of the ‘passive’ candidates that are currently performing in their firm. […]
On 9th January 2007, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention; he announced that the first iPhone would be released later that year. On 29th June 2007, the first iPhone was released. Makes you wonder what we did before the smartphone now, doesn’t it? Here are a few things: 1. We printed out […]
Employees are, it goes without saying, invaluable: they’re the lifeline of a business. So when a trained and nurtured employee leaves, the company has suffered a considerable loss. Allegis Group recently found that 83% of employers believe attracting and retaining talent is a growing challenge, so it is clear that initiatives to improve retention should be at […]
One of the mistakes I often see Hiring managers make is compromising on skills and experience when hiring… And nine times out of ten it comes down to lack of budget. Hiring managers think they need the budget before they hire and because they don’t have the budget, they end up hiring poor quality candidates […]
A while back I was having a conversation with a CEO about hiring new Digital talent... His big problem was that although he could attract SOME talent... They were rarely the top performers that he needed on his team... And he wasn’t able to hire them consistently… After speaking with him for a while... It […]
A lack of digital skills is jeopardising companies’ post-coronavirus strategy and must be addressed efficiently. Highlighting the issue, the Digital Transformation and the Workforce Survey 2020 found that nearly half of companies surveyed do not have the skills in their workforce to make the best use of adopted technologies. While there is certainly a buzz around the […]
