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The Future Technology Workforce Is Not About Replacement — It’s About Amplification
The Future Technology Workforce Is Not About Replacement — It’s About Amplification For the past two years, much of the conversation around Artificial Intelligence has focused on one question: “Which technology roles will AI replace?” Inside enterprise organisations, however, that question increasingly misses the point. Modern enterprise technology teams were already operating in highly automated…
Read MoreTrust, Technology, and the Future of Hiring: Why the Human Element Matters More Than Ever
Trust, Technology, and the Future of Hiring: Why the Human Element Matters More Than Ever Over the past two weeks, I’ve explored: How interviews are changing, The emerging risks within that change The final step is how hiring evolves in response. Technology Isn’t the Problem — It’s the Context AI and digital tools are not…
Read MoreWhen the Candidate Isn’t the Candidate: The New Risks in Tech Recruitment
When the Candidate Isn’t the Candidate: The New Risks in Tech Recruitment Last week, I wrote about how interviews are changing. This week, I want to go deeper into an emerging risk that is becoming increasingly relevant in the market: The possibility that what is being assessed in an interview isn’t always the full picture.…
Read MoreThe Interview Isn’t What It Used to Be: Why Remote Hiring Needs a Rethink
As the Managing Director of a technology recruitment business, I’ve spent years helping clients build high-performing teams. But over the last 18–24 months, something has fundamentally changed. The interview — once the cornerstone of hiring decisions — is no longer as reliable as it used to be. And the shift has happened quietly. The…
Read MoreThe Market is Tough, But Talent is Abundant – Why Are So Many Great IT Professionals Still Available?
There’s nothing I enjoy more than speaking with highly capable IT professionals about their next career moves. I love hearing about their ideas, aspirations, and the types of roles they’re aiming to secure. It’s a conversation that energises me, as I get to connect with people who are not just technically skilled, but also ambitious…
Read MoreMulti-tasking or Mindfulness?
I had a conversation with my Manager recently about the challenges of multi-tasking. The conversation took me back to a workshop that I attended, many years ago, on mindfulness and how effective this can be in improving our performance, both at work and in our personal lives. Is mindfulness more important during this current pandemic,…
Read MoreEntering the recruitment world remotely – a grad’s view
Entering the recruitment world remotely – a grad’s view I was under no illusion that venturing into the world of recruitment would be a big step up from anything I had done previously, but somehow I still managed to underestimate the amount of adjustment it would take. I’d had a few office jobs prior to…
Read MoreRishi Sunak admits working from home is ‘probably’ here to stay
Rishi Sunak admits working from home is ‘probably’ here to stay The Chancellor said that working from home was obviously the ‘big unknown’ to have emerged from Covid-19…. What does that mean for our clients and professionals in terms of workforce, hiring, onboarding, support and productivity; and what do we think will be happening when…
Read MoreReg to Tech Recruitment
The move from the Life Sciences Industry to the Technology Industry My name is Jasmine, and I am a Senior Recruiter at TalentHawk. I joined in September 2021 having never worked in the Technology Industry. I have a total of 7 years’ experience within the Recruitment field, however, I started my career working as an…
Read MoreGetting back to the office environment
As a follow up to my first blog about the impact of working from home since the start of the pandemic, I thought I would share insight to the considerations on how we all start the transition back to the office, the management of work & life, the office space now needed and localised economic…
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