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As the adage goes, sometimes it’s who you know and not what you know that matters. And we’re not just talking about nepo babies here, aka the offspring of successful people who are able to piggyback off the professional merits of their parents. As a result they are often given career-defining opportunities without possessing the qualifications or experience required to do the job.
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Aoibhinn Mc Bride
17.10.2023
By working virtually, a Virtual Assistant (VA) can support multiple clients at any one time and most of us have anything between three and eight clients simultaneously, depending on the volume and frequency of the work that those clients need.
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Kathy Soulsby
16.10.2023
Creating people-friendly HR policies involves designing policies and practices that prioritise the well-being and satisfaction of employees while also aligning with the organisation's overall goals.
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George Mathew
13.10.2023
As part of a series with Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, Maddyness spoke to Theo-Lee Houston at Slinger about funding, plans for the future and their advice for other founders.
11.10.2023
In today’s rapidly evolving work landscape, employers everywhere should be harnessing the dual potentials of neurodiversity and artificial intelligence. World-renowned educator, entrepreneur and activist Dr Maureen Dunne explains why…
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Dr. Maureen Dunne
06.10.2023
You managed to make it through multiple interview rounds, successfully negotiated your salary, have signed on the dotted line and yet somehow, you hate your new job and don’t know what to do. For starters, take comfort in the fact that regretting your decision isn’t a reflection on your professionalism or commitment issues (or lack thereof).
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Aoibhinn Mc Bride
03.10.2023
Balancing short-term tasks and long-term vision is hard — even great leaders struggle with this one. 61% of founders find it hard to connect their grand visions with their companies’ day-to-day tasks. Many fall into the “urgency trap” and lose focus. Early-stage startups are most prone to this: they need to demonstrate strong traction here and now to secure funding while simultaneously developing a great product.
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Ksenia Novikova
30.09.2023
These days, we’re well versed in the concept of company culture. And while pool or ping-pong tables, fridges stocked full of snacks or hammocks in meeting rooms might have held sway pre-pandemic when the workplace was confined to an office building, in recent years company values, standards and beliefs are being brought into sharper focus as the barometer of what it’s really like to work at an organisation.
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Aoibhinn Mc Bride
19.09.2023
When it comes to careers, one of the biggest pieces of received wisdom you might have been given is that you should stay in a job for a decent amount of time. Depending on the age of the person who is dispensing this advice, that span could be until you retire.
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Kirstie McDermott
05.09.2023
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Matthew Bond, CEO and cofounder of Borderless about his Entrepreneur First experience and building a platform to grow the size of potential workforces and streamline wider recruitment.
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Matthew Bond
31.08.2023
Today’s business environment requires an active synergy between different departments. That propels it to success. Two departments that need to collaborate well with other are HR and marketing.
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George Mathew
30.08.2023
Almost every passing day brings with it a fresh new way for artificial intelligence (AI) to be used, particularly within the realm of business. Indeed, whether it’s a novel generative language AI or a program streamlining your inbox, AI is reshaping how we approach creation and productivity.
28.08.2023
The freelancing market is more in demand than ever. Reportedly, US freelancers contribute about $1.3T to the United States economy each year. That’s how profitable freelancing is, and it’s going to be bigger in the coming years, with more people drifting toward it.
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George Mathew
26.08.2023
It’s been a worrying time for tech workers. Global layoffs have affected hundreds of thousands of jobs all across the sector, and in the UK, VC funding has plummeted.
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Kirstie McDermott
22.08.2023
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