29Oct

Start-ups and scale-ups: how effective onboarding can improve your employee retention

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#employeeretention, #onboarding, employer branding, Scale-ups, Start-ups, talent, War for talent

The importance of the first few months in a new job cannot be understated. It’s a critical time for the new hire, as they assess whether their career move was a good one – and equally important for the employer, as they bed in their new hire. So as an employer, what do you need […]

31May

Bad hires cost your business – so get it right first time!

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Hiring, Recruitment, talent

You’ll already know that bad hires are bad news for your Tech Start-Up or Scale-Up – but have you ever quantified and really considered the true cost? Why it matters A survey by CareerBuilder found that 27 percent of employers had calculated that bad hires cost their businesses £50,000 each, including missed sales […]

27May

Why it’s time to focus on your employee value proposition

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employee value proposition, employer branding, talent attraction

Whether you’re a start-up or scale-up, you need to focus on your employee value proposition in order to attract and retain the right people. And yet, most hiring execs struggle to define – in a truly differentiated way – why anyone would want to work in their business. Even if they can articulate […]

19May

Hot prospects, not actively looking!

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headhunting, passive candidates, talent

We talk about ‘passive candidates’ a great deal in recruitment. But the fact is, the term is entirely misleading. Firstly, a candidate actually has to apply for something to be classed as a candidate. Those who don’t apply are simply prospects. Equally, prospects are not ‘passive job seekers’ because they aren’t actively job-hunting. And […]

19May

The Inside Track on Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader

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A-Players, Hiring, leadership, talent

Entrepreneurial leaders are today’s rock stars. Celebrity business people, from Richard Branson through to Mark Zuckerberg are revered worldwide for their entrepreneurial qualities, and today’s business students dream of emulating them.Most businesses, however, are strangled by their own recruiting processes. Very few hiring firms have a robust, effective means of identifying and separating genuine entrepreneurs […]

16May

Is Your Business Guilty of Unconscious Bias in Hiring?

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Diversity, Hiring, Unconscious Bias

The situation may well be familiar. Your leadership team gathers to discuss diversity within the business, whilst apparently failing to notice the fact that the group around the table is largely white, middle-class and middle-aged. Yes, there may be the occasional ‘other’ person who doesn’t fall within this primary demographic but the reality is that […]

16May

Lost that start-up feeling? How to get it back in your growing business

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Organisational Culture, Scale-ups, Start-up Culture

There are very few things that are more contagious than a start-up culture. If you are lucky enough to witness the magic first-hand, you will have been amazed by the dynamism, passion and creativity at play – with a fluid mode of operation and a highly productive, exciting atmosphere that big businesses spend forever trying […]

11May

Are you entitled to hire A-Players?

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A-Players, War for talent

The war for talent means that every forward-thinking technology venture needs to attract, develop and nurture the best staff. But even the best firms aren’t entitled to superb employees. They have to be earned. No matter how much you may want the cream of the industry’s top talent within your business, the reality is that […]

09May

The war for talent: how smaller firms can steal a march on their larger rivals

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Start-ups, War for talent

Recruiting talent with the right set of skills is essential for the growth and development of any business. Yet, when it comes to attracting that talent, smaller firms can sometimes feel outgunned by their larger rivals. Talking about a “war for talent” may be something of a cliché but, nevertheless, is not a concept that […]

04May

Succession planning for start-ups and scale-ups

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Scale-ups, Start-ups, Succession planning

“There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It’s constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.” Eric Schmidt If the decision to start a business can be challenging, determining when to step down in favour […]