With over 500 million users, a $12 billion valuation and an amazing working environment, Dropbox are one of the original poster boys of the tech industry. However, to land a job at Dropbox can be a difficult task for the unprepared, as these quirky interview questions show.
Albert Einstein’s Time Sheets From 1943/44
When Albert Einstein wasn’t working on his theory of relativity he took regular work like everyone else, check out these time sheets from 1943/1944 when, during World War II, Albert Einstein worked as a part-time government employee developing underwater weapons for the U.S. Navy. Read More
Career Extinctions Are Nothing New
Remember the clerk at the local video store, or the person who used to develop your holiday snaps? A quick look back at bygone careers.Read More
5 Reasons Why People Do Not Want To Join Your Company
When you’re running a company, your staff are your biggest asset. By hiring the right people, you can ensure you have the skills, innovation and creativity you need to grow your business. However, you’ll need to make sure you can attract the best candidates if you want to achieve commercial success.
Read MoreA Quick Look At Onboarding New Employees
A term first coined in the 1970s, Onboarding is the process of welcoming a new employee into the ranks. More than just a desk full of corporate gumpf, onboarding takes many different forms and is often seen as a good reflection of company culture.
Read MoreHow To Hire For A Job No-one Is Qualified To Do
When should you resort to an Ex-Factor-style bake off to interview for one of the most important roles in your start-up? The answer is when the person you’re hiring definitely won’t have any experience, and the only requirement is that they must have a deep love for flavour! Read More
How To Write A Job Description
A job description (job specification) is an essential part of the hiring process, defining that initial brief brings clarity, focus and structured pathway for finding the talent that’s right for your business. Knowing how to write a job description is a mandatory recruitment task.
Read More4 Ways You Can Make Your Hiring Process More Inclusive
We had a nice chat with Craig Hall this week, as the Operations Director at Glass Digital, he owns the company culture, positivity to inclusivity and everything in-between across all aspects of the business. Here are his top suggestions for making your hiring process more inclusive.
Read MoreVintage Work Pictures From Before the Dawn of AutoCAD
Before the invention of AutoCAD, Drafters used to do all of their plans by hand. Huge warehouses housed massive tables adorned with measuring tools and drawing devices. Then came 1982 and the launch of AutoCAD.
Read MoreThese Microsoft Recruitment Videos From 2008 Are Incredible…
Found in the archives, these two recruitment videos from Microsoft’s talent attraction vaults are absolute gold. Possibly the most bizarre and least effective HR tools we’ve ever seen, Microsoft had these videos commissioned to stop the exodus of brilliant talent flocking in droves to seemingly more cooler companies.Read More
Help Wanted – Advertisements For Odd Jobs
Covering an array of professions from Snake Milker to Elvis Presley Minister the “Help Wanted” overview is a neat little collation from our friends over at Lapham’s Quarterly. Enjoy this eclectic mix of random job adverts from across the ages.Read More
Retaining Employees Through Trust, Communication and Culture
For too long, managers and human resources professionals have approached the issue of employee retention with the question, “How do we make people stay?” While it is a valid question, it is far too simple for approaching the complex reasons that top employees choose to stay with a company and has resulted in far too simplistic solutions that rely on piling on individual material perks instead of fostering business cultures that address employees’ less tangible but far more deeply felt needs.
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