X, I or T – What shape are you, and do you need to cross-skill before it’s too late?
What shape are you – a T, an I, or even an X? Popularised by Tim Brown (CEO of global design agency IDEO), T’s and I’s are used in business to describe the breadth and depth of an employee’s experience. Amongst job seekers, there’s a fear of millennials employed in the industry. They appear to…
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How to use LinkedIn for job search the right way: Top 10 tips
LinkedIn contains a treasure trove of opportunities for job seekers. But with a user base of over half a billion – which continues to grow by 2 people per second – and 10 million active job posts, it’s easy for your profile to get lost and for irrelevant job recommendations to pop up. Think of…
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Does AI solve the IT skills shortage?
As we’ve recently written, IT – and cybersecurity in particular – has a serious shortage of skilled personnel. Jobseeker interest supplies less than 65% of employer demand in most countries. In the UK, 44% of firms are not where they want to be in terms of IT infrastructure and staffing; 150,000 positions are currently unfilled….
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An interview with CyberSmart’s Relationship Manager, Thomas Seilding
Data protection and information security are big news, with high profile cases like the 2017 ransomware attack on the NHS placing cybersecurity even more in the public spotlight. According to the UK Government, however, around 80% of cyber attacks could be prevented if businesses put basic cyber security controls in place. London-based CyberSmart is a…
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6 major global initiatives to help the cybersecurity skills gap
In Britain and beyond, we are faced with a significant shortage of cybersecurity professionals and skills. A report by Indeed found over 2000 job postings in the field (from 2014 to 2016) received fewer than 1000 clicks – a drastic difference between employer demand and jobseeker interest. The pattern repeats globally: Israel, Ireland and the…
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Explaining our candidate charter: what it means for candidates and employers
It’s easy to say you’re client driven, who isn’t? It’s also easy to say that you’re candidate driven, but without a tool to prove it and hold us accountable to our candidates, it would be all talk – and for many recruiters, that’s all it is. Most recruiters are client-first businesses – after all, the…
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