With remote work options becoming a key factor in job satisfaction and employee retention, more and more companies are turning toward reducing their costs and improving productivity through introducing remote teams. This change, however, can quickly turn into a nightmare without proper management.   Here are the five most important challenges to plan for when looking to onboard a remote team. Traditional Recruitment Approach When it comes to a remote workforce, the necessary competencie

Most companies are shifting to in-house hiring, but sometimes using the services of a staffing agency saves time and cost.   However, there are many staffing agencies out there, how to select the one that's best for you? Depending on the role - permanent, contract, temporary, hourly, you may need the services of a recruitment agency, employment agency, temporary staffing agency, freelance marketplace, etc. Some agencies may specialize in one area only, others may provide a whole

Ever wondered why your perfectly written job ads don’t attract top applicants? For a long time, starting the job listing with a company self-introduction paragraph has been considered a best practice. The bigger the brand, the higher the interest of the candidates. BUT… Somehow, the job listings of our tech and startup clients always attracted more top applicants who were genuinely interested in the job and the company than the big brands.  Indeed, the big brands attrac

The tech industry is often associated with startup offices packed with young men in their twenties or thirties working long hours on the next Facebook or Google.  Unfortunately, this perception is not necessarily misleading.  A PWC research reveals that only 3% of the female students would consider a career in tech as their first choice. Why? A quarter of the participants stated that the industry is too male dominated. Assuming that the chances of getting a high paying job in a male do

70% of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 shaping one of the largest untapped talent pools in the world.  At the same time, 75% of all university graduates in Kenya and Nigeria are likely to be unemployed for up to 5 years after graduation. What are the drivers behind these figures and why Africa is so polarized when it comes to skills development and unemployment rates?   A closer look at the African countries with the lowest and highest unemployment rates reveals inte