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:
london The London Tech Scene: An Overview Arguably one of Europe’s most popular cities, over 8 million people call London home. As Hugh Grant once said in a speech that shook rom-com aficionados everywhere, it’s the place of Shakespeare, Winston Churchill and David Beckham's right (and left) foot.
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.
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
Engineers How to engineer your career Thinking of changing it up? Make sure to use our handy checklist and kickstart 2019 by learning to engineer your career.
Engineers The secret to hiring great engineers – an open mind This week, we’re talking about how addressing the skills gap can help you when hiring great engineers.
A visit to 10 Downing Street Earlier this month, our Co-Founder and CEO Razvan Creanga paid a visit to 10 Downing Street and advised on how to close the ever-growing digital skills gap.
candidates Candidates VS the cultural interview If there are two words in the English language that can make anyone shudder, a real contender has to be, ‘job interview’. It’s rare to find people who enjoy the cultural process – they’re basically designed to make you feel uncomfortable!
ReasonML ReasonML: what you need to know ReasonML is one of the most controversial hashtags on Twitter. Love it or loathe it, keep reading for our debrief.
Employers Vive la hiring revolution! We’ve spent the last 3 years trying to change the way people think about tech hiring. Rather than focus on looking introspectively at the kind of tech candidates companies hired before, we asked them to look at the skills applicants need to achieve their vision.
Technical Interview Start on the Right Foot: 10 Technical Interview Questions Every Hiring Manager Should Ask Talent When it comes to hiring, people often place lots of emphasis on the stress of interviewing as a candidate. What falls by the wayside, however, is the pressure facing interviewers, who must ensure they’ve made the correct hire for their team.
