Working out your manpower needs is not an easy task. It’s a balancing act where a slip can mean losing money, clients, or employees, and any company that is careless with its staffing requirements will soon find itself struggling to maintain daily operations. So, what exactly does being understaffed mean? …

The interview is finished, the HR personnel on the other side of the table looks at you, smile shuffles their papers and asks you that one question that you didn’t see coming, the one you didn’t prepare for. “Do you have any questions?” You’ve probably already spent hours prepping for…

Hiring for any position is no easy task, but any hiring manager will agree that when it comes to filling a senior position, the stakes are undoubtedly higher. No two candidates are ever the same, and there is no guarantee that someone who has performed spectacularly in one company will…

Maybe you’ve had to take time off to care for a loved one. Maybe you had tiny human beings at home to run around after, and now that they’ve stopped sticking their hands into the toilet bowl and started going to school you’re considering picking up where you left off…

You've put in the time, worked your way through your business model, sorted out your funding, and now you've got yourself a start-up. Well done! Now comes the hard part — building your team. You may already have one or two dedicated employees who have helped with some of the…

We have all been there — spending hours scrolling through job websites, endlessly tweaking your resume and sending it out to the company after company, checking your email every few hours only to be faced with an empty inbox. It’s enough to drive anyone up the wall, and after a…

Take a quick look around your office. How diverse is your employee base? Have you yet to establish a more gender-balanced workplace? Here are some reasons why you may want to steer your company towards a more inclusive future, and some suggestions to help you do so. Having an equal number of women in your workplace increases your bottom line

Many people think of interviews as harrowing ordeals to be sat through, a final hurdle to overcome for the sake of getting that job that you really want. While more established industries may have a code of conduct for you to follow in the interviewing process, the field of technology…

Interviewing candidates can be a long and tedious process and it’s easy to make an error. We’ve compiled a list of seven common mistakes interviewers make. Have a look and see if you are guilty of any of them! Not preparing for the interview