You Can't Buy Loyalty, But You Can Win the War for Talent

As the war for talent heats up, companies are scrambling to understand how they can attract the best and the brightest technical practitioners to their organisation. In a world where many still don’t understand how these technical practitioners develop software, iOT or Robotic applications it may seem like an impossible task where more than just

Recruiting for Diversity: Beyond Women in Digital

In my experience diversity has become a dirty word. It has been marred with overzealous diversity advocates who lack clarity about what diversity really stands for. I have been floored to be mandated with providing female candidates’ resumes only, something I will always push back on believing first and foremost in merit based recruitment. In

Uni Grads: Why You May Be More Qualified Than You Realise

Through my network I constantly connect with university graduates who don’t know how to get their first big break in digital. Many have just completed business or law school, and feel that the course hasn’t quite equipped them with all the skills employers are seeking. But what many uni graduates don’t co-relate is their familiarity

Start-ups: Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent

Most people in the digital industry struggle to co-relate recruitment services with start-ups: tight cash flow, founders who view their start-up akin to a newborn baby, and an ever changing list of staffing needs. For most start-ups, the recruitment and retention piece is a nightmare. Speaking to start-up founders, I often hear that finding the

2017 Trends in Digital Recruitment: What We're Predicting

Truly great digital talent is getting harder to find. Here are the digital recruitment trends I’m predicting for 2017: An ever increasing reliance on team leader led recruitment. Team leaders will need to go double duty to get out and build their personal recruitment networks if their companies don’t support the use of digital recruitment