What We Learnt How This Sainsbury's Webinar Could Help You Find Your Next Job We've gathered just a few of the gems that we learn from Sainsbury's webinar "From Depot to Doorstep: The Technology Behind A Retail Giant" that could help you land your next role and also give you an insight into what it's like to be part of the Sainsbury's Digital, Tech & Data team.
What The Tech What The Tech?!: Lifting the Lid on OAuth (Part 1) You might not know it, but you’ve probably used OAuth at least once in your life – especially if you’re a fan of connecting your social media accounts to apps and websites. But you also might not be entirely sure what it means or does....
Tech Tutorial Implementing Binary Search Trees in Java Ever wondered how to code a binary search tree? It's easier than you think. Keep reading to find out how we can insert nodes in a binary search tree, perform traversals, and also how to delete nodes. You'll be an expert in no time!
Manchester 5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Manchester for Your Dream Role Manchester – home of the first passenger railway, atomic theory and the greatest football team in the UK (well, the last one is debatable but our CEO Mark certainly seems to think so) – is a bustling city in the North of England with good transport links, great eateries and plenty of tech jobs.
Manchester Top 6 Companies to Land a Tech Role in Manchester Looking for a tech role in Manchester but not sure where to start? We’ve put together some of the companies currently hiring via hackajob for tech jobs in the North. Whatever your preference for company-size, sector, benefits and tech-stack, we’ve got you covered. Could your next role be here?
ReactNative How to Share Messages with React Native Most apps these days offer a way to share content from their app to another app. Just imagine a world where we didn't share what we've come across - that's right, no links, emails, files or even memes. Weird right?
Java How to Implement Stacks and Queues in Java Delve into the fundamental data structures for Java that are stacks, and queues. You’ll find these data structures highly used in Computer Science to implement functionality and logic.
Diversity Diversity In Tech: Buzzword or Beneficial? In the tech sector, there’s a misconception that technology is above the very human flaws and biases of society. To put it simply – this isn’t true.
Data Science 5 Tips for Starting Off in Data Science If you're interested in working in a diverse industry such as FinTech, robotics or even policing, then a career in Data Science might be for you. With so many opportunities available, it's no wonder why it's becoming a buzzword amongst those looking to hire techies.
Python 4 Libraries to Hack Text Processing in Python Natural language processing is one of the areas of artificial intelligence that has seen a major growth in the last few years and it's easy to see why. With current advances in deep learning algorithms from text, such as...
advice 5 Tips for Acing an Online Interview During a Pandemic Online interviews usually put people into either one of two camps – firmly for or staunchly against – as some swear that they ‘come across better in person’ or that online interviews take some of the pressure off. No matter your view...
Java Implementing Linked Lists in Java If you’re someone who is even remotely into Java, there is no way that you are not familiar with Linked Lists. A vast majority of technical interviews would include at least one question from linked lists and it is one of the most fundamental data structures in Computer Science
kubernetes How to Manage a Kubernetes cluster state for High Availability Whether you’ve been using Kubernetes for a while, or you’re still testing it out, it’s more than likely that you’ve come across Kubernetes events before. But what exactly...
Job Interview What To Do When You Get Rejected You haven’t. It’s never easy to hear ‘Thanks but no thanks’ when you’ve put a lot of effort into a role, and contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t always get easier. But it can get better. A lot of job
ReactNative How to create a component with gesture recognition in React Native Wondering if there's an easy way to create a component in your app that can detect the direction of the finger swipe (Swipe Gesture)?
Technology 4 Ways You Can Find a Tech Job during a Pandemic Over the past few months, businesses have reflected, adapted and are changing their internal structures to bring about external changes. This includes more hiring for tech roles which bodes positively for those looking to make a career change this year...
Remote Remote Hiring: The future is now Organisations have been successfully finding and hiring great candidates remotely for years, but never before has the entire global workforce been thrown so abruptly into relying on fully remote processes.
account executive Why I joined hackajob This week, we’re hearing from George Carter from our sales team. One of our Senior Account Executives, George loves nothing more than chatting with our customers. In his spare time, George can be found reading a good book, exploring new places or on a wine tasting course with his wife.
mental health Mental health in the Workplace Mental health always seems to be something that we as a society tiptoe around, however paying attention to mental health within the workplace has never been more important, especially in the current climate.
Recruitment Why I joined hackajob Welcome to our new series, dedicated to introducing you to the entire team at hackajob. This month we’re hearing from Karina Paschalis, who currently works in our Marketing department.
remotework How to motivate your teams whilst working remotely Have you been working remotely? Or has it sometimes felt more like you’re remotely working? While many people have adapted quickly to unusual circumstances, getting the most out of a new WFH workspace can still take some extra discipline.
Internal News Committed to Change Over the last fortnight, we've all seen the awful footage of a US police officer killing George Floyd. Whilst I'm grateful to see the police officers involved will be held to account, it’s not enough.
coding challenge Introducing our New Learning & Assessment Platform At hackajob, we're constantly cooking up new ideas to make your experience even better on our platform and we always take your feedback onboard. It's why we're really proud to announce our latest venture; our brand new Learning & Assessment Platform 🎉
Remote Hiring with hackajob With the current climate as it stands, many organisations are taking steps and measures in order to continue 'business as usual', and rightly so. There's a lot of uncertainty in the air right
django Testing your Django Application When writing any kind of software, it’s crucial to test the code and therefore the application you’ve created.
