Engineers 5 soft skills engineers need to build At hackajob, we champion the idea of skills over CV’s. But when it comes to skill set, we don’t solely mean all-things technical. In fact, we believe that certain soft skills can be just as important as how well you write a piece of code.
ReactNative React Native: Navigating the Basics Learn how to navigate between your app’s screens with our easy-to-follow tutorial.
Java Why you should be using Stream API in Java 8 The makers of Java 8 have recently introduced a new feature called Stream API. The Stream API along with lambda expressions can be used to perform bulk operations on a sequence of elements, but that's not the only thing it can be used for...
Contract The Advantages of Being a Contractor You asked, we listened and made it our mission to launch contract jobs via the hackajob platform. Want to know why going ‘contract’ is the new ‘in’ thing? Keep reading…
Contract hackajob launches Contract Jobs You asked, we listened: This week, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve launched Contract Jobs for candidates and employers.
ReactNative How to build a QR Code Reader using ReactNative A powerful framework that allows you to build native mobile apps with JavaScript, ReactNative uses the same design as React and helps you to compose a rich mobile UI by using declarative components.
myhackajobstory My hackajob Story: Removing the toxicity from tech When relaying her experiences as a software engineer, Meryem admits that working in the world of tech hasn’t always been easy. Here, she shares her story of how hackajob worked for her, and explains why more must be done to protect women working in technical roles.
myhackajobstory My hackajob Story: Stamping out ageism and never giving up After spending just two weeks on the hackajob platform, Steve found a new role as a Senior DevOps Engineer at his dream company. Here, he tells us his story and shares why others in his position should never give up.
Remote 5 Questions to ask yourself when hiring remote devs This week, we’re answering one of the toughest queries that technical hiring managers face: how to hire remote devs.
myhackajobstory My hackajob Story: How going back to BASIC(s) landed me my dream job After working at BT for around 10 years, Andy Porritt was ready for something new. He needed a challenge, something to bite his teeth into. In a nutshell, he was looking for his dream job...
Unleash The UNLEASH 2019 Rundown: Here’s what we learned This week we attended the creme de la creme of HR events; otherwise known as UNLEASH. With the 5th annual Spring conference promising to roadmap the ‘future of work’ as we know it, team hackajob made sure to check it out...
Conference Headed to UNLEASH? Here's what to expect Thinking of attending Unleash London? Billed as THE event for the Workplace Revolution, Unleash’s 5th Annual Spring Conference & Expo will be road mapping the future of work. Here's what to expect:
World Yoga Day 🧘♀️World Yoga Day: Why making time for yourself will make you a better engineer🧘♂️ When thinking of your typical developer or engineer, it’s hard to imagine them slipping into a downward facing dog, or saying ‘namaste’ whilst touching their third eye and bowing into prayer pose.
myhackajobstory My hackajob story: How solving technical challenges improved my coding skills When deciding to look for a new job, Manjari Avasarala wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Now a software engineer at Argos, Manjari has kindly shared her experiences of what it’s like to find a new career via the hackajob platform.
gatsby Easily manage content with the 3G Stack (Gatsby, GraphQL, GraphCMS) Gatsby has increased in popularity over the last 18 months, in no small part to its ease-of-use in getting an optimised React app working. Initially, Gatsby's philosophy was to create blazing-fast, SEO-friendly static websites, but it has since become much more than that.
tech Retaining tech talent: 4 things you need to know The best way to build an outstanding team is to hire exceptional talent and keep them happy. It’s simple really, yet according to the latest figures, the tech sector has the highest turnover rate and totalled 13.2% last year.
The Ultimate Guide To Tech Hiring In The UK Want to reduce your hiring costs? Here’s 3 ways how This month, we’re focusing on solving tech hiring pain points. Got something you want us to help with? Make sure to reach out.
Front End Hiring front end devs: What you're doing wrong Struggling to hire front end devs? We hear you.
Databases MySQL Indexes: What you (probably) didn't know We’re going to answer a couple of burning questions: what are database indexes and how are they useful? Whilst they may look simple (e.g. the more you have, the faster your table searches will be), the reality isn’t quite as easy.
berlin Wir sind Berliner! After the recent launch of Paris outpost, we decided to go one step further and open up in another city: Berlin.
Bootcamp The rise of the bootcamp developer A few years ago, it was the norm to find technical candidates with a Computer Science (CS) degree, but now the landscape has changed and we’re seeing a world filled with bootcamp and self-taught developers.
Career Unhappy at work? Maybe it’s time to make your move Do you look forward to getting out of bed in the morning? Ok, we’re kidding, obviously nobody looks forward to leaving the house and hitting the traffic jam that is most morning commutes, so the real question is...
Hiring The intelligence behind the unbiased hire If you are struggling with how to hire unbiasedly and ultimately gaining and retaining talent that ‘gets’ you as a company, we have some helpful advice to get you moving in the right direction.
Designer From Designer to Developer: Why I changed roles When Francesco held his university prospectus in his hands, he felt confident that he had made the right decision in choosing to study graphic design. Now four years on and with almost two
