How to calculate a starting salary for your new hire?
You've identified a need for a new team member. This is an exciting prospect, bringing fresh skills and perspectives to your organisation. But before you can welcome them aboard, there's a crucial decision to make: what should their starting salary be?
Skill Gap Analysis: Tools, Techniques, and the Path…
Skill gaps are a pervasive and increasingly urgent concern for organisations worldwide. They reflect the disparity between the skills employees currently possess and those required to perform their roles effectively and to support strategic business objectives. Left unaddressed, these gaps can slow down technological adoption and innovation as well as compromise overall organisational performance and competitiveness.
8 Tips for Negotiating Employment Contracts
You were sufficiently prepared for your interview and it went really well; every answer you gave matched their expectations. On top of your successful responses, the hiring manager thinks you’ll be a great cultural fit as well. As a result, they have decided to extend the offer.
How has the hiring landscape shifted across Commerce…
Have you ever wondered how different your job might be four years in the future?Now think back four years, and compare that to your job today. Pretty different, right?
How to make the switch from permanent to contractor?
As job seekers continue to chase a higher level of flexibility, greater variety in their working patterns, and more autonomy over their careers, the hiring market is witnessing an increasing number of professionals who are requesting to find contracting jobs.
Temporary assignments vs Fixed-term contracts when…
Permanent roles are straightforward to understand, but when it comes to temporary and contract recruitment, many find it difficult to distinguish the difference.
The importance of career cushioning in today’s job…
Are you someone who casually answers a recruiter’s call just to see where it leads, or to check if you’ve still got your interview game on point? Do you regularly browse job boards to see if there are any interesting openings? Good news then; you’ve taken the first steps towards ‘career cushioning’.
Should You Use A Recruitment Agency To Help With Your…
Progressing in your career is exciting, moving on is daunting, and job hunting can be...tiresome.
Reimagining the Interview: AI and Video Technology
The traditional recruitment process, while fundamental, often falls short of delivering optimal results. Studies reveal a stark reality: unconscious bias significantly impacts hiring decisions. Furthermore, traditional interviews are characterised by manual processes, reliance on intuition, and a heavy emphasis on resume screening, and are plagued by inefficiencies and biases. Challenges such as the high volume of applications, time-consuming interviews, and difficulty assessing soft skills have long been prevalent.
The Importance of Multilingual Skills in the Tech…
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
The importance of multilingual skills in the Tech…
The world is getting smaller and smaller in an era defined by globalisation and unprecedented migration. The tech industry stands at the forefront of this transformative wave, shaping how we connect, communicate, and collaborate.
The influence of AI in Technology on workforce and…
AI is all around us. It has rapidly become an integral part of our now tech-savvy society, from voice assistants like Siri and Alexa, to recommendation systems on streaming platforms.