Utilising data extracted from the ONS the following chart showcases the pay gap between Women and Men across all job types throughout the UK. Spot the jobs where Women are paid more than Men. Read More
Five Minutes With: esure’s CIO
From the outside insurance companies don’t always appear to be the most exciting places to work, however, with an environment more akin to a start-up (lean and flat) esure (whose brands include Sheilas’ Wheels and Gocompare) are slowly changing perceptions. We caught up with Graham Bolton, CIO at esure to discuss… Read More
Daily Advice For A Creative Life
The beautiful typography, calligraphy and illustration work of Gui Menga caught our eye this week through his brilliant personal project “Daily advice for a creative life”… Read More
Pop Up Offices Are All The Rage
Pop Up Offices seem to be a new craze right now. Those that sign-up receive location details of unique pop up venues in random outside city locations, this could be in a park, on a rooftop terrace, or even a boat. This could catch on! Read More
How To Write A Job Advert
Writing an effective job advert when hiring is a crucial aspect to the hiring process and can make a massive difference to the responses you get. Our Recruitment Copywriter has taken some time out from his busy schedule to explain the dos and don’ts when writing job adverts for recruitment… Read More
We Are Guru (2016) – 12 Months Producing Our Best Website Yet.
Although only 3 ½ years old, our previous website (2013-2016) had been struggling to make an impact for a little while. Our message had become convoluted, it wasn’t overly mobile friendly and it just didn’t provide much value. Read More
Swift Developers Are A Bunch Of Bearded Hipsters
There are a lot of stereotypes in the programming community. “Swift is used by a bunch of bearded hipsters.” “C++ is for old people.” “No one likes coding in Java.” Well it turns out that some of these might be true… Read More
Idris Elba Asks Grown-Ups “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up”
Seasoned TV and Film hard man Idris Elba shows off his soft side in this heart warming campaign for the beverage brand Purdey’s. Read More
This Chap Quit His Job To Kayak The Med With His Dog (For 3 Years)
Leaving his job in search of adventure, Sergi Basoli has spent the past three years kayaking the Mediterranean coastline. Finding Nirvana, aka “Sailor Dog”, on his travels through Sardinia, Sergi now has a friendly companion on tow to share his adventure. Read More
This New Tool Removes Unconscious Bias From The Interview Process
With the aim to improve technical interviews, Interviewing.io is an online platform (currently in private-beta) which anonymises the interview process – even voices are masked. Read More
Village Greens to Reading Nooks, Airbnb Have New Offices in London, Sao Paulo and Singapore
Airbnb are known for their amazing workspaces, in San Francisco their office has a Bear and a War room and in Portland they have designed a beautiful, cosy retreat! Outside the US they have created some pretty quirky and inspiring spaces too, check out London, Sao Paulo and Singapore… Read More
How to Work Better: A New York Mural
Based on the corner of East Houston Street and Mott Street the Guggenheim have collaborated with the Public Art Fund, artist Peter Fischli, and Guggenheim curators Nancy Spector and Nat Trotman, to create this awesome 50 foot tall inspiration. Read More
Graduates – Here’s some quick tips to landing your dream job!
Robert Stone, Head of Talent at McCann Worldgroup, explains the trials and tribulations of his graduate experiences and shares advice for those just starting out on the career ladder… Read More
7 Ways To Grab Yourself The Best Graduate
As the graduate hiring market starts to hot up, we’ve put together these 7 pointers to make sure you’re well prepared for this year’s seasonal hiring rush… Read More
Occupations Ranked by Creepiness
As part of a recent scientific study to define creepiness, psychology experts Francis McAndrew and Sara Koehnke have produced a unique league table of occupations ranked by creepiness… Read More
A Beautiful And Diverse Snapshot Of Those Who Work In Tech
Techie turned freelance photographer, Helena Price has put together “Techies” a beautiful portrait project to highlight diversity within the tech industry. Read More
Get Paid To Drink Beer And Travel The World
The US firm, World of Beers, have a marketing intern opportunity like no other, they are inviting a team of 3 beer lovers to sample craft beers from around the globe. Read More
A 1984 Video Guide To Sending Emails.
Found in the Thames TV archives, this 1984 video from the popular tech TV programme “Database” highlights just how difficult it was to send an email 32 years ago and is fascinating insight into early email. Read More