Career Advice
Building a Personal Brand in Tech
Building a strong personal brand requires dedication to creating original content on a regular basis. Right? Wrong! ‘You can build a brand and a sense of who you are in terms of the comments you put out there and the questions you ask of other people. It doesn’t have to be original posts.’ These wise…
Read MorePlanning Your Career Strategically
‘The people who have a plan are typically the most successful’. When you consider a new job, do you also ask yourself what jobs it could lead onto in the future? In this new video of Preparing the Unprepared Lewis Adams-Dustan talks to Kevin Goldsmith who explains that the best practises for aspiring leaders…
Read MoreMental Health in The Tech World
MENTAL HEALTH IN TECH – THE INVISIBLE ENEMY After such a turbulent year, we thought it especially important to tackle the topic of the challenges that everyday life and work pressure pose on our mental health. Will Falkowski has worked as a Developer for 17 years for some great brands across multiple industries; retail, legal,…
Read MoreUnderstand what you want from your next role
What advice would a recruiter give you? Mostly to have a clear idea of what it is you’re looking for- not just in terms of progression but also considering technologies you’d want to work with or products you want to work on. The clearer an idea you have about what direction you’re working towards, the…
Read MoreGaining Global Leadership Experience
Wanting to move to a leadership role? The Catch 22: if you haven’t got the experience how do you get it? Jamie Rogers and Alfie Walters discuss that by being proactive and assuming authority to some degree, you’re more likely to be given more responsibilities. Watch the video to find out more! Transcription: Jamie Rogers…
Read MoreKeeping Up with the Latest Tech
Jamie Rogers: When you’re moving from somewhere completely disconnected, like St. Petersburg for the first time, I think you got in a good situation. You got lucky. Trivago, they really helped. That’s excellent. So, there are any see companies that listen to this podcast and they’re thinking, how can we make it easier for…
Read MoreWhat Does A Director Of Engineering Really Do?
Jamie Rogers: So as a Director of Engineering, what does that mean? What do you do here? Roman Alekseev: I would say I’m helping the team, the Engineering team, to achieve our goals. And also, I’m helping with the processes of day-to-day tasks and defining the goals, managing people trying to work not only with…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Using a Recruiter over Applying Direct
Transcript James: This is going back just before the interview stage, where obviously it’s almost between the CV and interview. When we were actually applying for the role. I think one benefit of using a recruiter is we go directly to the hiring manager. We’re not going through a portal. You know, we’re not uploading…
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