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Four-Step Process: Building a Business Case for Project-based RPO — JCSI BestExec
By: Bergin Sullivan
Tags: Case, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Rpo Services, Business

One of the biggest challenges that we see businesses face when bringing on a new recruitment vendor for Project-based RPO is building a compelling business case and communicating it to all folks internally who have a say in the process. We put together a simple four-step process that our prospective clients can follow to share the solution’s value to internal constituents.

Clarify the recruitment problem that you are seeking to solve. For example, is this a challenging role that internal recruiting and agencies have not been able to fill, or is this to solve a hiring seasonality issue, a churn issue, a cost-savings initiative, etc.? Outline what project success looks like. With the problem clearly defined, project success criteria become fairly cut and dry. Identify risks. Here is where you outline what would cause project success criteria not to be reached. This could range from internal factors (not having alignment amongst hiring authorities) or external (the current talent pool is not large enough to support the number of hires needed). Find the right partner. Here is where you canvass the market to find a partner with the right reputation, skills, and assets to solve your problem, reach your success criteria, and mitigate the outlined risks.

One thing to remember is the business case is excellent at gaining clarity, but without internal stakeholder alignment, it will fall flat. So when in doubt, over-communicate!

Once you’ve done all this, you’ve had your business case meeting, and you’ve got the green light so you can select your supplier. JCSI is happy to help you think through each stage and work with you for a smooth and successful process.
How AI Has Made Its Way Into Recruitment
By: Jeremy Robertson Lockwood Executive Search
Tags: Jeremy Robertson, Lockwood Executive Search, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Recruiting

Recruiting employees has become an extremely competitive battle in today’s world. According to Forbes, the current unemployment rate is only a small part of the bigger picture. Candidates have become more selective and tend to choose companies that have strong mission statements. Today’s candidates have shown that they would rather work for companies that focus more on impact than financial gain. With recruitment becoming tougher, businesses have started to use artificial intelligence to advance their recruitment methods.

AI helps employers to expand their talent pool while also contextualizing it strategically. Forbes states that recruiters typically spend an average of 13 hours each week sourcing candidates for a position. AI can quickly sift through millions of data profiles to identify emloyees with higher potential. Also, AI makes it possible to tap into a broader talent pool with its ability to access social media platforms, agency databases, and more. One of the significant advantages AI possesses is identifying passive candidates. Forbes notes that 98% of talent teams consider passive candidates to be an essential source of talent. AI can easily identify these candidates and save companies the detriment of missing out on this talent.

Additionally, it is no secret that the recruitment process has been notoriously biased in the past. About 44% of applicants reported having experienced some discrimination during the recruitment process. Employers have a history of focusing on candidate referrals as an essential source of talent. The belief that candidates should have the “similarity principle” or be more like the recruiters themselves drastically decreases the talent pool. In contrast, now more than ever, diversity is becoming necessary for employers. AI tools such as Textio help companies to create job descriptions that appear more inclusive. Additionally, the Unbiasify Chrome Extension aids recruiters to decrease bias by removing names and photos from candidate pool websites such as LinkedIn.

Lastly, AI helps to increase engagement. In recent years, chat boxes have started to be implemented in business. We see chat boxes used in recruitment due to their ability to foster stronger relationships between companies and consumers. Forbes names Mya as an “AI-powered recruitment platform that automates up to 75% of the recruiting process by answering candidates’ questions, verifying qualifications, and updating applicants throughout the hiring process.” Mya has proven to increase a recruiter’s probability to reply to a candidate by three times. AI’s effectiveness in the recruitment process should continuously undergo re-evaluation, as it is not a perfect solution. Still, as the world advances more into tech, AI will undoubtedly keep its position in being one of the recruiters’ more valuable tools.

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To read more of Jeremy Robertsons insights, visit jeremyrobertsonmachinelearning.org
Top 3 Techniques for You to Nail that Virtual Interview
By: Julia Saidnia
Tags: Virtual, Zoom, Recruiting, Jobs, Interview

From hosting weekly zoom interviews and talking to job seekers daily, I have identified some of the main areas of improvement that most candidates struggle with. I have a lot of compassion for job seekers and people in general during these tough times. I recognize that looking for a job while having to adapt to many new life standards during the pandemic can seem overwhelming. For these reasons, I have decided to share some simple & practical advice so that you can nail your next virtual interview.

Here are the top 3 areas to focus on in your interview that will help you succeed and that you can implement right away:

1- Body Language

I vividly remember when I started my career, I was taught to make my sales calls standing up and smiling. Even if the person on the phone couldn’t see me, my manager told me that the people could hear and feel my enthusiasm from my body language. Body Language is the number one most impactful trait that people pick up during all interactions with you. This is why when you interview virtually, this is one of the top tips to remember.

Powerful, confident body language looks like:

Sit up tall

Look into the camera

Stay engaged by maintaining eye contact

Most importantly SMILE and be confident in what you have to offer

2- Attire and Environment

The set up you present in the background needs to be tidy. Even though you may spend most days moving from your couch to your bed and you are not leaving the house, dress to impress for your interview (virtual or not!). Getting ready and taking care of your appearance will increase your self confidence so pick a piece of attire that makes you feel good and that will already set you up for success! Along with your attire, make sure that your environment and what the camera picks up from your room is tidy. If needed use a virtual background that is a picture of an office or a city panorama to make sure your background is appropriate for an interview.

3- Questions and Preparation

The interview will be your time to convey what you can bring to the table from your background and experience. Your interest in the company itself is crucial to the cultural component of the interview. The way you can properly prepare for this part of the process is by researching the company and tying in what most interests you to the questions you ask to the team. Think about the conversations you have had so far and create questions that demonstrate critical thinking.

Here are some questions that would be good to ask:
The Truth About ATS “Bots”
By: Kristen M Fife
Tags: Resume, Job Hunting, Recruiting

All right job seekers of the world (and “resume experts” that have not worked with an ATS in the last few years as a recruiter) — here you go. Let’s talk about “bots”…again.

“Bots” are CHATBOTS, not robots. They don’t “autoreject” resumes (sorry to burst everyone’s bubble.) Chatbots engage with candidates on messaging platforms like SMS or Instant Messenger apps to help them with questions/faq’s, they can gather scheduling information, and at one company I worked with, they gathered references from candidates pending an offer via a text message.

The ONLY WAY a “bot” could be instrumental in rejecting your application LEGALLY (in the US) is after you have applied, and it asks you a series of questions with yes/no answers to see if you fit BASIC QUALIFICATIONS. If you don’t fit the basic requirements, you aren’t qualified for the job. Recruiters can still see your resume/application and RECRUITERS SET THE PARAMETERS for the questions the chatbot asks (and you still would be rejected by the recruiter manually). There are also screening questions that the ATS offers recruiters that you may be asked to fill out, which the recruiter can see on your profile. (These are NOT your voluntary responses to ethnic/disability/veteran status…those questions are anonymous and only used to report to the EEOC.)

Here is some information about why there has been a rise in AI/chatbots in recent years (spoiler alert: you asked for it, you got it — source: AI marketing article geared at the recruiting industry):

In a recent survey by Allegis, 58% of candidates were comfortable interacting with AI and recruitment chatbots in the early stages of the application process.

An even larger percentage — 66% — were comfortable with AI and chatbots taking care of interview scheduling and preparation.

Randstad found 82% of job seekers believe the ideal recruiter interaction is a mix between innovative technology and personal, human interaction.

“Today’s candidates are aware the recruiting process might not be human-to-human at every touchpoint, but value the chance to receive information in whatever way they can.

As that attitude continues to evolve, so will the recruitment chatbot.”

#ats #resumetips #jobsearchtips #jobsearchhelp
Рекрутинговая программа от CyberVein
By: Cybervein Russia
Tags: Cybervein, Recruiting

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By: Kristina Keljevic
Tags: Srbija, Programming, Recruiting, Development, JavaScript

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How to Improve your Onboarding to Retain Employees
By: Education Solutions
Tags: Employee Engagement, Recruiting, Onboarding, Human Resources, Recruitment

Your onboarding process is incredibly important when it comes to employee retention. It’s important to recognize every employee in your organization and welcome new ones to your work family.

A survey by TINYpulse showed that 22% of turnover happens within 45 days of a new employee being hired. Here are some helpful tips and reminders to improve your onboarding process.

Make it clear to your employee the day before.

Photo by Berkeley Communications on Unsplash

Never leave your new employee in the dark after the job acceptance process. Check in and remind your new employee on what to expect.

Staying engaged with your employee ensures that you are maintaining a close relationship and demonstrates strong company communication.

Create a standard and efficient onboarding process

Photo by Smartworks Coworking on Unsplash

According to Harvard Business Review, “organizations with a standardized onboarding process experience 62% greater new hire productivity, along with 50% greater new hire retention. Those that invest time and effort in their new employees reap the benefits.”

Make sure you have a standard check list and tasks that your employee needs to go through on their first day — a meeting with HR, tour of the office, etc.

Add a gift and some excitement

Research has shown that 40% of adults feel lonely. This sense of isolation is amplified for new hires — who often feel like a stranger in a foreign land — and can increase their chances of leaving a job. That is why it’s important to introduce your new employees to the current team and make sure they are being included.

At 9Dot Education Solutions, an HR and staffing agency, clients are often recommended to include a welcome gift on the first day or decorate the new employee’s designated office space.

Maintain good communication throughout (and after) the probationary period.

According to Forbes, “An onboarding program is a process integrating the new employee into their role with training, support and expectations helping them to be successful in it.” This includes check-ins with your employee and providing feedback. In fact, companies who commit to an extended onboarding experience accelerate new hire proficiency by 34%.

How else can you help your onboarding process?
Download Employment Application For the best Possible Jobs
By: Avery Aiden
Tags: Employment, Recruiting, Fastrakconnect, Employment Application, Application

If you are jobless and searching for a suitable job according to your skills then download this job application and apply for the best possible jobs.

Source: https://fastrakconnect.com/employment-application
When to Use a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company — JCSI BestExec
By: Bergin Sullivan
Tags: Rpo, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Rpo Services, Recruitment

We’ve written about Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) extensively here, here, and here. Borrowing from our other pieces, RPO is defined as the transfer of all, or part, of the permanent recruitment process to an external provider.

This transfer usually includes one or more of the recruitment processes. These processes include research and planning, candidate sourcing, recruitment and selection, candidate management, offer extension, onboarding, etc.

RPO by nature is flexibly designed to provide solutions for a range of different recruitment problems/objectives that a client may have. This can make knowing “when to use” an RPO provider a challenge for many companies. We’ve broken it down for you.

Seven most common situations to engage an RPO provider:

For companies that do not have their own HR or Recruiting department yet For companies that temporarily have large recruitment needs to handle, and can’t wait to hire a new headcount, or don’t expect the needs to continue so hiring is not warranted For companies that need more recruitment firepower to quickly filter and select appropriate applications. For companies that are not satisfied with their current hiring results and want better results. For companies that want to include active sourcing and passive recruitment into their recruitment but lack the internal expertise or time to do so For companies that need to reduce recruitment-related service provider costs (such as reducing commissions paid to agencies) For companies that want to optimize their vendor structure and bundle all HR consultants into one master services provider.

Have one of these situations? Looking to hear more about how we can help? JCSI would welcome the opportunity to connect.
What Employers are Actually Looking For: Notes from a University Recruiter
By: Generation Veeva
Tags: University Recruiting, Candidate Experience, Employment, Recruiting, Interview

By: David In, University Recruiter, Engineering Development Program

“What do you look for in a candidate?”

As a University Recruiter, this is one of the most common questions I receive at the end of interviews, resume review sessions, and workshops.

I wish I had an answer that would land you the job without fail, but I am not “cracking the coding interview,” nor is that necessarily relevant to the non-technical portions of an interview.

One thing many candidates forget — and what companies usually look for — is soft skills. This might include independence or teamwork, rigidity or flexibility, the ability to move quickly or be meticulous … It’s not always easy to figure out what you need to convey. So how do you know which skills you need to flex in order to impress a company?

You have to do a bit of detective work, and it definitely won’t be the same for every company. Things to look for include a company’s core values, mission statement, and the job posting itself. Also keep in mind: “Are you a good fit for these things?” and “Are these things a good fit for you?”

Read through the job description. The company will likely have listed a few obvious traits from their ideal candidate, but there might also be hidden traits embedded in the rest of the job listing. If the job description entails working heavily with a team for quick releases, for example, you can safely read between the lines and infer that the company is looking for a candidate who is team-oriented and flexible.

Here’s an example of an imaginary job posting that looks close enough to a generic company (in my opinion). I have annotated phrases that candidates should keep an eye out for, as well as keywords that convey what the company is looking for.

At the end of the day, it’s important to read between the lines and see how your resume, cover letter, and interview can be best adjusted to match the needs of the organization you’re applying to. Chances are, if you mass apply with the same generic resume, it’ll be difficult to secure an interview. Specifically tailoring your resume to showcase your relevant strengths, however, will help your application stand out from the rest.
7 Tests for Recruiting a Great Team
By: Ștefan Drăgan
Tags: Recruiting, Iq, Personality Tests, Process, Profile

Before starting a recruiting process you should have in mind that recruiting and career tests are not the best ways to test a candidate for a particular job. Putting the candidate to work is. More details about testing future performance in the following video:

Now! Because work sample tests and IQ tests are so close to each other from the perspective of predicting future performance, IQ tests are the first and the easiest to be placed at the beginning of a recruiting process.

Filtering and prioritizing the candidates

All following tests measure only IQ (just one trait of a human’s personality) therefore it’s very easy to make a decision on which candidates you are going to follow-up further next.

Raven IQ Test (Online)

It’s an online application and the test takes 30 min.

Raven IQ Test (Android App)

It’s an Android App and the test takes 30min.

The Wechsler Test

http://wechslertest.com (no longer working)

It’s an online application and the test takes 30min.

The MENSA Online IQ Test

https://www.mensa.lu/en/mensa/online-iq-test/online-iq-test.html

The page can be saved on a local PC and taken offline. You will be needing to use all the tests above in order to make a more acurate assessment.

Evaluating the candidates (online)

The Holland Code Career Test

http://www.roguecc.edu/Counseling/HollandCodes/test.asp (more precise)

http://www.truity.com/test/holland-code-career-test

It measures 6 traits: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Each trait is more suited for certain types of jobs and tasks.

The Jungian Archetype Test

The test matches your personality with one of the 12 Jungian Archetypes. More about those you can read here.

An MBTI-like personality test

If you are an MBTI fan then this version might be useful to you.

Note: Personally I do not recommend this test because on various occasions it produced inconsistent results.

Kolb Learning Style Inventory

http://med.fau.edu/students/md_m1_orientation/M1%20Kolb%20Learning%20Style%20Inventory.pdf

http://www.bunbury.wa.gov.au/pdf/environment/u472/Appendix%2019%20U472%20Community%20Facilitator%20Kolb%20Questionnaire%20Final.pdf

It measures 4 types of learning styles corresponding to 4 personalities: ‘activist’, ‘reflector’, ‘theorist’, and ‘pragmatist’. Each trait is more suited for certain types of jobs and tasks.

This test is correlated with 2 dimensions of the MBTI test: ‘Extraversion / Introversion’ and ‘Feeling / Thinking’.

StrengthsFinder 2.0

It is a payed test but it is created by the renowned firm Gallup so it is worth all the money. The test produces a list of strength / values that you predominately express.

A sample report you can see here (my report).

Evaluating the candidates (face-to-face)

L.A.B. Profile (Language And Behavior Profile)

This test requires a interviewer with NLP qualifications. It measures 14 Motivation and Working Traits based on the language and behavior patterns of a person. If you are interested in trying out L.A.B. Profile please contact me here.
US Talent Firm joins HireVibes
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Recruiting, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Jobs

To our respected partners,

This week we are excited to welcome the first external Staffing firm to the HireVibes network, EM Talent Consulting.

EM Talent provides customizable talent strategy, recruiting, and talent management coaching services for early-stage technology, financial services, blockchain, and cybersecurity startups in the San Francisco and New York Metropolitan areas.

Having previously worked with leading brands like Bitgo, Ebay and Intuit, EM Talent are now sourcing for a number of roles across DeFi, Software Engineering, Product Design and Business Development. You can apply and refer to these open positions now on HireVibes — and if you’re successful, a 1.5% reward in digital currency is up for grabs!

This new addition to HireVibes marks the first phase of HireVibes 2.0 rollout.

The minimum referral reward that hirers are required to set has been reduced from 6% down to 3% to accommodate the on-boarding of recruitment agencies. The competition for talent is ever-increasing — HireVibes provides recruiters with a crowdsourcing solution that’s optimised for referrals and positive candidate experiences that’s not available anywhere else on the market.

With more staffing agencies and tech firms enquiring about HireVibes and with new features being rolled out, we’re looking forward to bringing you more announcements.

Until next time,

The HireVibes community
Espresso
Tags: Hiring, Customer Experience, SaaS, Recruiting

Espresso

Recruiting and hiring has always been an extremely painful experience for both hiring managers and qualified candidates. For several years now, I’ve wanted not only to fix it, but also to make it enjoyable.

Now, my good friend Collin Sansom and I are building Espresso to do just that.

There’s a couple reasons why we love the name Espresso for a venture like this. We want to take a couple minutes to share them, as this is the foundation of promises we hope to make!

We both have a background in hospitality. There’s something about a hospitality-first mindset that excites us, and we want to remember that here. If we’re not taking care of customers as we guide them through the hiring process, we’re doing it wrong. You have to drink espresso pretty quickly. In the same way, we want our process to be short, enjoyable, and leave you excited to experience it again. We think we can achieve that. Some of the best relationships we’ve made have started with sharing a cup of coffee. We hope a hiring manager with a great opportunity would want to spend a couple minutes hearing what a qualified candidate has to say about how they can help. Speaking of… Espresso isn’t usually free. But it’s usually the least expensive option at a coffee shop. In the same way, we don’t think spamming companies and hiring managers should be free. If we do our job right in setting up companies to cast a vision for their open roles, we think a candidate can afford to buy the hiring manager an espresso and share how they can help. After all, you never know if they may return the favor tenfold. Espresso isn’t for everyone. We know we can’t help everyone. But if we can help those companies who know the importance of getting their next hire right, we’d love to do so.

We’re excited to see what else may come of the name, but for now, we hope you get excited to join along the way.

Cheers,

Jordan and Collin
December Community Update
By: Maryann Superlano
Tags: Recruitment, Recruiting, HR, Side Hustle, Christmas

Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales

Recrooits 4 day sales event was a complete success!

We gave the community the chance to get the best deals ever on the platform and they said yes.

Now, we have a whole lot of bounties for recrooiter and work ahead for the team at Recrooit. Thanks to all that participated, shared, or liked, this was our first but not last BFCM event, we hope to have many more to come.

It’s a great time to post on Recrooit, and to become a recrooiter!

Here is just a part of all the postings in need of talent and the bounties up for grabs:

If you want a side hustle to complement your effort and end the year with a bang now it's the time to join us, signing up is easy and free, do it here.

Happy holiday hunting!

Recrooit keeps getting better

We listened to you and have added a few new things to the platform to make recrooiters jobs easier and clients posts more effective, here is what you missed:

We added the salary range to the job posting information

Job type information is also available (full or part-time)

Timers on the job posts

Location setting is now unrelated to remote availability so a job can be posted from Belgrade but still be remote (yey!)

Get a peak of Recrooit from the inside

This month, we’ll also tell you all our amazing recrooiter Nikola and his road to our platform and tools. Our greatest resource is our recruiters and we know you may be wondering why and how they came to on us. If you are curious about joining Recooit this is the blog for you.

With this piece, you get a closer look into the recrooiter process to see how easy it is to use and earn rewards with us!

Become the next featured recrooiter by signing up here

You all get a free ebook on candidate profile creation form us

The time for presents is now!

So, we gift you our exclusive guide to creating the perfect candidate persona, get yours here!

A candidate persona profile is one of those recruitment tools that can be a total game-changer, just like Recrooit. You can use it to narrow down your search and cut on the time it takes to find the ideal person for the position. Don't miss out on this excellent tool to get you started on the path of better recruitment for 2021.

Enjoy your holidays!

It's been a tough year all around, yet we at Recrooit still decided to embark on the dream of creating a new way of recruitment with a more human approach developing an easier to use platform. A way of recruiting that brings people together and gets talent where it needs to be.

Now, as the years nears its end it's time to enjoy the fruits of your work, we celebrate you: developers, entrepreneurs, recruiters, fellow humans.

Let’s go into the next years together with more strength!
How TurboHire Helped WakeFit Hire 235 Candidates In 45 Days
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Recruiting, Hiring, Case Study, Talent Acquisition

Bengaluru based home solutions startup WakeFit is a research and development-driven Home solutions brand, set up in March 2016. It was established with a dream to democratize sleep in India. It intends to make front line sleep products at its manufacturing plant in Bengaluru at a reasonable cost by upgrading costs through a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model.

WakeFit was hiring for the roles of customer service, support, and sales when they approached TurboHire. Here is how TurboHire helped WakeFit in easing the process of recruitment.

The WakeFit X TurboHire Success Story

The Trial period offered by TurboHire enabled Wakefit to gather all the information on how well our product has been designed to meet all their recruitment needs. They were able to take an ample amount of time to discover all the features of TurboHire and understand their value. TurboHire helped in the creation of an optimized workflow for various job requirements resulting in an interview to shortlist ratio improvement by 2.5X. A company having 3000 to 5000 employees received around 150,000 candidate profiles in a year. Out of which only 20% were probably opened. It is not humanly feasible to go through all the candidate profiles on each new job role and also required a huge amount of time and money. TurboHire’s Candidate Discovery Platform not just helped in reducing the time to hire but also significantly reduces the cost of hiring for organizations. It further helped build an organizational brand by reaching to candidates who have applied in the past for their jobs. AI-powered Referral and Careers Page pulled great candidates while ensuring the best matching of open-jobs to candidates. The Careers Page in TurboHire engages your brand by posting jobs on the page and involves employees to refer or apply internally. In TurboHire, all the referral campaigns are powered by JustDropYourResume where an employee can simply drop the resume of their candidate and complete the application. An easy-to-use reporting dashboard helped in keeping track of all the activities with numbers. The TurboHire reporting dashboard analyzes, tracks, and reports real-time data regarding the results of the company.

Result

In the first 45 days of using TurboHire for recruitment activities, Wakefit hired 235 candidates, interviewed 850 applicants, along with 8 vendors, and generated more than 1200+ applications count.

The creation of an agile method for interview scheduling for feedback incorporation during the process was introduced. TurboHire helped Wakefit create different interviewing processes for various roles to derive the best time-to-hire and improvement in the quality of hire.

Click here if you wish to read the full Case Study.
6 REASONS WHY BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE IMPORTANT IN RECRUITING TALENT
By: Godot Media
Tags: Blog, Blogging, Recruiting, Social Media, Social Media Marketing

In the past decade, hiring processes have changed drastically. It isn’t just about the qualifications, formal education, or work experience. Hiring managers are increasingly focused on cultural fit — which typically translates to better employee satisfaction and lower turnover rates.

One good way to make sure you’re attracting qualified candidates who would be a good fit is through your social media and blog posts. Applicants can tell a lot about their prospective employers by their posts — and a bit of humor or just the right messaging can make a huge difference in making your company stand out. So what can you get out of putting in that extra effort into your social media and blog posts?

Read more >> https://www.godotmedia.com/blog/6-reasons-why-blogs-and-social-media-are-important-in-recruiting-talent/
Amplify is three. 🎂
By: Amplify Recruitment
Tags: Digital Marketing, Recruiting, Startup, Product Design, Recruitment

Amplify Recruitment is three years old today. Amplithree? — hmm, not sure.

I can barely believe it, but it’s true.

Three years ago today, three of us opened the door to a shared office in Fenchurch Street, opened our laptops and set about doing top quality recruitment for a handful of initial clients. As founding myths go, a shared office in insurance-ville isn’t likely to have Hollywood on the phone, but hey, what’s a myth if we can’t spice that up later — maybe it’ll have been a garage in Camden or a lock-up in Old Street in a few years time.

Today, there are 11 of us, covering; product, UX, creative & design, tech, data & analytics, delivery, client services, strategy, and marketing. We work with some of the most innovative, creative and effective businesses in London and beyond — boutique agencies, networks, consultancies, products, VCs and brands.

Three years is a long time in digital but the dynamism of the digital landscape keeps us young as we continue to move with the changes and challenges that the future throws up, just as we have since day one.

Since the beginning we have spent our energy developing our client and candidate base, helping fantastic people find great new gigs, incredible companies find unfairly talented new team members and growing our own number, but we haven’t really stopped to tell our story. Despite our name, we’ve been relatively quiet whilst beavering away.

Well, we are three now and so like any self-respecting three year old, it’s time to make a bit more noise — and this is just the place for it.

Time for cake,

Amp.
Day Shift Jobs For Unemployed People
Tags: Hiring, Job Search, Fastrakconnect, Recruiting

FastrakConnect is offering full-time, part-time, day shift, and night shift jobs for you. We are committed to finding and placing candidates into the best possible roles. Apply today for your bright future.
Job search confidence and mindset
By: Somer Hackley, Conley
Tags: Recruiting, Careers, Jobs, Confidence, Interview

Job search confidence and mindset

This video is for you if you're on the job hunt, and are trying to get in the right mindset. Somer Hackley (Conley) ·Nov 23, 2020

"Be more confident!"

Easier said than done.

Here's a quick tip for how to completely change the tone of your next conversation

Video: Job search confidence and mindset with Somer Hackley

I'm creating videos for both sides of the interview table (or computer screen).

This video is part of a new series: "I'm looking. Now what?" which is inspired by a handful of executive job seekers I've spoken with this year who started to look and were wondering if they were going about it the right way.
Job seekers: How to find an executive recruiter
By: Somer Hackley, Conley
Tags: Executive Coaching, Recruiting, Careers, Jobs, Interview

Job seekers: How to find an executive recruiter

This video is for you if you decided to look for a new executive position but you don’t know where to start. We’ll talk about how to find executive search firms, and which recruiters/consultants to reach out to. Somer Hackley (Conley) ·Nov 23, 2020

Video: How to find an executive recruiter, with Somer Hackley

I’m creating videos for both sides of the interview table (or computer screen). This video is part of a new series: “I’m looking. Now what?” which is inspired by a handful of executive job seekers I’ve spoken with this year who started to look and were wondering if they were going about it the right way.

Subscribe to the YouTube channel to be the first to know when new videos come out!

See comments for this video on LinkedIn.
The #1 leadership skill every technology executive needs
By: Somer Hackley, Conley
Tags: Technology, Recruiting, Careers, Influence, Leadership

Question: “What’s the most important leadership skill a technology executive needs to have and why? How does one acquire it?”

My answer:

The ability to influence.

Nearly every company is becoming a tech company. The tech companies are becoming platforms. Even if you’re ahead, innovation continues.

There are legacy environments to overcome, which can be rooted in both technology and culture.

With all this transformation, influence is critical. Gone are the days where technology leaders simply take orders from their counterparts and execute.

In order to drive change, technology leaders need to influence at a 360 degree level, from business leadership to technology peers to their own team members and colleagues.

The best way to acquire this skill?

Many technology executives wait for their career to be defined for them. They wait to be tapped for a role, internally or externally.

Mastering the art of influence takes practice and repetition. The best have mastered this skill in a variety of situations and cultures. They seek out opportunities to drive change.

Many have mentors. Ask for feedback and incorporate what you hear. Honing and improving this skill takes deliberate action, practice and reflection.

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Selfish to have a fish pet
By: Illusionary Persona
Tags: Think Different, Thinking, Righteousness, Philosophy, Veganism

This content is not an in depth view or analysis, instead is just synopses that you can explore and expand for yourself.

Why are we going to school, learning stuff, loving someone (ultimatum), marrying a person, having kids, helping someone, fighting for people, fighting for animals, fighting like animals, fighting to save the earth (really! earth needs be saved from what/who?), charity……. and the list themselves can be made into a book.

Why?

Anyone can give any reason to any one of those actions, but when you peel off the layers of the reasons and keep looking closer & closer, there is only one reason at the core.

Let me ask a simple sample question.

Why is a person being vegetarian? Does he love animals and don’t want them to be killed for eating while the alternatives(veggies… yeahhh..) exists! (if you are a vegetarian and nodding to this right now… shut the fuck up bitch)

Let me quote a shitty concoction of words from PETA for you,

Regardless, going vegan is by far your best bet. We have to eat — it’s a matter of survival. And eating plants directly — rather than feeding them to animals and then killing those animals for their flesh — requires far fewer plants and doesn’t hurt animals, who, we already know for sure, feel pain. So if you worry about plants’ welfare, going vegan is your best option.

Refer — https://www.peta.org/features/do-plants-feel-pain/

The above bet might make you feel better but don’t fucking question others love for animal because you have some fuckity bet.

This set is not about hatred towards veganism(although these fucks irritate the others to an extend) but to the general population picking on reasons to talk about themselves high & this is just one dicky example. And the most reasons these fucky wits choose, degrades others the most in the process of making themselves reputable or respectable.

It’s just that some bastards are more pretentious than the others and the people who are more selfish and wants to have more share for themselves turn out to be the best pretenders.
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Tags: Life Lessons, Myself, Thinking

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How to write, I mean, how I can tell myself to write
By: Sandro Sirait
Tags: Thinking, Questions, Writing

Write oh write.

How to write?

Can we start with the generic question and don’t worry you can always answer with whatever style you like, meaning, you can play top down or bottom up.

Well, technically speaking, you just need to open up your laptop and open any type of apps that allow you to type (well, that’s for writing by using computer)

if you like to use your hand, you can have paper or any medium you like that can handle written gesture. And of course, you need to have that pencil or pen. You get the idea.

Then, you can see that blank page of paper or that blank page of screen. And if you want to write, you can write any word that will form a sentence that will form a paragraph in that blank page.

As you go by writing, you can see that the page is eventually to be filled with words that are actually deeper that just merely words.

Those may have ideas, messages, thoughts, feelings, something that may not exist without you write that down.

And thanks to you, you bring those into existence.

Because you write it down.
Same Lover Im A Drifter
Tags: Thinking, Bitch, Ex, Drifter, Love

I always think at night! about myself and love!ers.

I have really bad ex girlfriend we have broken story i can!t say had because its not over yet ı hope it will be soon.She!s a person that you makes feel so desperate.She always says that i have very powerful soul and feeling and also ı have ambitions about being a good musician and this ambition destory my relationships and makes me lonley.Once she told me a song called Soldier Of Fortune she said this song suits me well and ı agree yeah this song suit my other self in 2019.yEAH I change myself in one year ı take very deserted choices and try to find my real personality ı tried so many ways and things.Im okey with the progress its not bad ı walked road in my mind and my soul ım better now.She always want from me that ı cannot give ı don!t know how she make that but she find a way to get into my mind every mouth bitch! I m sick of this shit ı need ginger girl maybe blonde but eventually ı need new story and new person to makes me feel like ım not the only one in this madness streets of İstanbul.I will found you.
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Tags: Running, Thinking, Inspiration

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We all gotta start somewhere, somehow
By: Sandro Sirait
Tags: Thinking, Writing

We all gotta start somewhere, well, somehow

That’s the title that I wrote for the medium post that I tried to write, but, unfortunately I had not finished yet.

And here we are, well, can I say start all over again?

I mean, I know that I need to write down thoughts and that is the best way that I know for me to think through.

And then you can ask me, like, think for what?

How about think for the sake of thinking?

How about thinking for the sake of being a human?

How about thinking about everything or, conversely, about nothing?

Well, regardless of the content or the topic that you want to think about, you need a platform to think.

The other way to say it is like, you need help to think. And, well, I have this burning question as well as you had been talking about thinking..

Why bother pushing yourself so hard to, oh my, THINK?

Why it is important, if not urgent, right now?

Well, some context if you are wondering what you have gone through: you are currently having long holiday. And yes, time is running out. It is only 1 more week.

So, are you saying that you need to — or must, maybe — to write in order for you to think?

Yes, I think so. I have such urgency and importance for such activity.

Thinking is hard. Well, what is it for?

Hmm, one way to put it, it is for making a plan. The other way is to process yourself or you can also say as an active effort to know yourself and to understand the world.

Other purpose or maybe benefit of doing that is for you to make meaning.

Because, without meaning, all of your efforts (I intended to say suffering in a more practical manner) will be seemed futile,

and life will seem meaningless.
How overthinking works and how to overcome it
Tags: Thinking, Relaxation, Overthinking

When something is wrong, our body believes that it has to find a solution to something that has happened or it is troubled by it and needs to to understand the experience and learn from it. For that reason, it goes into an intense process of thinking and it utilises the mind in order to process what has happened and leave the experience behind. It is only a natural process of the body, however, it can be a draining, underproductive process that may lead to confusion instead of clarity and it may also keep us away from the present moment. The best way to avoid a circumstance like that is to try to relax body and mind and try to understand that clarity comes with time and that we are better at understanding matters when we are most relaxed. Therefore bring yourself to a more relaxed happier state by engaging with activities that relax you and make you happy and then re-approach the matter with fresh eyes and allow yourself to receive all the answers you are seeking with an open mind and heart.
The Wandering Mind
Tags: Poetry, Thinking, Insanity, Cognition

The wandering-minded human, though eccentric

May fit the plea named humanity

But the stagnant-minded human, so logocentric

Shall sit and stay—suffering every coming day

In the paradox of insanity
death or loneliness?
By: Suhanee Patel
Tags: Life, Thinking, Alone, Philosophy, Death

death or loneliness?

Death is an escape from reality — from the longing of the world. It can be scary not knowing what’s to come.

Loneliness is the feeling of being alone. Not waking up alone, sleeping alone, eating alone, or living alone. It’s being in a room full of people and no one hears you. People know you, but they don’t really know you.

Being alone all the time is great sometimes. It’s important to know how to please yourself, stand up for yourself, support yourself. But sometimes we get too good at being alone.

so what’s worse?

I think loneliness is worse than death. Having no one is this world to support you or protect you is worse. Never being good enough for people to want your presence is worse.

It eats you up.
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Tags: What Is Love, Thinking

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3 Quotes That Made Me Think
By: Eugene Albano
Tags: Thinking, Quotes, Self Improvement, Short, Nonfiction

Photo by Rob Schreckhise on Unsplash

The value of quotes is often overrated. However, one thing quotes are great for is making you think deeply about a seemingly simple concept.

Here are 3 quotes that made me think this week.
A Blank Sheet of Paper
By: Frank Szewczyk
Tags: Ideas, Thinking, Mind, Writing

Photo by ASHLEY EDWARDS on Unsplash

I look at you longingly.

I try to remember that great idea I had 5 minutes ago.

It would be a wonderfully magical story,

but alas, I cannot remember. So I use you, my thin but powerful tool:

A place to doddle while I daydream.

A spot to record my to-do lists.

A school calculator to add numbers,

a place to write down a phone number that I will lose later,

a blank white sheet to write except my great idea.

Is it lost?

Was it a bad idea?

Maybe it was just a fleeting thought?

Or maybe I screwed up and waited too long to write it down.

And now it is lost in the ether of words.

I pray for its return.

Until then, my paper will be a coaster while my coffee gently weeps.
What is your book of 2020?
By: Iain Robertson
Tags: Reading, Thinking, Lifestyle, Learning, Book Recommendations

Seriously, I do want to know. It has been that kind of year and for many discovering books and reading was a new found passion.

I enjoy reading and as I said in a previous post, I have varying ‘tactics’ to read books for different reasons, to enjoy them for what they are or to extract from them some other learning or deeper meaning!!

My book of 2020 is…

Jay Shetty, Think like a Monk. Somehow this seems very appropriate for the year 2020.

I have to admit, I was not a big fan of Jay Shetty as I tried listening to his podcast and watching his youtube videos but I found that they were littered with adverts.

I was being all zen like and getting in the mood with a podcast from Jay and then, bang, in drops an advert… then another, back to the podcast and boom, drops in another advert.

Really, I mean come on mate! You are an ex-monk, get some balance between the commercial piece and the ‘live life like a monk’ piece.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-purpose-with-jay-shetty/id1450994021

Anyway, I persevered and decided to give his book a go as he was bouncing around all the talk shows and self help sites so I though, he must have something more to offer than just adverts.

I was right. He has more to offer.

He is a great storyteller and shares deep wisdom on the back of enlightening insights and great stories.

He has lived an interesting life so far and he speaks with the authority of the experiences that he has gained.

There are new things for the self development world to explore and he opens up some never heard before rich seams of thought that have not been explored too much within the genre.

Get it, take the time to read it… work it and then go back and read it again. It’s worth it.

On that note..

What would be your recommendation?

I would love to know so I can select my next book on the back of your recommendations, please leave a suggestion below….

Pretty please.